Patent ID: 11969054
Assignee: SAF-GARD SAFETY SHOE CO.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A shoe or boot comprising:
an upper portion; and
a slip-resistant footwear outsole formed by a material having a tread pattern of an arrangement of tread elements,, wherein the tread pattern includes repeating tread patterns of the tread elements,, wherein each of the repeating tread patterns include six substantially square tread elements and two substantially L-shaped tread elements comprising a narrow portion, wherein the tread elements within the repeating tread patterns are separated from each other by one or more narrow dispersion channels having a width and a depth, wherein each of the one or more narrow dispersion channels is a groove that is formed in the outsole material, wherein each of the one or more narrow dispersion channels protrudes inward from a walk surface, wherein the repeating tread patterns are separated from each other by one or more wide dispersion channels having angled side walls having an angle α of about 25 degrees, wherein each of the one or more wide dispersion channels is a groove formed in the outsole material protruding inward from the walk surface, wherein each of the one or more wide dispersion channels has a channel ceiling and a channel opening at the walk surface, wherein the angled sidewalls of the wide dispersion channels lead from the channel opening to the channel ceiling, wherein each of the one or more wide dispersion channels has a wide dispersion channel opening width of about 5.5 mm and a wide dispersion channel ceiling width of about 2.7 mm, and wherein each of the one or more wide dispersion channels has a depth of about 3 mm.