Patent ID: 8739435
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: A43B,A63C

Abstract:
1. A boot comprising: an outer sole assembly having a length extending from a rear end to a front end, a width extending between a lateral side and a medial side, and a height extending between a free surface and a connection surface; the outer sole assembly having a longitudinal groove having a depth extending from a base to a bottom, the bottom of the groove opening out at a bottom width in an area of the free surface; the longitudinal groove having a length ranging between 30 and 100% of the length of the outer sole assembly, a bottom width ranging between 25 and 45 mm, and a depth greater than or equal to 4 mm; the groove being structured and arranged to be compatible in receiving and engaging, laterally and medially, any of a plurality of different guiding devices, said plurality of different guiding devices comprising at least a first guiding device and a second guiding device, the first and second guiding devices having different bottom widths; the groove having a transverse cross section that includes an upper subdivision and a lower subdivision; each of the upper and lower subdivisions having a top portion and a bottom portion; the bottom portion of the upper subdivision having a width less than a width of the top portion of the lower subdivision; the upper subdivision of the groove including a lateral surface and a medial surface; the lower subdivision of the groove including a lateral surface and a medial surface; the lateral surface of the upper subdivision and the lateral surface of the lower subdivision not being coplanar; the medial surface of the upper subdivision and the medial surface of the lower subdivision not being coplanar; a lateral shoulder connecting a lower end of the lateral surface of the upper subdivision to an upper end of the lateral surface of the lower subdivision; a medial shoulder connecting a lower end of the medial surface of the upper subdivision to an upper end of the medial surface of the lower subdivision.