Patent ID: 8371045
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: A43C

Abstract:
1. A hiking boot attachment configured to assist in the descent of slopes, comprising: a platform having a bottom face and a top face; a first downwardly-extending leg coupled to a first horizontally-extending leg that engages the bottom face of the platform to form a first support, the first downwardly-extending leg to extend downward and laterally outward from a center of the platform, such that an angle formed between the bottom face of the platform and the first downwardly-extending leg is greater than 90 degrees, the first downwardly extending leg having a first ground-contacting end remote from the platform; a second downwardly-extending leg coupled to a second horizontally-extending leg that engages the bottom face of the platform to form a second support, the second downwardly-extending leg to extend downward and laterally outward from the center of the platform, such that an angle formed between the bottom face of the platform and the second downwardly-extending leg is greater than 90 degrees, the second downwardly extending leg having a second ground-contacting end remote from the platform; and a strap system that includes one or more straps positioned to, when tightened upon a hiking boot, hold the platform under a sole of the hiking boot, with the bottom face directed towards ground, and the top face directed towards the sole of the hiking boot, wherein a width between the first ground contacting end of the first downwardly extending leg and the second ground contacting end of the second downwardly extending leg is greater than a width of the platform.