Patent ID: 7832121

Claim:
Footwear comprising: a sole attached to an upper for wearing on the foot, said sole extending peripherally outward past said upper; a plurality of selectively deployable crampons housed in the sole and extendable there from to increase traction in snow or ice, said plurality of selectively deployable crampons each set in a corresponding aperture within said sole and spring-biased away from a retracted position fully enclosed in said sole toward a deployed position extending downward from said sole through said aperture; a plurality of detents housed in said sole each adjacent a corresponding crampon for selectively locking said crampon in said retracted position and releasing said crampon to said deployed position; at least one pushbutton mounted on said sole in operative engagement with said plurality of detents for manually unlocking said detents from said crampons for deployment of said crampons stiletto-style downward through said apertures.