Patent ID: 6966127

Claim:
Ice spike for mountaineering, having a metal armature designed to be fitted under the sole of a shoe, said armature comprising: a bearing surface having a plurality of anchoring teeth along the periphery, a front part equipped with stop means to wedge the front of the shoe in the longitudinal direction, a rear part provided with a fixing clamp comprising a cross-bar designed to latch directly onto a rear rim of the sole to secure the heel of the shoe, a longitudinal connecting strip between the front part and the rear part for adjusting the armature in length according to the shoe size, and a strapping system comprising at least one safety lanyard fixed to the fixing clamp of the rear part pressing the cross-bar onto said rim when clamping is performed, wherein the stop means comprises two protuberances salient at the front of the bearing surface, said protuberances being shaped as ring-holders for passage of a lanyard.