Patent ID: 8171653

Claim:
A gaiter attaching outsole, comprising: an outsole composed of elastomeric material, said outsole having a plurality of traction protrusions, wherein; (a) a first protrusion, which has both a first exterior surface which faces generally away from said outsole, and a first interior surface, which faces generally across the bottom of said outsole, said first protrusion having a first slot wall surface which is contiguous on its exterior edge with said first exterior surface, said first slot wall being contiguous on its interior edge with said first interior surface, and; (b) a second protrusion, which has both a second exterior surface which faces generally away from said outsole, and a second interior surface, which faces generally across the bottom of said outsole, said second protrusion having a second slot wall surface which is contiguous on its exterior edge with said second exterior surface, said second slot wall being contiguous on its interior edge with said second interior surface, said second slot wall approximately facing said first slot wall, and; (c) a slot ceiling surface formed in said outsole between said first protrusion and said second protrusion, said slot ceiling surface being contiguous with both of the slot walls, said slot ceiling including the entire surface between said first slot wall and said second slot wall between the exterior surfaces and the interior surfaces, and; (d) a slot being formed of said first slot wall and said second slot wall and said slot ceiling surface, an inboard slot terminus of said slot being including the locations at which said first interior surface and said second interior surface are contiguous with the slot walls, wherein; (e) a slot axis plane being defined as the plane most nearly bisecting said slot as well as most nearly paralleling both of the slot walls, wherein; (f) a reference line x coplanar with said slot axis plane, said reference line x being horizontal and tangential to said slot ceiling, wherein; (g) a reference line y coplanar with said slot axis plane as well as coplanar with a slot terminus plane, said slot terminus plane being that plane which most nearly approximates the portions of the interior surfaces located immediately around the upper portion of said inboard slot terminus, a reference angle λ defined as the angle between said reference line x and said reference line y both below said reference line x and exterior of reference line y, said reference angle λ being obtuse, thereby upon a condition of a cord in tension within said slot, a knot in said cord is forced upward, and deeper into a knot space; reliably attaching said gaiter to a footwear.