An improved binding for footwear traction devices, snowshoes and other footwear accessories that provides adjustable lateral supports and generally even platform or foot bed. Furthermore, an improved traction device with removable rear traction component to allow for use with detachable snowshoe platform.

The present disclosure is directed toward a device that can be worn over footwear to provide traction, such as on slick or slippery surfaces, in snow, or on ice. Described embodiments include footwear accessory devices comprising at least one cleat that provides traction but does not add significantly to the profile of the footwear during use. The present disclosure is also directed toward to connecting bodies that can be used to couple objects to a stretchy material.

An ice crampon designed to be attached to a footwear item includes a front portion which has at least one pair of front tips a rear portion which has at least one pair of rear tips; at least one flexible link which connects the front portion and the rear portion to each other; and at least one intermediate portion which is mounted on the flexible link by being positioned between the front portion and the rear portion. The at least one intermediate portion has at least one pair of intermediate tips. The pairs of front tips, rear tips, and intermediate tips are configured to prevent the ice crampon from sliding on ground, particularly on frozen ground. The front portion, the rear portion, and the intermediate portion are articulated independently of each other, and the position of the intermediate portion are adjustable in relation to the flexible link.

A crampon (1) for a ski mountaineering boot (S1) having a heel portion (s1p) and a toe portion (s1a) or for mountaineering or hiking boot (S2) having a heel portion (s2p) and a toe portion (s2a), said crampon (1) having a frame (100) with a thickness s and comprising a front portion (3) and a rear portion (4) connectable to each other by a connecting rod (6) extending along a longitudinal axis h of said connecting rod (6) and having an upper face (6a) and a lower face (6b), a width (1) and a thickness(s), said crampon (1) extending along a longitudinal axis x of the crampon (1), wherein said front portion frame (3) comprises retention means (9) of the front portion of the boot (S1,S2) and a support surface (7) of a toe portion of the sole of a boot sole comprising front connection means for the connection with the connecting rod (6) represented by a first coupling seat (10) for first coupling means of the connecting rod (6), wherein said connecting rod (6) comprises first front coupling means represented by a first selector (11) and/or a second selector (29) adapted to be inserted into the first connecting seat (10), characterized in that said first connecting seat (10) extends along a longitudinal axis y of said first connecting seat (10) which forms an angle with the longitudinal axis x of the crampon (1), wherein said angle can be counterclockwise (1) or clockwise (2), and wherein said first selector (11) and/or said second selector (29) extends along a respective longitudinal axis k,j, which forms an angle (,) with the longitudinal crampon axis x, wherein said angle (,) can be counterclockwise (1,1) or clockwise (2,2), so that when said first selector (11) and/or said second selector (29) (11,29) forms a counterclockwise angle (1,1) and is or are coupled to the first connecting seat (10) having a counterclockwise angle (1) or when said first selector (11) and/or said second selector (29) forms a clockwise angle (2,2) and is or are coupled to the first connecting seat (10) having a clockwise angle (2), said crampon (1) is configured for a ski mountaineering boot (S1), whereas when first selector (11) and/or said second selector (29) forms a counterclockwise angle (1,1) and is or are coupled to the first connecting seat (10) h

Equipment that includes a shoe/footwear and a range of footwear elements, and a method of using such equipment, each of such elements being configured to enable a user to perform a type of physical activity that is different from the types of physical activity enabled by the other footwear elements in the range of footwear elements.

The technology disclosed herein includes a dual-molded layer overshoe apparatus comprising a cleat, a sole layer configured to receive the cleat, and an upper layer, wherein the upper is molded to the sole layer and the upper layer has a lower durometer than the sole layer, and wherein the plurality of pin plates are secured between the sole layer and the upper layer. Significant elasticity in the upper layer allows stretch for installation and removal. Reduced elasticity in the sole layer offers greater durability in terms of spike retention and abrasion resistance. In one implementation, the components are assembled in one contiguous, fixed arrangement, wherein the cleat is molded into the sole layer, and the upper layer is then molded to the sole layer.

Spats comprise: a body, one end and the other end of which are attached to or detached from each other; an elastic line extending from the one end to the other end inside of the lower side of the body; and one or more hooks connected to the elastic line and exposed to the outside.

The length-adjustable crampon for a shoe includes a connecting element, a first part and a second part connected by the connecting element. The crampon includes means for setting the length of the crampon and a locking device configured to maintain the length setting of the crampon. The crampon is configured so that, when the locking device is in an unlocking configuration, a force exerted on the crampon induces an automatic transition from a coupling configuration of the setting means with the connecting element, ensuring the length setting of the crampon, to an uncoupling configuration of the setting means relative to the connecting element, the force being exerted to adjust the length setting of the crampon by reducing the length of the crampon.

A crampon for ski mountaineering, mountaineering, or hiking boots includes a frame with front and rear portions connected by a longitudinal connecting rod, wherein the front portion includes retention elements and a support surface with a first coupling seat oriented at an angle relative to the crampon's axis, and the connecting rod includes at least one selector extending along an axis forming an angle with the crampon axis, such that by matching the angles of the selector and the coupling seat, the crampon can be configured for either a ski mountaineering boot or a mountaineering/hiking boot, thereby enabling optimal fit and secure attachment for different boot types.