Climbing shoe with hooking rim

Abstract

A climbing shoe includes an upper portion and an outer sole attached to the upper portion. The outer sole has an interior area, a raised exterior area, and a hooking rim. The hooking rim can hook on a rocky ledge. A climbing shoe also includes teeth attached to the hooking rim. The teeth can vary in shape. The teeth are often a saw-tooth shape or a rounded half-moon shape.

1 . A climbing shoe comprising: 
 a) an upper portion; and    b) an outer sole attached to the upper portion, the outer sole having an interior area, a raised exterior area, and a hooking rim, wherein the interior area having a thickness ‘t’ and a bottom surface, wherein the thickness ‘t’ is substantially uniform, and wherein the bottom surface is substantially smooth;    whereby the hooking rim can hook on a rocky ledge.    
     
     
         2 . The climbing shoe of  claim 1 , wherein the hooking rim further having a height ‘h’, wherein the height ‘h’ is greater than about one sixteenth of an inch.  
     
     
         3 . The climbing shoe of  claim 2 , wherein the thickness ‘t’ is about one-eight of an inch.  
     
     
         4 . The climbing shoe of  claim 3 , wherein the raised exterior area is continuous.  
     
     
         5 . The climbing shoe of  claim 4 , further comprising teeth attached to the hooking rim.  
     
     
         6 . The climbing shoe of  claim 5 , wherein the teeth are a saw-tooth shape.  
     
     
         7 . The climbing shoe of  claim 6 , wherein the teeth have a length ‘L’, wherein ‘L’ is about one sixteenth of an inch.  
     
     
         8 . The climbing shoe of  claim 7 , wherein the outer sole further comprising a front section and a back section, wherein the raised exterior area, the hooking rim, and the teeth are contained within the front section, wherein the interior area extends to substantially cover the back section.  
     
     
         9 . The climbing shoe of  claim 8 , wherein the interior area is slightly concave in shape.  
     
     
         10 . The climbing shoe of  claim 9 , wherein the exterior area having a width ‘w’, wherein the width ‘w’ is between about 0.5 inches and about 1.0 inches.  
     
     
         11 . The climbing shoe of  claim 10 , wherein the exterior area is substantially U-shaped.  
     
     
         12 . A climbing shoe comprising: 
 a) an upper portion; and    b) an outer sole attached to the upper portion, the outer sole having an interior area, a raised exterior area, and a hooking rim, wherein the interior area having a thickness ‘t’, wherein the thickness ‘t’ is substantially uniform, wherein the exterior area is substantially U-shaped;    whereby the hooking rim can hook on a rocky ledge.    
     
     
         13 . The climbing shoe of  claim 12 , further comprising teeth attached to the hooking rim.  
     
     
         14 . The climbing shoe of  claim 13 , wherein the outer sole further comprising a front section and a back section, wherein the raised exterior area, the hooking rim, and the teeth are contained within the front section, wherein the interior area extends to substantially cover the back section.  
     
     
         15 . The climbing shoe of  claim 14 , wherein the raised exterior area is continuous.  
     
     
         16 . The climbing shoe of  claim 15 , wherein the exterior area having a width ‘w’, wherein the width ‘w’ is between about 0.5 inches and about 1.0 inches.  
     
     
         17 . The climbing shoe of  claim 16 , wherein the thickness ‘t’ is about one-eight of an inch.  
     
     
         18 . The climbing shoe of  claim 17 , wherein the teeth are a rounded half-moon shape.