Climbing shoe with hooking teeth on the heel

Abstract

A climbing shoe with a hooking teeth heel that wraps around the heel part of the climbing shoe and is connected to the upper portion. The hooking teeth are made of multiple lateral ridges that will improve the grip of the foot during heel maneuvers.

What is claimed:  
     
         1 . A climbing shoe comprising: 
 a) an upper portion;    b) a sole attached to the upper portion; and    c) a heel part, wherein the exterior of the heel part has lateral ridges.    
     
     
         2 . The climbing shoe of  claim 1 , wherein the heel part covers the rear of the foot and is connected to the upper portion.  
     
     
         3 . The climbing shoe of  claim 2 , wherein the heel part is made of a rubber polymer.  
     
     
         4 . The climbing shoe of  claim 3 , wherein the heel part has multiple lateral ridges.  
     
     
         5 . A climbing shoe comprising: 
 a) an upper portion;    b) a sole attached to the upper portion;    c) a heel part; and    d) a hooking teeth on the heel part.    
     
     
         6 . The climbing shoe of  claim 5 , wherein the heel part wraps around the heel of the climbing shoe.  
     
     
         7 . The climbing shoe of  claim 6 , wherein the hooking teeth is made of ridges protruding outward a width ‘w’; in one embodiment the ‘w’ of the hooking teeth is 3 millimeters.  
     
     
         8 . The climbing shoe of  claim 7 , wherein the hooking teeth is set at a horizontal angle and covers the sides of the foot.  
     
     
         9 . The climbing shoe of  claim 8 , wherein the hooking teeth is made of rubber.  
     
     
         10 . A climbing shoe comprising: 
 a) an upper portion;    b) a sole attached to the upper portion;    c) a heel part; and    d) multiple ridges around the exterior of the heel part.    
     
     
         11 . The climbing shoe of  claim 12 , wherein the heel part wraps around the rear of the climbing shoe.  
     
     
         12 . The climbing shoe of  claim 13 , wherein heel part covers the sides of the foot.  
     
     
         13 . The climbing shoe of  claim 14 , wherein the multiple ridges extend laterally to cover the heel of the foot.  
     
     
         14 . The climbing shoe of  claim 13 , wherein the multiple ridges are made of a hard rubber polymer.  
     
     
         15 . The climbing shoe of  claim 14 , wherein the multiple ridges are patterned to grip various rock surfaces.  
     
     
         16 . The climbing shoe of  claim 15 , wherein the multiple ridges are angled upward to bite into rock surfaces.