Shoe with Fixtures for Walking on a Slope

Abstract

The shoe with fixtures for walking on a slope comprises a U-shaped base-member 11 , having a bottom base-member 11 b and two arm base-members 11 a extending upward from both ends of the bottom base-member 11 b , for being fitted in the heel portion 4 , two shafts 12 b fixed almost in the middle of each of both arm base-members 11 a , a U-shaped adjusting-member 16 , which has a bottom adjusting-member 15 and two arm adjusting-members 14 fixed to both ends of the bottom adjusting-member 15 at a vicinity of the lower end of the arm adjusting-member 14 , two holes 14 a , arranged almost in the middle of each arm adjusting-member 14 , for engaging with the shafts 12 b , and two clamping members 13 or set nuts 12 a for fastening the U-shaped adjusting-member 16 to the U-shaped base-member 11 , wherein the U-shaped adjusting-member 16 is rotated or turned almost vertically to be adjusted and fastened at an appropriate height of the heel portion 4 to the U-shaped base-member 11 by the set nuts 12 a.

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       44 . A fixture adapted to be mounted on a shoe, comprising: 
 at least one hollow cylinder adapted to be mounted on a place for mounting that is either a back or a side of the shoe in a manner such that said hollow cylinder is elongated along the height of the shoe;    a sliding member, having a lower end, slidably received within a respective hollow cylinder in a manner such that said lower end is capable of downwardly extending from said place for mounting, thereby protruding from a sole of the shoe; and    a fixing member coupled to said sliding member and adapted to fix said sliding member in a desired sliding position such that said lower end of said sliding member downwardly extends from said place for mounting by a desired degree, thereby the height of said place for mounting being able to be adjusted in relation to a slope.    
   
   
       45 . A fixture of  claim 44 , wherein the fixture includes a plurality of said hollow cylinders, wherein the corresponding sliding members are integrally connected at said lower end to a bottom member to be abutted with a surface on which a wearer is walking.  
   
   
       46 . A fixture of  claim 44 , wherein said fixing member includes a plurality of threading holes that are threaded on said respective hollow cylinder along the length thereof, and a threading adapted to be threaded with the selected one of said threading holes on said respective hollow cylinder.  
   
   
       47 . A fixture of  claim 44 , wherein said sliding member is provided with a plurality of recesses corresponding to said threading holes such that said threaded threading is abutted with the corresponding recess.  
   
   
       48 . A fixture of  claim 44 , wherein said fixing member includes: 
 a plurality of apertures located on said respective hollow cylinder along the length thereof;    a spring projection, which is provided with said respective hollow cylinder and is biased by means of a spring so as to protrude to the inside of said hollow cylinder through a selected one of said apertures; and    a plurality of recesses, corresponding to said apertures located on said hollow cylinder, arranged on said sliding member for engaging with said biased spring projection.    
   
   
       49 . A fixture of  claim 48 , wherein the fixture includes a plurality of said hollow cylinders, wherein the corresponding spring projections are integrally provided with a supporting plate.  
   
   
       50 . A fixture of  claim 44 , wherein the fixture is mounted on the back of the shoe.  
   
   
       51 . A fixture of  claim 44 , wherein a pair of fixtures is mounted on the side of the shoe, wherein one fixture is mounted to one side of the shoe and the other fixture is mounted on the opposite side of the shoe.  
   
   
       52 . A fixture of  claim 44 , wherein the shoe is a mountaineering shoe.  
   
   
       53 . A fixture of  claim 52 , wherein the mountaineering shoe is integrally provided with the fixture.