Felt sole with improved traction

Abstract

An improved traction felt sole for footwear. The felt sole having integral downwardly extending protrusions located over the bottom surface of the felt sole. The downwardly extending protrusions may all have the same shape or they may have different shapes arranged in a desired pattern upon the bottom surface of the sole.

1 . A sole comprising: a relatively hard fiber felt sole body having a top surface adapted to be affixed to a mid-sole, said sole body also having a bottom surface, a plurality of downwardly extending, spaced apart protrusions being formed as an integral part of said relatively hard felt sole bottom surface. 
     
     
         2 . The sole as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said spaced apart protrusions are formed by molding. 
     
     
         3 . The sole as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said spaced apart protrusions all have substantially the same shape. 
     
     
         4 . The sole as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said spaced apart protrusions comprise protrusions having at least two different shapes. 
     
     
         5 . The sole as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said spaced apart protrusions comprise an associated group of at least two different shaped protrusion members. 
     
     
         6 . A sole comprising: a relatively hard polymeric fiber felt sole body having a top surface adapted to be affixed to a mid-sole, said sole body also having a bottom surface, a plurality of downwardly extending, spaced apart protrusions being formed as an integral part of said relatively hard felt sole bottom surface. 
     
     
         7 . The sole as claimed in  claim 6  wherein said spaced apart protrusions are formed by molding. 
     
     
         8 . The sole as claimed in  claim 6  wherein said spaced apart protrusions all have substantially the same shape. 
     
     
         9 . The sole as claimed in  claim 6  wherein said spaced apart protrusions comprise protrusions having at least two different shapes. 
     
     
         10 . The sole as claimed in  claim 6  wherein said spaced apart protrusions comprise an associated group of at least two different shaped protrusion members.