Footwear outsole with resistance elements

Abstract

An outsole for footwear is provided. The outsole includes a base having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a plurality of resistance elements disposed on the outer surface of the base.

1 . An outsole for footwear, the outsole comprising:
 a base having an inner surface and an outer surface; and   a plurality of resistance elements disposed on the outer surface of the base, wherein the plurality of resistance elements comprise:
 a plurality of first resistance elements protruding from the base, wherein at least a first part of the plurality of first resistance elements are arranged in a first type configuration and the first part of the plurality of first resistance elements have a first coefficient of friction with respect to a first contact surface; and 
 a plurality of second resistance elements protruding from the base, wherein at least a first part of the plurality of second resistance elements are arranged in a second type configuration and the first part of the plurality of second resistance elements have a second coefficient of friction with respect to the first contact surface, wherein the second coefficient of friction is different from the first coefficient of friction. 
   
     
     
         2 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of first resistance elements is hexagonal, and wherein each of the plurality of second resistance elements is triangular. 
     
     
         3 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of second resistance elements is an isosceles triangle. 
     
     
         4 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 3 , wherein the plurality of second resistance elements have the same size, and wherein the second type configuration formed by at least part of the plurality of second resistance elements is hexagonal. 
     
     
         5 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of second resistance elements comprises a longitudinal gap segment and a transverse gap segment. 
     
     
         6 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 2 , wherein the first type configuration formed by the first part of the plurality of first resistance elements is X-shaped. 
     
     
         7 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 2 , wherein the first type configuration formed by the first part of the plurality of first resistance elements is triangular. 
     
     
         8 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 7 , wherein a third type configuration formed by a second part of the plurality of first resistance elements is parallelogrammatic. 
     
     
         9 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 2 , wherein the first type configuration formed by the first part of the plurality of first resistance elements is a hexagonal band. 
     
     
         10 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 9 , wherein the hexagonal band is in a transverse direction of the outer surface of the base. 
     
     
         11 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 9 , wherein the hexagonal band is at an angle from a transverse direction of the outer surface of the base. 
     
     
         12 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of first resistance elements is rhombic, wherein each of the plurality of second resistance elements is rhombic. 
     
     
         13 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 12 , wherein the first type configuration formed by the first part of the plurality of first resistance elements is a rhombus band. 
     
     
         14 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 12 , wherein each of the plurality of second resistance elements comprises a longitudinal gap segment and a transverse gap segment, wherein the second type configuration formed by at least part of the plurality of second resistance elements is a rhombus band. 
     
     
         15 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 1 , wherein the inner surface of the base comprises at least one hollow portion. 
     
     
         16 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 1 , wherein the first contact surface comprises an icy surface, wherein the first coefficient of friction indicates an icy surface coefficient of friction associated with the first part of a first plurality of resistance elements, and the second coefficient of friction indicates an icy surface coefficient of friction associated with the first part of a second plurality of resistance elements, wherein the first coefficient of friction is higher than the second coefficient of friction. 
     
     
         17 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 16 , wherein the first part of the first plurality of resistance elements has a third coefficient of friction associated with a second contact surface, and the first part of the second plurality of resistance elements has a fourth coefficient of friction associated with the second contact surface. 
     
     
         18 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 17 , wherein the second contact surface comprises a wet surface, wherein the third coefficient of friction indicates a wet surface coefficient of friction associated with the first part of the first plurality of resistance elements, and the fourth coefficient of friction indicates a wet surface coefficient of friction associated with the first part of the second plurality of resistance elements, wherein the fourth coefficient of friction is higher than the third coefficient of friction. 
     
     
         19 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of first resistance elements is quadrilateral, wherein the plurality of first resistance elements have different sizes. 
     
     
         20 . An outsole for footwear according to  claim 1 , wherein the first part of a first plurality of resistance elements is formed from a first material, and wherein the first part of a second plurality of resistance elements is formed from a second material, wherein the first material is different from the second material.