US Patent Issued to OT Intellectual Property on June 16 for "Overshoe footwear traction device" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,277, issued on June 16, was assigned to OT Intellectual Property LLC (Portland, Ore.).

"Overshoe footwear traction device" was invented by Brian Chaney (Portland, Ore.), Matthew Martin (Portland, Ore.) and Brian O'Boyle (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A footwear traction device is provided that is removably attachable to an item of footwear. The footwear traction device comprises a traction portion having one or more traction elements on a bottom thereof, a heel support portion disposed at a rear traction portion, and a forefoot support portion disposed at a forefoot traction portion. A cable extends through cable guid...