Sport shoe, especially for football

• US 3,341,952 A
• Filed: 07/01/1965
• Issued: 09/19/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Adolf Dassler
• Original Assignee: Adolf Dassler
• Inventors: ADOLF DASSLER
• Application Number:
  US04/468,877
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• US Class Current: 36/128
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/04 Plastics, rubber or vulcanised fibre
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/141 with a part of the sole being flexible, e.g. permitting articulation or torsion
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/02 Football boots or shoes, i.e. for soccer, football or rugby
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/16 Skating boots

Claims

1. A SPORT SHOE COMPRISING AN UPPER, AND INSOLE, AND A RESILIENT OUTER SOLE OF PLASTIC, MEANS FOR REMOVABLY SECURING CLEATS OR SPIKES AT LEAST TO THE FRONT AREA OF SAID OUTER SOLE IN FRONT OF ITS SHANK AREA, AT LEAST THE PART OF SAID OUTER SOLE BETWEEN SAID SHANK AREA AND THE LAST CLEATS OR SPIKES IN FRONT OF SAID SHANK AREA BEING OF A GREATER FLEXIBILITY THAN SAID SHANK AREA FOR DISPLACING THE BENDING STRESSES NORMALLY ACTING UPON THE SHANK AREA IN THE DIRECTION TOWARD THE TOE AREA OF THE SOLE, SAID FLEXIBLE PART OF SAID OUTER SOLE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY TO THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF SAID SOLE AND HAVING A THICKNESS SMALLER THAN THE THICKNESS OF SAID SHANK AREA.