Athletic shoe cleat

• US 3,898,751 A
• Filed: 03/26/1974
• Issued: 08/12/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Paul R. Gustin
• Original Assignee: Paul R. Gustin
• Inventors: Gustin, Paul R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lawson, Patrick D.
• Application Number:
  US05/455,028
• Time in Patent Office: 504 Days
• Field of Search: 36/67R,67A,67B,67C,67D,59R
• US Class Current: 36/67.00D
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 15/167 frusto-conical or cylindrical

Abstract

A removable athletic shoe cleat wherein a generally frustoconical body portion, between a base and tip, provides a combination of angular gripping corners at and adjacent the tip and a plurality of upstanding gripping members adjacent the base.

Claims

1. A cleat for a football shoe or the like comprising:

a. a base;

b. a tip;

c. a frustoconical body portion converging downwardly from said base to said tip, said body portion and said tip intersecting to form an edge;

d. a plurality of longitudinal grooves in said body portion, said grooves extending into said tip;

e. the intersection of the sides of said grooves with said body portion and said edge forming angular gripping corners on said body portion and said tip; and

f. a plurality of upstanding longitudinal gripping members on said body adjacent said base portion.

2. The invention of claim 1 in which said grooves are spaced on said body portion in equal intervals.

3. The invention of claim 2 in which said gripping members are spaced on said body portion in equal intervals.

4. The invention of claim 3 in which each of said grooves is aligned with a corresponding gripping member.

5. The invention of claim 1 in which said edge, when viewed horizontally, forms a generally circular shape having arcuate segments spaced apart by said grooves.

6. The invention of claim 5 in which said grooves, when viewed horizontally, extend radially of said circular tip.

7. A cleat for a football shoe or the like comprising:

a. a base;

b. a tip;

c. a body portion intermediate said tip and said base, said body portion and said tip intersecting to form an edge;

d. a plurality of longitudinal grooves in said body portion, said grooves extending into said tip, each of said grooves beginning on the surface of said body portion and deepening as it extends into said tip; and

e. the intersection of the sides of said grooves with said boDy portion and said edge forming angular gripping corners on said body portion and said tip.

8. A cleat for a football shoe or the like comprising:

a. a base;

b. a tip;

c. a body portion intermediate said tip and said base, said body portion and said tip intersecting to form an edge, said body portion for attachment to said shoe including;

i. an internal recess in said base;

ii. an internally threaded metal insert within said body portion adjacent said recess having a bore axially aligned with said body portion; and

iii. an aperture adjacent the inward side of said metal insert axially aligned with said bore, said aperture having a smaller horizontal dimension than said bore;

d. a plurality of longitudinal grooves in said body portion, said grooves extending into said tip; and

e. the intersection of the sides of said grooves with said body portion and said edge forming angular gripping corners on said body portion and said tip.