Sole construction

• US 3,988,840 A
• Filed: 05/07/1975
• Issued: 11/02/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hyde Athletic Industries, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hyde Athletic Industries, Inc.
• Inventors: Minihane, Robert P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Larkin, G. V.
• Application Number:
  US05/575,576
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• Field of Search: 36/25 R, 36/32 R, 36/2.5 A, 36/2.5 AG, 36/2.5 AK, 36/67 R, 36/67 A, 36/59 R, 36/2.5 H, 36/59 C
• US Class Current: 36/32.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/04 Plastics, rubber or vulcanised fibre
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/223 Profiled soles

Abstract

An athletic shoe intended for use on a synthetic turf is constructed of a resilient plastic and has a sole that is constructed with a plurality of cleats uniformly spaced in both the ball area and heel area of the sole. The sole is also lined with spaced peripheral cleats that are shorter in height than the other cleats and include two elongated cleats at the front and back, respectively, of the sole.

Claims

1. A sole for shoes comprising a base, a first plurality of cleats extending from the base and disposed in two groups with the cleats of each group being disposed in relatively uniformly spaced relationship, said groups being disposed in the sole area and heel area, respectively, said groups of cleats being separated by an area between the groups that is absent first plurality cleats, and a second plurality of elongated cleats spacedly and peripherally disposed about the entire edge of the sole base including about the sole and heel areas and including a majority of substantially straight cleats and opposite end cleats that are arcuate and longer than the other elongated cleats.

2. A sole as set forth in claim 1 wherein each cleat of the first plurality of cleats has a frustoconic shape and all of those cleats are of similar size.

3. A sole as set forth in claim 1 wherein said sole group of cleats numbers about twenty-five and said heel group of cleats numbers about ten.

4. A sole as set forth in claim 3 wherein the elongated cleats are spaced uniformly about the shoe sole.

5. A sole as set forth in claim 4 wherein the cleats of the first plurality are higher than the cleats of the second plurality.

6. A sole as set forth in claim 5 wherein the ratio between the heights is five to three.

7. A sole as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cleats of the first plurality are higher than the cleats of the second plurality.

8. A sole as set forth in claim 7 wherein the cleats of the first plurality are on the order of twice the height as the cleats of the second plurality.

9. A sole as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cleats of the second plurality of cleats are each defined by a slanted peripheral surface and a flat end surface.

10. A sole as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cleats of the second plurality of cleats each extend in a longitudinal direction relative to the edge of the base and each have an edge that is tangential to the edge of the base.

11. A sole as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cleats of the first plurality of cleats have a frustoconic shape and the cleats of the second plurality of cleats are each defined by a slanted peripheral surface and a flat end surface, the cleats of the first plurality being arranged in larger number in the sole group than in the heel group, the cleats of the second plurality of cleats each extending in a longitudinal direction relative to the edge of the base and each having an edge that is tangential to the edge of the base, said opposite end cleats and said majority of substantially straight cleats all having the same width.

12. A sole as set forth in claim 1 wherein the majority of substantially straight cleats cover a longer length of the peripheral edge of the sole than the opposite end cleats cover.