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Baseball shoe

  • US 4,315,374 A
  • Filed: 06/02/1980
  • Issued: 02/16/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A baseball shoe comprising in combination an upper shoe body, a unitary sole and heel molded from homogeneous material of limited flexibility similar to that of sole leather and affixed to the bottom of said body, metal base plate means enclosed within said sole and provided with integral metal blade-like spikes arranged in a triangular pattern with one spike near the outer tip of the sole and said spikes projecting perpendicularly from said base plate through said sole for ground-gripping when running to and from bases, and a cluster of blunt plug-like cleats molded integrally with said heel from the material of said sole and projecting therefrom in a pattern to afford ground-gripping capability in the heel area of the shoe but non-injurious to human personnel or base bags when sliding feet-first into a base bag, and said cluster of blunt plug-like cleats being in slightly curved rows disposed adjacent opposite sides of said heel.

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