Golf shoes having replacement cleats

• US 4,330,950 A
• Filed: 10/20/1980
• Issued: 05/25/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Neil P. Reddien
• Original Assignee: Neil P. Reddien
• Inventors: Reddien, Neil P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lawson, Patrick D.
• Application Number:
  US06/198,605
• Time in Patent Office: 582 Days
• Field of Search: 36/67 R, 36/67 D, 36/127, 36/128, 36/59 R, 36/126, 36/129, 36/114
• US Class Current: 36/127
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 15/165 pointed or conical, e.g. calks, spikes, pins

Abstract

A golf shoe, having cleats on its underside, which are replaceable after becoming worn down; each cleat including a threaded receptacle, stationarily installed in the shoe sole, and a removable prong unit, that includes a threaded shank engagable in the receptacle, an oppositely extending, tapered prong, and a circular flange having holes therethrough, for receiving nails that hold the prong unit to the shoe sole, so as to prevent the unit from turning.

Claims

1. A cleated golf shoe, comprising, in combination, a shoe having an upper, a sole and a heel, and a plurality of cleat units on an underside of said sole and heel, each cleat unit including a one piece shank and flange permanently affixed in said underside, a central opening in said shank, a prong unit, a stem on said prong unit, and means for mounting said stem in said central opening for rotation about said stem.

2. The combination, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said cleat units are made of electrically non-conductive material.

3. The combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein said prong unit includes a plurality of prongs.