Golf shoes

• US 4,524,531 A
• Filed: 12/02/1982
• Issued: 06/25/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: VanDeripe, Donald R.
• Original Assignee: VanDeripe, Donald R.
• Inventors: VanDeripe, Donald R.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ellis, Mary A.
• Application Number:
  US06/446,424
• Time in Patent Office: 936 Days
• Field of Search: 36/127, 36/59 R, 36/59 D, 36/134, 36/32 R, 36/67 B, 36/67 A, 36/107
• US Class Current: 36/127
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/001 Golf shoes

Abstract

A pair of golf shoes, the bottom of the sole of each shoe having relatively wide flat beveled surfaces inclined inwardly and downwardly from the inner edge of the sole. These beveled surfaces allow the shoe to roll inwardly about the central longitudinal axis of the shoe when the weight of the person wearing the shoe shifts to the inner side of the foot, as during the address and backstroke stages of the golf swing. The engagement of the beveled surfaces with the ground during the swing provides the golfer with added stability.

Claims

1. A pair of golf shoes, each shoe comprising a sole and an upper, the sole having a heel section for the bottom of the heel of the foot, an arch section forward of the heel section for the bottom of the arch of the foot, and a front section forward of the arch section for the portion of the foot forward of the arch and for the toes, spikes in the bottom of the heel and front sections, the bottom of the heel and front sections having relatively wide flat beveled surfaces along their inner sides inclined inwardly and downwardly from the inner edge of the sole whereby when the weight of a person wearing the shoe shifts to the inner side of the foot, as during the address and backstroke stages of the golf swing, the shoe is adapted to roll inwardly about the central longitudinal axis of the shoe to a position in which said beveled surfaces are in engagement with the ground for stably supporting the golfer during said swing, the sole, as viewed from the bottom of the shoe, being beveled along a line extending generally longitudinally of the sole, said line being generally tangent to the inner edge of the arch section at about its narrowest point.

2. A pair of golf shoes as set forth in claim 1 wherein a row of spikes extends longitudinally with respect to the sole on the front section thereof closely adjacent and outward of said bevel line.

3. A pair of golf shoes as set forth in claim 2 wherein a row of spikes extends longitudinally with respect to the sole on the heel section thereof closely adjacent and outward of said bevel line.

4. A pair of golf shoes as set forth in claim 3 wherein a plurality of spikes are secured to the beveled surface of the front section of the shoe.

5. A pair of golf shoes as set forth in claim 4 wherein said spikes secured to the beveled surface of the front section of the sole are perpendicular to the beveled surface.

6. A pair of golf shoes as set forth in claim 5 wherein said spikes secured to the beveled surface of the front section of the sole are of smaller size than the other spikes in the front section of the sole.

7. A pair of golf shoes as set forth in claim 6 wherein a spike is secured to the beveled surface of the heel section of the sole.

8. A pair of golf shoes as set forth in claim 7 wherein the spike secured to the beveled surface of the heel section of the sole is perpendicular to the beveled surface.

9. A pair of golf shoes as set forth in claim 8 wherein the spike secured to the beveled surface of the heel section of the sole is of smaller dimension than the other spikes in the heel section of the sole.