Shoesole for golf shoe

• US 4,885,851 A
• Filed: 12/30/1987
• Issued: 12/12/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Etonic Worldwide LLC (Lotto Sport Italia S.P.A)
• Original Assignee: Tretorn Aktiebolag (Authentic Brands Group, LLC)
• Inventors: Peterson, William R.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US07/139,857
• Time in Patent Office: 713 Days
• Field of Search: 36/127, 36/134, 36/67 R, 36/67 A, 36/67 D, 36/59 R, 36/59 A, 36/59 B, 36/59 C, 36/83
• US Class Current: 36/127
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/26 projecting beyond the sole surface
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/0094 with means to differentiate between right and left shoe
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/001 Golf shoes

Abstract

This invention relates to shoesoles for the bottom of golf shoes and especially to shoesoles provided with, in addition to conventional spikes at the forepart and heel, ground-engaging protrusions distribution along the inner and outer marginal edges of the soles to enhance the stance of the golfer.

Claims

1. A golf shoe comprising an upper and bottom, said bottom embodying a heel end portion, an instep portion and a toe portion defining a tread surface, spikes attached to the tread surface of the bottom at the toe portion and heel end portion and a plurality of protrusions formed integral with the tread surface of the bottom and disposed adjacent an edge thereof at the forwarding-facing sides of the golf shoe for right and left-hand golfers, comprising a single line of protrusions at said edge extending from the toe portion to the heel end portion and a plurality of protrusions at said instep portion.

2. A pair of golf shoes, each comprising an upper, an outsole comprising a toe portion, instep and heel end defining a tread surface, spikes attached to the tread surface at the toe portion and heel end portion and a plurality of protrusions formed integral with the tread surface of the outsole along an inner side of the right shoe and along an outer side of the left shoe comprising a single line of protrusions along said sides extending from forepart to heel end and a plurality of protrusions at the instep.

3. A pair of golf shoes, each comprising an upper, an outsole comprising a forepart, instep and heel end defining a tread surface, spikes attached to the tread surface at the forepart and heel end and a plurality of protrusions formed integral with the tread surface of the outsole along an inner side of a left shoe and along an outer side of a right shoe comprising a single line of protrusions at said sides extending from forepart to heel end and a plurality of protrusions at the instep.

4. A pair of shoesoles for a right-hand golfer, said shoesoles comprising right and left shoesoles, each shoesole comprising a heel end portion, an instep portion and a toe end portion and each shoesole comprising inner and outer sides and a ground-engaging surface, said shoesoles having on their ground-engaging surfaces conventionally-distributed spikes, said right shoesole having marginally of its inner side exclusively of its outer side and said left shoesole having marginally of its outer side exclusively of its inner side a plurality of ground engaging protrusions distributed along said surface in longitudinally-spaced relation and extending from near the heel end portion to near the toe end portion.

5. A shoesole according to claim 4 wherein the shoesole is longitudinally wedge-shaped.

6. A shoesole according to claim 4 wherein the ground-engaging surfaces is provided with threaded sockets for receiving spikes so positioned that they are located laterally of the protrusions.

7. A shoesole according to claim 4 wherein the ground-engaging surface transversely of the heel end portion is inclined.

8. A shoesole according to claim 4 wherein the ground-engaging surface of the shoesole is recessed inwardly of the outer and inner sides.

9. A shoesole according to claim 8 wherein the recess is structurally reinforced with ribs.

10. A pair of shoesoles for left-hand golfers, said shoesoles comprising right and left shoesoles, each shoesole comprising a heel end portion, an instep portion and a toe end portion and each shoesole comprising inner and outer sides and a ground-engaging surface, said shoesoles having on their ground-engaging surfaces conventionally distributed spikes, said right shoesole having marginally of its outer side exclusively of its inner side and said left shoesole having marginally of its inner side exclusively of its outer side a plurality of ground-engaging protrusions distributed along said surface in longitudinally-spaced relation and extending from near the heel end portion to near the toe end portion.

11. A shoesole according to claim 10 wherein the shoesole is longitudinally wedge-shaped.

12. A shoesole according to claim 10 wherein the ground-engaging surface is provided with threaded sockets for receiving spikes so positioned that they are located laterally of the protrusions.

13. A shoesole according to claim 10 wherein the ground-engaging surface transversely of the heel end portion is inclined.

14. A shoesale according to claim 10 wherein the ground-engaging surface of the shoesole is recessed inwardly of the outer and inner sides.

15. A shoesale according to claim 14 wherein the recess is structurally reinforced with ribs.

16. A shoesale for the right shoe of a right-hand golfer, comprising a heel end portion, an instep portion and a toe portion and said shoesole further comprising inner and outer sides and a uniformly-flat, ground-engaging surface throughout the major portion of its length and width and said shoesole having on its ground-engaging surface conventionally distributed spikes characterized in that there is a multiplicity of ground-engaging protrusions formed integral with the ground-engaging surface of the shoesole adjacent the inner side with at least a single line of protrusions extending longitudinally of the shoesole along the inner side from the heel end portion to the toe end portion exclusively of the outer side and a multiplicity of transversely-spaced lines of ground-engaging protrusions at the instep portion adjacent and parallel to said single line of protrusions and wherein the protrusions in the lines of protrusions are longitudinally-spaced and the protrusions in the adjacent lines of protrusions are offset relative to each other half the distance between protrusions in the lines of protrusions.

17. A shoesole according to claim 16 wherein the right foot shoesole contains in the ground-engaging surface a recess at the outer side extending from a breastline of the heel end portion forwardly toward the toe portion.

18. A shoesole according to claim 16 wherein a peripheral edge face of the shoesole at the inner side of the right foot shoesole is inclined from the ground-engaging surface inwardly.

19. A shoesole according to claim 16 comprising a recess in the area of the instep portion extending from the outer side transversely but short of an imaginary longitudinal center line extending from a tip of the toe portion to a back of the heel end portion.

20. A shoesole according to claim 16 wherein the rows of protrusions at the instep portion do not extend beyond a longitudinal center line of the shoesole.

21. A shoesole for the left shoe of a right-hand golfer, comprising a heel end portion, an instep portion and a toe portion and said shoesole further comprising inner and outer sides and a uniformly-flat, ground-engaging surface throughout the major portion of its length and width and said shoesole having on its ground-engaging surface conventionally-distributed spikes, characterized in that there is a multiplicity of ground-engaging protrusions formed integral with the ground-engaging surface of the shoesole at the outer side with at least a single row of protrusions extending longitudinally of the shoesole along the outer side from the heel end portion to the toe end portion, exclusively of the inner side and a multiplicity of transversely-spaced lines of ground-engaging protrusions at the instep portion adjacent and parallel to said single line of protrusions and wherein the protrusions in the lines of protrusions are longitudinally-spaced and the protrusions in the adjacent lines of protrusions are offset relative to each other half the distance between the protrusions in the lines of protrusions.

22. A shoesole according to claim 21 wherein the left foot shoesole contains in the ground-engaging surface a recess at the inner side extending from a breastline of the heel end portion forwardly toward the toe portion.

23. A shoesole according to claim 21 wherein a peripheral edge face of the shoesole at the outer side of the right foot shoesole is generally perpendicular to the ground-engaging surface.

25. A shoesole according to claim 21 wherein the rows of protrusions at the instep portion do not extend beyond a longitudinal center line of the shoesole.

26. A shoesole for the right shoe of a left-hand golfer, comprising a heel end portion, an instep portion and a toe portion and said shoesole further comprising inner and outer sides and a uniformly-flat, ground-engaging surface throughout the major portion of its length and width and said shoesole having on its ground-engaging surface conventionally-distributed spikes, characterized in that there are a multiplicity of ground-engaging protrusions formed integral with the ground-engaging surface of the shoesole at its outer side with at least a single line of protrusions extending longitudinally of the shoesole along the outer side from the heel end portion to the toe end portion exclusively of the inner side and a multiplicity of transversely-spaced lines of ground-engaging protrusions at the instep portion adjacent and parallel to said line of said single line of protrusions and wherein the protrusions in the lines of protrusions are longitudinally-spaced and the protrusions in the adjacent lines of protrusions are offset relative to each other half the distance between protrusions in the lines of protrusions.

27. A shoesole according to claim 26 wherein the right foot shoesole contains in the ground-engaging surface a recess at the inner side extending from a breastline of the heel end portion forwardly toward the toe portion.

28. A shoesole according to claim 26 wherein a peripheral edge face of the shoesole at the outer side of the left foot shoesole is inclined from the ground-engaging surface inwardly.

29. A shoesole according to claim 26 comprising a recess in the area of the instep portion extending from the outer side transversely but short of an imaginary longitudinal center line extending from a tip of the toe portion to a back of the heel end portion.

30. A shoesole according to claim 26 wherein the rows of protrusions at the instep portion do not extend beyond a longitudinal center line of the shoesole.

31. A shoesole for the left shoe of a left-hand golfer, comprising a heel end portion, an instep portion and a toe portion and said shoesole further comprising inner and outer sides and a ground-engaging surface throughout the major portions of its length and width and said shoesole having on its ground-engaging surface conventionally-distributed spikes, characterized in that there are a multiplicity of ground-engaging protrusions formed integral with the ground-engaging surface of the shoesole at the outer side with at least a single line of protrusions extending longitudinally of the shoesole along the outer side from the heel end portion to the toe portion, exclusively of the inner side and a multiplicity of transversely-spaced lines of ground-engaging protrusions at the instep portion adjacent and parallel to said single line of protrusions and wherein the protrusions in the lines of protrusions are longitudinally-spaced and the protrusions in the adjacent lines of protrusions are offset relative to each other half the distance between the protrusions in the lines of protrusions.

24. A shoesole according to claim 32 comprising a recess in the area of the instep portion extending from the inner side transversely but short of an imaginary longitudinal center line extending from a tip of the toe portion to a back of the heel end portion.

32. A shoesole according to claim 31 wherein the left foot shoesole contains in the ground-engaging surface a recess at the outer side extending from a breastline of the heel end portion forwardly toward the toe portion.

33. A shoesole according to claim 31 wherein a peripheral edge face of the shoesole at the inner side of the left foot shoesole is generally perpendicular to the ground-engaging surface.

34. A shoesole according to claim 31 comprising a recess in the area of the instep portion extending from the inner side transversely but short of an imaginary center line extending from a tip of the toe portion to a back of the heel end portion.

35. A shoesole according to claim 31 comprising a recess extending from the sides transversely but short of a longitudinal center line.