Spike for golf shoes

• US 6,502,332 B1
• Filed: 11/06/2000
• Issued: 01/07/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yugenkaisha Maruzen Byora, Yugenkaisha Shinjo Seisakusho
• Original Assignee: Yugenkaisha Maruzen Byora, Yugenkaisha Shinjo Seisakusho
• Inventors: Nakayama, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mohandesi, Jila M.
• Application Number:
  US09/705,693
• Time in Patent Office: 792 Days
• Field of Search: 361/34, 361/27, 36/67.R, 36/67.A, 36/67.B, 36/67.D, 36/59.R, 36/59.A, 36/59.C, 36/61--62
• US Class Current: 36/134
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/001 Golf shoes
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 15/161 characterised by the attachment to the sole
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 15/164 having a circular cross section

Abstract

A spike (1) for golf shoes has a base plate (2) formed of a quench-hardened metal plate and having a concave upper face to be fixed on a shoe-sole, the base plate (2) being of a dish-washer-like shape. The base plate has a periphery formed integral with a plurality of tooth-shaped lugs (3) that are disposed at regular angular intervals and bent downwards. The spike further has a fastenable columnar member (4) having a male-threaded shank and protruding from a central part of the base plate. The tooth-shaped lugs (3) are tapered downwards and outwards relative to the base plate.

Claims

1. A spike for golf shoes comprising:

a base plate formed of a quench-hardened metal plate and having a concave upper face to be fixed on a shoe-sole, the base plate having a generally round periphery;

a plurality of lugs integral with the base plate, disposed at regular angular intervals and bent downwards; and

a fastenable columnar member having a male-threaded shank protruding from a lower face of the base plate at a central part of the base plate, the columnar member having a middle flange adjacent the male-threaded shank, an end flange spaced from the middle flange and a short columnar portion between the middle flange and the end flange, the short columnar portion having an outer serration matching an inner serrated periphery of a hole formed at a central part of the base plate, the short columnar portion being provided within the hole, and the base plate being sandwiched between the end flange on the upper face of the base plate and the middle flange on the lower face of the base plate.

2. A spike as defined in claim 1, wherein the tooth-shaped lugs are downwards and outwards relative to the base plate.

3. A spike as defined in claim 1, further comprising a spike pin protruding downwards from the end flange at the central part of the base plate.

4. A spike as defined in claim 1 or 2, wherein pawls are formed in the base plate by opening up the portions surrounding the hole, such that the pawls extend in a circular direction and are slanted in order to prevent the spike from loosening.

5. A spike as defined in claim 3, wherein pawls are formed in the base plate by opening up the portions surrounding the hole, such that the pawls extend in a circular direction and are slanted in order to prevent the spike from loosening.

6. A spike as defined in claim 1, wherein the lugs have a generally rectangular shape.