Modular shoe

• US 8,567,096 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2011
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adidas International Marketing BV (Adidas AG)
• Original Assignee: Adidas International Marketing BV (Adidas AG)
• Inventors: Scholz, Wolfgang
• Primary Examiner(s): Kavanaugh, Ted
• Application Number:
  US13/098,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20110203142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 911 Days
• Field of Search: 36/67.D, 361/34, 361/29
• US Class Current: 36/67.D
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/24 Collapsible or convertible
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/246 characterised by the sole
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/02 Football boots or shoes, i.e. for soccer, football or rugby
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 15/161 characterised by the attachment to the sole

Abstract

A modular shoe includes an upper with an upper side and a lower side, a chassis releasably arranged in an interior of the upper, and a plurality of studs. Each stud is releasably attached to the chassis through the lower side of the upper. The lower side of the upper is clamped between the chassis and at least one of the attached studs. The invention also relates to the various components used in a modular shoe in accordance with the invention.

Claims

1. A modular article of footwear, comprising:

an upper comprising a lower side having at least one aperture formed therein;

a chassis located proximate an interior surface of the lower side and comprising at least one mounting structure extending from a lower surface of the chassis, wherein a shape of the at least one mounting structure substantially corresponds to a shape of the at least one aperture; and

at least one stud configured to releasably couple to the chassis and comprising a mounting structure having an inner recess that is shaped to substantially correspond to the shape of the at least one mounting structure of the chassis.

2. The modular article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the lower side of the upper is secured between the chassis and the at least one stud when the at least one stud is releasably coupled to the chassis.

3. The modular article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the at least one mounting structure extends through the at least one aperture and beyond a bottom surface of the upper.

4. The modular article of footwear of claim 1, further comprising at least one seal located on a bottom surface of the lower side of the upper.

5. The modular article of footwear of claim 4, wherein the at least one seal is positioned adjacent the at least one aperture.

6. The modular article of footwear of claim 1, further comprising at least one seal located on the at least one stud and configured to contact the lower side of the upper when the at least one stud is releasably coupled to the chassis.

7. The modular article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the at least one mounting structure comprises a recessed portion configured to releasably couple with a screw of the at least one stud.

8. The modular article of footwear of claim 7, wherein the screw comprises an additional profile element that extends beyond an exterior portion of the at least one stud.

9. A modular article of footwear, comprising:

a chassis comprising at least two mounting structures, wherein a first mounting structure of the at least two mounting structures comprises a first shape and a second mounting structure of the at least two mounting structures comprises a second shape, wherein the first shape differs from the second shape;

at least two studs, wherein

a first stud of the at least two studs comprises a first shape that substantially corresponds to the first shape of the first mounting structure and is releasably coupled to the first mounting structure, and

a second stud of the at least two studs comprises a second shape that substantially corresponds to the second shape of the second mounting structure and is releasably coupled to the second mounting structure; and

an upper comprising a lower side, wherein the lower side of the upper is secured between the chassis and the at least two studs when the at least two studs are releasably coupled to the chassis;

wherein the shape of the at least two studs and the at least two mounting structures prevent rotation of the at least two studs with respect to the chassis.

10. The modular article of footwear of claim 9, wherein the first shape of the first stud and the first mounting structure is generally oblong.

11. The modular article of footwear of claim 9, wherein the second shape of the second stud and the second mounting structure is generally oblong.

12. The modular article of footwear of claim 9, wherein the first stud and the first mounting structure comprise a first color, and the second stud and the second mounting structure comprise a second color, wherein the first color differs from the second color.

13. The modular article of footwear of claim 9, wherein at least two apertures are formed in the lower side of the upper, and the at least two mounting structures extend through the at least two apertures and beyond a bottom surface of the upper.

14. The modular article of footwear of claim 9, wherein each of the at least two mounting structures comprise a recessed portion configured to releasably couple with a screw of each of the at least two studs.