Cleats and footwear for providing customized traction

Details Cleats and footwear for providing customized traction Cleats and footwear for providing customized traction

2007-11-09

2010-06-01

Kavanaugh, Ted (Department: 3728)

Boots, shoes, and leggings

Boots and shoes

Occupational or athletic shoe

C036S06700D

Reexamination Certificate

active

07726047

ABSTRACT:
A removable cleat includes a plurality of projections, dividing into sets, with each set of projections made of different materials. The cleat includes a coupling element, for attachment to a shoe, and a ground contacting element. The ground contacting element contains a plurality of projections, with the projections divided into at least two sets. The projections may be disposed about the perimeter of the ground contacting element, such that each set of projections does not extend more than half the perimeter. Additionally, some of the plurality of projections may be located interior to the perimeter. Further, each set of projections may be oriented in a particular direction with respect to a plane formed by the perimeter. Each interspersed set of projections may be made of a different material, or each projection may itself be made of a different material. Further, a directional cleat may include sets of projections interspersed on different parts of the cleat, with each set made of different materials. Such materials may also be of different colors, to help ensure correct installation of the directional cleat on a shoe.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5259129 (1993-11-01), Deacon et al.
patent: D371895 (1996-07-01), McMullin
patent: 5794367 (1998-08-01), Carroll
patent: 5887371 (1999-03-01), Curley, Jr.
patent: 5996260 (1999-12-01), MacNeill
patent: 6009640 (2000-01-01), Deacon et al.
patent: 6023860 (2000-02-01), McMullin
patent: 6041526 (2000-03-01), Collins
patent: 6052923 (2000-04-01), McMullin
patent: 6094843 (2000-08-01), Curley, Jr.
patent: D432770 (2000-10-01), Breault et al.
patent: 6138386 (2000-10-01), Singer et al.
patent: 6167641 (2001-01-01), McMullin
patent: 6209230 (2001-04-01), Curley, Jr.
patent: D449431 (2001-10-01), Savoie
patent: 6305104 (2001-10-01), McMullin
patent: 6327797 (2001-12-01), Deacon et al.
patent: 6354021 (2002-03-01), Deacon et al.
patent: 6530162 (2003-03-01), Carroll
patent: D473699 (2003-04-01), Savoie
patent: 6675505 (2004-01-01), Terashima
patent: 6823613 (2004-11-01), Kelly et al.
patent: 6834445 (2004-12-01), McMullin
patent: 6834446 (2004-12-01), McMullin
patent: 6904707 (2005-06-01), McMullin
patent: D509050 (2005-09-01), Savoie
patent: 7040043 (2006-05-01), McMullin
patent: 7047674 (2006-05-01), Garvie
patent: 7073280 (2006-07-01), Terashima
patent: 7073281 (2006-07-01), Terashima
patent: 2001/0011429 (2001-08-01), Peabody
patent: 2003/0033735 (2003-02-01), Ijiri
patent: 2003/0131502 (2003-07-01), Terashima
patent: 2003/0172556 (2003-09-01), Terashima
patent: 2004/0040182 (2004-03-01), McMullin
patent: 3811513 (1989-10-01), None
patent: 2679421 (1991-07-01), None

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Cleats and footwear for providing customized traction does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Cleats and footwear for providing customized traction, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Cleats and footwear for providing customized traction will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4234775