Back to results
US 2002/0152643 A1Published application
Spike for golf shoe
OwnerJinho Kiminventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention the present invention relates to a spike for a golf shoe, which ensures quick and rigid locking of a spike body to a nut member embedded in an outsole of the golf shoe, and allows a commercially available conventional spike body element to be threadedly locked to the nut member upon wear or breakage of the spike body, thereby lengthening a useful life of the golf shoe.
Claims1
A spike for a golf shoe, comprising:
- a nut member having a first base, first ratchet teeth which are formed at a center portion of the first base, an annular groove which is defined inward of the first ratchet teeth, a first sleeve part which is placed inward of the annular groove and is formed on a circumferential inner surface thereof with an internally threaded portion, the nut member being formed, on an inner edge thereof defining the annular groove, with a pair of upwardly inclined projections;
- and
- a spike body having a second base, second ratchet teeth which are formed at a center portion of the second base to be meshed with the first ratchet teeth of the nut member, and a second sleeve part which is placed inward of the second ratchet teeth to be inserted into the annular groove of the nut member, the second sleeve part being formed on a circumferential outer surface thereof with a pair of downwardly inclined projections which can ride on the pair of upwardly inclined projections of the nut member to be slidingly and threadedly moved thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.