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US 4,492,047 AGranted
Cleat for sports shoes
AssigneeITW-ATECO GmbH
InventorHeino Arff
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AssigneeITW-ATECO GmbH
InventorHeino Arff
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A cleat for sports shoes, especially football boots, comprising a socket situated in the outsole, a cleat body, a fastening attachment via which the cleat body is detachably connectible to the socket, and a supporting surface formed integrally with the cleat body thereat said supporting surface coming to lie in close contact against the outsole from below, with at least two circumferentially spaced downward pointing bearing surfaces formed at the fastening attachment which, upon insertion and after rotation of the fastening attachment through a predetermined angle of rotation come to lie in close contact against supporting surfaces in the socket under pressure, with the other supporting surface of the cleat body coming to lie in close contact against the outsole under a compression pressure, and with a means of safety against rotation provided between the fastening attachment and the socket.
A cleat for sports shoes, especially football boots, comprising a socket situated in the outsole, a cleat body, a fastening attachment via which the cleat body is detachably connectible to the socket, and a supporting surface formed at the cleat body which comes to lie in close contact against the outsole from below, characterized in that at least two circumferentially spaced downward pointing mounting surfaces are formed at the fastening attachment and after rotation thereof through a predetermined angle of rotation come to lie in close contact under pressure against supporting surfaces in the socket, with the other supporting surface of the cleat body lying under compression pressure against the outsole and with a means of protection against rotation provided between the fastening attachment and the socket, said fastening attachment forming a ball and socket joint with said socket.
A cleat according to claim 16, characterized in that the outsole has an interrupted annular groove formed therein for the reception of a correspondingly shaped supporting portion 13 of the cleat body.
A cleat according to claim 26, characterized in that at least one connecting web serves as a stiffening portion for the outsole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.