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US 4,642,917 AGranted
Athletic shoe having improved sole construction
AssigneeHyde Athletic Industries, Inc.
InventorMarvin J. Ungar
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AssigneeHyde Athletic Industries, Inc.
InventorMarvin J. Ungar
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A shoe having an improved sole construction in which traction devices or cleats having a substantially triangular cross-section extend downwardly from the shoe. At least some of the devices are beveled so that the lowermost side of the triangular device serves as a gripping edge that is parallel to the surface of the sole. A plurality of these beveled cleats are disposed at the perimeter of the sole, the gripping edges being parallel to the perimeter. At least some of these perimeter cleats extend outwardly beyond the perimeter of the sole and are integrally attached to both the sole and the lateral surface of the shoe so that the respective gripping edges lie parallel to, but slightly outside the shoe perimeter. The traction devices on the frontal portion of the sole within the shoe perimeter are preferably beveled cleats pointing substantially in the forward direction with their gripping edges at the back of the cleat. The cleats located within the perimeter of the heel are preferably triangular in cross-section but are not beveled, and are of less height than the beveled cleats.
A shoe having an improved sole construction comprising an upper portion, a sole, and traction device extending downwardly from said sole, said traction devices having a substantially triangular cross-section in a plane parallel to and closely adjacent said sole, at least some of the devices being beveled to form a gripping edge at the lowermost edge thereof each gripping edge being parallel to said sole and being defined by the intersection of the bottom beveled surface and one side surface of the respective traction device, said side surface being generally perpendicular to said sole.
A shoe having an improved sole construction comprising an upper portion, a sole, and traction devices extending downwardly from said sole, said traction devices having a substantially triangular cross-section in a plane parallel to and closely adjacent said sole, wherein at least some of the devices are beveled to form a gripping edge on each of said beveled devices, said gripping edge being parallel to said sole, wherein some of said beveled devices are located at the perimeter of the sole, their gripping edges lying along the perimeter of the sole, and wherein one or more of the beveled devices on the frontal portion of the sole of the shoe at the inside edge of the shoe extends beyond the perineter of the sole so that the gripping edge of each of said devices lies outside of but parallel to the perimeter of the sole, these devices being integrally attached to both the sole and the lateral portion of the shoe.
A shoe having an improved sole construction comprising an upper portion, a sole, and traction devices extending downwardly from said sole, said traction devices having a substantially triangular cross-section in a plane parallel to and closely adjacent said sole, wherein at least some of the devices are beveled to form a gripping edge on each of said beveled devices, said gripping edge being parallel to said sole, wherein some of said beveled devices are located at the perimeter of the sole, their gripping edges lying along the perimeter of the sole, and wherein others of said beveled devices are located within the perimeter of the sole on the front portion of the sole, the gripping edges of said devices lying substantially orthogonal to the longest dimension of the sole.
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