US 5,305,536 AGranted

Shoe cleat guard having a spring biased securing device

OwnerCarl L. Deppinginventor

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Abstract

A protective body is arranged for projection onto cleats of an associated athletic shoe, such that the body includes a first layer of a first durameter arranged to receive in a piercing manner the cleats such that a second layer of a second durameter measurement greater than the first durameter measurement is arranged to effect impalement of the cleats therewithin, with a third layer mounted coextensively to the second layer of a third durameter greater than the second durameter measurement for providing for a rigid support surface. A strap member is mounted through the layers for securement to the athletic shoe structure.

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A shoe cleat guard, comprising,

a body, having a first layer of a first durometer of hardness coextensive and contiguous with a second layer of a second durometer of hardness greater than said first durometer of hardness, and a third layer coextensive and contiguous with said second layer, with the third layer having a third durometer of hardness greater than said second durometer of hardness, the first layer having a first layer concave top wall arranged to receive cleat members of a sport shoe therewithin in a piercing relationship, and the third layer having a convex bottom wall for engaging of an underlying support surface,
and
the first layer includes a first layer first slot spaced from a first layer second slot, the second layer having a second layer first slot coextensive with and in communication with the first layer first slot, and the second layer having a second layer second slot coextensive with and in communication with the first layer second slot, and a connecting strap having a central web captured between the second layer and the third layer, with the central web including a first web projecting through the first layer first slot and the second layer first slot extending beyond the first layer top wall, and a second web having a second length greater than said first length projecting through the first layer second slot and the second layer second slot, with the first web having a first hook and loop fastener surface, the second web having a second hook and loop fastener surface arranged for engaging the first web hook and loop fastener surface,
and
at least one insert housing directed through the first layer into the second layer, wherein the insert housing includes an insert housing side wall having a plurality of barbed projections to secure the insert housing within the arcuate body, the housing having a housing top wall, with the housing top wall having a top wall slot directed into the housing, with the top wall slot including facing carbide slot side walls for sharpening of a cleat member directed into the top wall slot,
and
the housing includes a housing cavity, having a spring member interposed between the housing side wall and one of said carbide slot side walls, with a carbide reinforcing wall engaging said spring member interposed between said spring member and said at least one carbide slot side wall, with said carbide reinforcing wall having a hinge hingedly mounting the reinforcing wall to the housing top wall within the cavity.

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Abstract

A shoe cleat guard, comprising,

a body, having a first layer of a first durometer of hardness coextensive and contiguous with a second layer of a second durometer of hardness greater than said first durometer of hardness, and a third layer coextensive and contiguous with said second layer, with the third layer having a third durometer of hardness greater than said second durometer of hardness, the first layer having a first layer concave top wall arranged to receive cleat members of a sport shoe therewithin in a piercing relationship, and the third layer having a convex bottom wall for engaging of an underlying support surface,
and
the first layer includes a first layer first slot spaced from a first layer second slot, the second layer having a second layer first slot coextensive with and in communication with the first layer first slot, and the second layer having a second layer second slot coextensive with and in communication with the first layer second slot, and a connecting strap having a central web captured between the second layer and the third layer, with the central web including a first web projecting through the first layer first slot and the second layer first slot extending beyond the first layer top wall, and a second web having a second length greater than said first length projecting through the first layer second slot and the second layer second slot, with the first web having a first hook and loop fastener surface, the second web having a second hook and loop fastener surface arranged for engaging the first web hook and loop fastener surface,
and
at least one insert housing directed through the first layer into the second layer, wherein the insert housing includes an insert housing side wall having a plurality of barbed projections to secure the insert housing within the arcuate body, the housing having a housing top wall, with the housing top wall having a top wall slot directed into the housing, with the top wall slot including facing carbide slot side walls for sharpening of a cleat member directed into the top wall slot,
and
the housing includes a housing cavity, having a spring member interposed between the housing side wall and one of said carbide slot side walls, with a carbide reinforcing wall engaging said spring member interposed between said spring member and said at least one carbide slot side wall, with said carbide reinforcing wall having a hinge hingedly mounting the reinforcing wall to the housing top wall within the cavity.

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