Footwear accessory
OwnerJames W. Vidlerinventor
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Abstract
An accessory for footwear including a thin, flexible, dish-shaped soleplate strapped to each sole of a pair of footwear. The soleplate contains metal spikes which extend from the lower surface of the soleplate. Each spike has a broad base embedded within the soleplate to firmly secure the spike to the soleplate. At least one pair of straps passes over the top of the footwear, and at least one strap passes around the heel of the footwear to secure the soleplate to the footwear using buckles, laces or other similar structure.
Claims18
An accessory for attachment to the sole of a shoe having a continuous unstepped undersurface to allow the wearing of the shoe for the playing of golf, said accessory comprising:
- a thin, flexible soleplate of an elastic plastic material having an upper surface and a lower surface, the soleplate being generally dish-shaped both longitudinally and transversely in its relaxed state with a concave upper surface, and being adapted to deflect resiliently to be generally flat when worn by the user;
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- at least two curved rows of spikes protruding from the lower surface of the soleplate, each said row of spikes comprising five spikes, the rows being disposed along the length of the soleplate and being curved outwards, away from the center of the soleplate, said soleplate further comprising an axis point located between and generally midway along the length of the rows, the spikes being paired and each spike of each said pair being located such that a straight line drawn through a pair of spikes also passes through the axis point, each of the pair of spikes being equidistant from the axis point.
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