US 7,073,280 B2 · Cleat for golf shoes

Abstract

A cleat (10) to be used on a golf shoe is disclosed. The cleat (10) includes a cleat body (3), securing means (4) and a plurality of long legs (1) and short legs (2). The long legs (1) and the short legs (2) are provided alternately on the cleat body (3). The long legs (1) protrude outwardly from the cleat body (3) having an angle with an imaginary plane normal to the axis of the cleat in the range 70±15 degrees. The long legs (1) are rigid enough to penetrate through grass while the short legs (2) are rigid enough to retain their shape on a hard surface and press grass hard from above. The cleat having voids between the long and short legs provides excellent grips on grass as grass blades and stalks enter the voids and entangle with the long legs (1) and the short legs (2).

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Dependent claims

A cleat for a shoe, comprising:

(a) a cleat base having a top surface carrying an attachment means for attaching the cleat to the sole of a shoe, and an opposed bottom surface;
(b) a plurality of spaced-apart, alternating long and short legs integrally-formed around the periphery of the cleat base and extending radially-outwardly from the bottom surface of the cleat base at an angle of between about 55 and 85 degrees from an imaginary plane normal to a central axis of the cleat base;
and
(c) the long and short legs being spaced-apart so as to form respective voids extending therebetween substantially the entire distance from the bottom surface of the cleat base to respective free ends of the long and short legs for accommodating grass between the long and short legs.

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Cleat for golf shoes

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Cleat for golf shoes

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