Studded footwear

Apparatus for specifically orienting a stud in a receptacle secured in a shoe sole such that the stud has only one permissible rotational orientation relative to the sole, said apparatus comprising:

• means securing said receptacle in said sole to rotationally receive and lock a stud in only one permitted rotational position relative to said receptacle;
• orienting means for permitting said receptacle to be secured in said shoe sole in only one rotational orientation and thereby determining said only one permissible rotational orientation of the stud relative to the sole, said orienting means comprising:
• located in said receptacle:
• a boss having an opening at one end, for rotationally receiving a spigot of the stud;
• and
• a plate secured to and extending laterally beyond said boss, said plate having a predetermined rotationally asymmetric periphery;
• located in said sole:
• engagement means for receiving said plate in only one possible rotational orientation to prevent rotational movement of the plate relative to the sole;
• wherein said engagement means comprises a recess defined in said sole, said recess having a peripheral boundary corresponding to said predetermined rotationally asymmetric periphery of said plate;
• wherein said predetermined rotationally asymmetric periphery includes a plurality of discrete intersecting sides;
• and
• wherein said engagement means comprises a plurality of upstanding members secured to said sole and spaced to define an area therebetween for receiving said plate such that the plate can be accommodated in only one position.