A molded outsole for an athletic shoe including molded, non-metallic studs or cleats includes a plurality of first substantially identical studs and a plurality of second substantially identical studs. The first studs have a shape characterized by three partially-overlapping frustoconical shapes, blended together to present an outline which does not retain dirt, in a triangular pattern, and produce a stud shorter than a second stud. The second studs have a shape characterized by a large frustoconical portion bounded by two partially-overlapping smaller frustoconical portions, of equal height, arranged to define a generally arcuate shape presenting a concave face and a convex face, the large frustoconical portion and the two small frustoconical portions being appropriately filleted to produce a smooth surface which does not retain dirt. These second studs may be oriented to support traction primarily in a predetermined direction, and to allow pivoting. The smaller studs may be oriented appropriately to provide lateral traction and to prevent an edge of the outsole from digging in. The disclosed outsole is useful without modification for the sports of baseball and football, and similar sports, and may be easily modified, by the removal of a stud, to be appropriate for the sport of soccer.
A novel sole construction (16) comprises an outsole (20) and a cleat layer (34) disposed above the outsole and having a plurality of cleats (22) depending therefrom. A plurality of perforations (38) are formed in the outside (20) each perforation (38) receiving a respective cleat (22) for insertion therethrough. Thus, the exterior bottom surface (18) of the sole construction (16) comprises a flexible, light weight outsole (20) with more durable cleats (22) disposed at strategic points therein.
A cleated sole for footwear intended primarily for serious sportsmen and trackers uses ovaloid pairs of cleats. The preferred embodiment utilizes cleat pairs which include two depressions on their ground contacting base, and a shallow transverse depression across the cleat pair base's rear. The footwear sole has improved traction, balance, and quietness.
An improved athletic shoe sole of the type with annular cleating segments has an annular cleat set projecting from the main sole surface and disposed along a substantially circular path, the set having a plurality of cleat nodes each of which is arranged in a substantially abutting relationship to at least one adjacent cleat node. Each node has a distal end or tip spaced from the main sole surface and first and second edges on opposite sides of the distal end with proximal ends terminating on the circular path. Improved pivotability and traction characteristics are provided.
A sole for athletic shoes, particularly soccer shoes, made of a lightweight plastic construction having a reinforcement web provided between the ball region and the heel for the attachment of gripping elements is improved so that a greater resistance to twisting, at least in the midfoot section, is achieved without the weight of the sole being increased. This is achieved in that the reinforcement web is positioned to running diagonally from a lateral side of the ball region over sole to the medial side of the heel. Additionally, a diagonal web may be provided running from a medial side of the ball region to the small toe region.
An athletic shoe for use on artificial turf has an outer ground sole with cleats that project perpendicular from the surface of the sole, each cleat having a channel on one side extending to the projecting end of the cleat, the cleats being arranged on the sole so that the channel side of each cleat faces opposite to the most likely direction of force on the end of the cleat with respect to the sole during normal athletic activity of the wearer on artificial turf, whereas the side of the cleat opposite the channel is tapered so that the artificial turf fibers in the path of the cleat as it moves against and parallel to the artifical turf are gathered in the channel and the cleat slides along a gathered bunch of such turf fibers, bears upon the bunch of fibers so gathered and wipes the fibers of moisture in case they are wet; thereby providing a dry contact between the end of the cleat and the gathered bunch of fibers and so insures relatively high friction between the cleat and the turf fibers even when the turf is wet, whereas the cleat slides easily along the turf in the direction of the taper.
