WO2023177543A4 - Cleated footwear - Google Patents

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WO2023177543A4
WO2023177543A4 PCT/US2023/014524 US2023014524W WO2023177543A4 WO 2023177543 A4 WO2023177543 A4 WO 2023177543A4 US 2023014524 W US2023014524 W US 2023014524W WO 2023177543 A4 WO2023177543 A4 WO 2023177543A4
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plate
rigid
cleat
shoe
depression
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Howard Dananberg
Brian G.R. Hughes
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Hbn Shoe, Llc
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
    • A43B5/18—Attachable overshoes for sporting purposes
    • A43B5/185—Attachable overshoes for sporting purposes with a sole covering spikes or cleats
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
    • A43B5/02—Football boots or shoes, i.e. for soccer, football or rugby
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B13/00—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units
    • A43B13/02—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units characterised by the material
    • A43B13/12—Soles with several layers of different materials
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B13/00—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units
    • A43B13/14—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units characterised by the constructive form
    • A43B13/22—Soles made slip-preventing or wear-resisting, e.g. by impregnation or spreading a wear-resisting layer
    • A43B13/24—Soles made slip-preventing or wear-resisting, e.g. by impregnation or spreading a wear-resisting layer by use of insertions
    • A43B13/26—Soles made slip-preventing or wear-resisting, e.g. by impregnation or spreading a wear-resisting layer by use of insertions projecting beyond the sole surface

Abstract

A cleat plate for cleated footwear comprising a rigid forefoot plate, a rigid heel plate, and a flexible bridge element connecting the rigid forefoot plate and the rigid heel plate. The rigid forefoot plate includes a concave depression extending downward from the top of the rigid forefoot plate and configured to lie directly under the first metatarsal head of the wearer, wherein the depression extends as a convex surface below the bottom of the rigid forefoot plate and has plurality of cleats extending therefrom.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS received by the International Bureau on 06.10.2023 (06 October 2023) Claims:
1. A cleat plate for cleated footwear comprising a rigid forefoot plate, a rigid heel plate, and a flexible bridge element connecting the rigid forefoot plate and the rigid heel plate, wherein the rigid forefoot plate includes a concave depression extending downward from the top of the rigid forefoot plate and configured to lie directly under the first metatarsal head of the wearer, wherein the depression extends as a convex surface below the bottom of the rigid forefoot plate and has plurality of cleats extending therefrom.
2. The cleat plate of claim 1, wherein the depression includes a central cleat and a plurality of additional cleats radially arranged along edges of the convex surface of the depression.
3. The cleat plate of claim 2, wherein the rigid forefoot cleats include a further plurality of cleats located essentially on a radius extending from the toe end of the rigid forefoot plate along an outer lateral bottom side of the rigid forefoot plate.
4. The cleat plate of any of claims 1-3, wherein the rigid rear heel plate includes a concave heel depression configured to underlie and match the underside of the wearer’s calcaneus bone, wherein the heel depression extends as a convex surface below the bottom of the rigid heel plate and has a plurality of cleats extending therefrom.
5. The cleat plate of claim 4, wherein the depression includes a central cleat and a plurality of additi onal cleats radially arranged along edges of the convex surface of the heel depression.
6. The cleat plate of claim 5, further comprising a further plurality of cleats provided in a pattern essentially on a radius extending from the central cleat along an outer edge of the rigid heel plate.
7. A cleated shoe comprising a cleat plate as claimed in any of claims 1-6.
8. The cleated shoe as claimed in claim 7, wherein the cleat plates are left and right shoe specific mirror images of one another.
9. The cleated shoe as claimed in claim 8, wherein the shoe is selected from the group consisting of a soccer shoe, a football boot, a baseball shoe, and a track shoe.
10. The cleated shoe as claimed in any of claims 7-9, wherein the flexible bridge element is adjustable to accommodate the wearer’s ball of foot length.
AMENDED SHEET (ARTICLE 19)

STATEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 19(1)

Independent claim 1 has been amended to incorporate the features of dependent claim 2, which has been cancelled. Claim 8 and 13-17 also have been cancelled, and the remaining claims renumbered.

Since claims 2-7 are considered to involve inventive steps, since claim 1 has been amended to incorporate the features of claim 2, no specific discussion of any of the art citation is believed necessary .

PCT/US2023/014524 2022-03-14 2023-03-03 Cleated footwear WO2023177543A2 (en)

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