Patent ID: 6272953
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A43C,A43D,B25B,Y10S

Abstract:
In combination, cleats for being removably attached in openings of a bottom of an athletic shoe and an athletic shoe cleat tool for facilitating the rotational application and removal of individual ones of the cleats on an athletic shoe, said combination comprising:an annular body of each of the cleats having a pair of openings of a predetermined size and an insertable portion for being received in the shoe bottom openings;a plurality of projections extending from the body oppositely to the insertable portion and being configured for gripping into a surface with the cleats attached to the shoe; anda head portion of the tool for engaging individual cleats, said head portion including a sleeve and a plurality of independently spring-biased pins disposed within and generally parallel to said sleeve for engaging the projections of individual cleats, the pins each having a distal end portion with a predetermined diameter sized to fit into the annular body openings.