Patent ID: 8201348
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: A43C

Abstract:
1. A combination of a shoe stud and receptacle, the shoe stud includes a ground-engaging part and the two components are adapted to be secured together by a multi-start threaded connection comprising a screw-threaded spigot on one of the two components adapted to be inserted with rotation into a screw-threaded socket on the other component, and a locking means on one of the components which is arranged to become interengaged to resist unscrewing of the assembly, the locking means comprising a primary locking means and at least one secondary locking member, the primary locking means comprising a ring of posts extending axially from one of the components and a ring of teeth on the other component, the posts engaging between the teeth, and wherein the or each secondary locking member projects radially from a surface of said other of the components to engage with a respective post to maintain the interengagement of the primary locking means, wherein the secondary locking member comprises at least one hooked member, the arrangement being such that the at least one hooked member engages and partially surrounds at least one of the posts when the spigot has been screwed into the socket to a predetermined axial position.