Patent ID: 8544195
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: A43C

Abstract:
1. A receptacle adapted to be installed in a shoe outsole for replaceably mounting a traction cleat on a shoe comprising: a base adapted to be secured in the shoe outsole and having a bottom surface and a longitudinally extending receptacle attachment axis; a boss having a distal end and a proximal end proximate said bottom surface, said boss extending generally longitudinally from said base and having a hollow interior cavity extending generally downward about the receptacle attachment axis; a distal end wall on said boss having an interior surface facing generally axially and interiorly of said cavity, an exterior surface facing generally axially and exteriorly of said cavity and a through aperture configured to permit an attachment flange structure of a cleat to be passed axially through the aperture and be received in said cavity in an angular insertion orientation relative to said receptacle and such that the flange structure can be angularly rotated in the cavity about the receptacle attachment axis to an angular locking orientation relative to said receptacle, said end wall being further configured to prevent axial removal of said attachment flange structure from said cavity in said angular locking orientation; wherein said through aperture is axially centered about said receptacle attachment axis and consists of: wherein the maximum height of the receptacle in the dimension parallel to the receptacle attachment axis is five millimeters or less.