Patent ID: 6983556
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: A43C,A43D

Abstract:
1. A shoe cleat assembly comprising: a cleat receiver including a cleat engaging section; a cleat including a receiver engaging section suitably dimensioned and configured to releasably engage with the cleat receiver; and a latch member suitably dimensioned and configured to releasably engage with portions of the cleat engaging section and the receiver engaging section; one of the cleat engaging section of the cleat receiver and the receiver engaging section of the cleat includes an axially extending socket and a latch receiving slot disposed along a peripheral side wall surface of the cleat receiver or the cleat, the latch receiving slot being in communication with the socket; the other of the cleat engaging section of the cleat receiver and the receiver engaging section of the cleat includes an axially extending attachment plug dimensioned to be received within the socket of the cleat receiver; and the cleat is releasably secured to the cleat receiver by inserting the attachment plug into the socket and inserting the latch member through the latch receiving slot and into the socket so as to releasably engage the latch member with the attachment plug.