Patent ID: 9027502
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: A43C,A63B,B63B,B63H

Abstract:
1. A rowing shoe fastening system comprising: a cleat assembly mountable to at least a ball portion of a sole of a rowing shoe and including a forwardly extending toe and a rearwardly extending lip spaced apart longitudinally from the toe; a receiver mountable to a footboard of a rowing boat and having a base extending longitudinally between a toe receiving portion and a heel receiving portion, wherein the toe receiving portion permits slidable insertion of the toe, and once inserted, the toe receiving portion prevents translation of the toe in a first plane, permits lateral translation of the toe in a laterally outward direction in a second plane generally perpendicular to the first plane while preventing translation of the toe in an opposite laterally inward direction in the second plane; wherein the heel receiving portion is biased via a resilient member to permit slidable insertion of the lip of the cleat assembly to become engaged relative to an upper, forward edge of the heel receiving portion, and wherein, after insertion of the lip of the cleat assembly within the heel receiving portion, the heel receiving portion retains the lip of the cleat assembly at least until after the toe of the rowing shoe has been laterally translated out of the toe receiving portion.