Patent ID: 8245422
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: A43C

Abstract:
1. A removable traction cleat for a shoe comprising: a hub having an axis and an outermost peripheral edge radially spaced from said axis, said hub including a top surface having connecting structure for removably attaching the cleat along said axis to a receptacle mounted in the shoe, and a bottom surface opposite said top surface; a dynamic traction portion for engaging the ground; wherein said hub has at least one cut-out area defined through the entire hub thickness between said top and bottom surfaces and extending radially inward from the hub outermost peripheral edge toward said axis; wherein said dynamic traction portion includes at least one flexible dynamic traction element when unflexed disposed in its entirety below and spaced from the bottom surface of the hub throughout the entire length of the dynamic traction element, said dynamic traction element having a proximal end secured to said cleat radially inward from the hub outermost peripheral edge and extending below said bottom surface downward and radially outward from said proximal end and said axis and terminating at a distal end, said dynamic traction element being angularly positioned in underlying alignment with and below said cut out area of said hub, said dynamic traction element being sufficiently resiliently flexible to be forced into said cut-out area of said hub in response to being forced upwardly under the weight load of a person wearing said shoe and stepping down on the cleat.