Patent ID: 6289611
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: A43B,A43C

Abstract:
An outsole for a right or left golf shoe comprising:a sole member having an outer surface;a plurality of pyramid-shaped protrusions extending outwardly from the outer surface of the sole member to a ground engagement tip;a plurality of receptacles disposed within the sole member;a plurality of spikes, each of the spikes having a mounting portion removably mounted within one of the receptacles and at least one engagement portion extending outwardly from the outer surface; anda plurality of longitudinally extending wear bars, each of the wear bars extending outwardly from the outer surface of the sole member and having oppositely disposed first and second ends, first and second sides, first and second end portions, a mid portion disposed between the first and second end portions, and no part in common with another wear bar, the first and second end portions each extending outwardly from the outer surface of the sole member to a ground engagement surface, the first and second sides converging at the first and second ends at an acute angle, the first and second ends each extending substantially perpendicular from the outer surface of the sole member, the mid portion extending outwardly from the outer surface of the sole member to a base surface disposed intermediate the outer surface of the sole member and the ground engagement surfaces of the first and second end portions, the base surface extending from the first side of the wear bar to the second side of the wear bar wherein the mid portion defines a notch completely separating the first end portion from the second end portion.