Patent ID: 6941684

Claim:
An article of footwear including an upper and a sole, the sole comprising, a receiving portion including a biasing assembly; and a ground-engaging member having a removable tip including a leg member depending therefrom, the leg member configured to resiliently displace a portion of the biasing assembly based on a general linear motion of the leg member causing abutment of the portion of the biasing assembly with the leg member, and the portion of the biasing assembly configured to resiliently recover after the resilient displacement so as to provide a snap-fit engagement; wherein the biasing assembly includes a first biasing member and a second biasing member each being oriented with respect to each other such that, in a direction from a proximal end of the first and second biasing members, respectively, to a distal end of the first biasing member and second biasing member, respectively, a spacing between the first and second biasing members initially increases and then subsequently decreases.