Patent ID: 8020322

Claim:
A cleat for footwear comprising: a hub having a top surface, a bottom surface, a periphery and a longitudinal axis oriented substantially perpendicular to said top and bottom surfaces; connector means secured to said top surface of said hub for enabling the cleat to be attached to a connector mounted in a shoe sole; an array of plural different types of angularly spaced traction elements secured to and depending from said bottom surface of said hub proximate said periphery; wherein said traction elements are positionally angularly alternated in said array; wherein a first type of said traction elements is a first dynamic traction element that is sufficiently flexible in response to bearing a load comprising the weight of a wearer of the footwear to trap grass blades between itself and an outsole of footwear to which the cleat is connected; wherein a second type of said traction elements is a first static traction element that is relatively inflexible in response to bearing said load and is shorter than said first dynamic traction element; and wherein a third type of said traction elements is a second dynamic traction element that is sufficiently flexible in response to bearing said load to trap grass blades between itself and the outsole of footwear to which the cleat is connected, said second dynamic traction element being shorter than said first dynamic traction element but longer than said first static traction element.