Patent ID: 8863410

Claim:
A cleat element for attachment to a bottom side of a sole of a shoe, the cleat element comprising: a carrier plate, and at least two cleats arranged on the carrier plate, wherein each of the at least two cleats comprises: a cleat base body attached to the carrier plate, the cleat base body substantially hemispherical in shape with a hemispherical surface which extends vertically downward from the carrier plate, wherein a cross section of the hemispherical surface taken between first and second points defining a greatest width of the hemispherical surface and at an angle perpendicular to the sole of the shoe defines a continuous curve from the first point to the second point, the cleat base body having a vertically projected area; a single extension extending vertically downward from the hemispherical surface of the cleat base body, a distal end of the extension having a vertically projected area, and the vertically projected area of the extension being at least partially outside the vertically projected area of cleat base body.