Patent ID: 7726043

Claim:
Means for permitting a specifically-oriented receptacle for a shoe stud to be oriented in only one possible rotational position relative to and in a multi-layer shoe sole including an outer shoe sole and an inner shoe sole, wherein said means comprises co-operating orienting means on said receptacle and said outer shoe sole, said co-operating orienting means being operative to receive and physically retain said receptacle in said only one possible rotational position in said outer shoe sole while preventing rotation relative to said outer shoe sole at least until said inner shoe sole is secured to said outer shoe sole wherein said orienting means comprises an additional part secured to said receptacle, co-operating with a formation on said outer shoe sole; wherein said additional part comprises a flange projecting from at least part of the periphery of said receptacle; and wherein said flange is of rotationally symmetrical shape, but has an aperture or apertures arranged to provide non-rotational symmetry.