Patent ID: 7654014

Claim:
A golf shoe, comprising: an upper shoe configured to be selectively secured to a foot, said upper shoe including a heel portion configured to receive a heel of the foot, and a forefoot portion configured to receive a forefoot portion of the foot; a main sole secured to said upper shoe and extending from said forefoot portion to said heel portion; a heel plate secured to said main sole, said heel plate disposed beneath said heel portion of said upper shoe, said heel plate defining a center of rotation and a guide pin, said center of rotation disposed beneath said heel portion of said upper shoe; a heel support pivotally secured to said heel plate and defining an arcuate guide slot that receives said guide pin, said heel support selectively pivotable about said center of rotation between a first heel position and a second heel position, said heel support including at least one heel cleat for engaging a ground surface; a spring element received in said arcuate guide slot, a first end of said spring element abutting a surface of said arcuate guide slot, a second end of said spring element abutting said guide pin, said spring element biasing said heel support away from said second heel position and toward said first heel position; a forefoot plate secured to said main sole adjacent a forefoot portion of said upper shoe; and a forefoot support defining at least two arcuate slots, each arcuate slot receiving a forefoot fastener for slidably securing said forefoot support to said main sole, each of said forefoot fasteners extending through one of said arcuate slots and being secured to said forefoot plate, each arcuate slot defining an arc having a center, said forefoot support selectively slidable with respect to said upper shoe along said arcs between a first forefoot position and a second forefoot position, said second forefoot position being disposed laterally inward with respect to said first forefoot position, said forefoot support including at least one forefoot cleat for engaging the ground surface; wherein said heel support pivots from said first heel position to said second heel position, and said forefoot support slides from said first forefoot position to said second forefoot position, when said heel cleat and said forefoot cleat are engaged with the ground surface and said upper shoe is pivoted with respect to the ground surface such that said forefoot portion of said upper shoe moves laterally outward with respect to an instep side of said upper shoe.