Patent ID: 7010871

Claim:
Outsole for athletic shoes with stud-shaped cleats that taper conically from a base to a contact surface thereof and are molded onto a front sole region and a heel region of the outsole, wherein all cleats in a sole edge region along the left and right sides of the front sole region are of substantially the same height and all cleats in a sole edge region along the left and right sides of the heel sole region are of substantially the same height except for at least one cleat in the heel region which has a height that is reduced as compared to an average height of other cleats in the heel region, and wherein the at least one cleat of reduced height lies in a portion of the heel sole region which extends in an angle range relative to a longitudinal centerline of the outsole of 30° to 135° of an imaginary circle defining an end area of the heel sole region and faces the ground when the sole stands on the ground.