Richard L Locke

US Patent:

8316562, Nov 27, 2012

Filed:

Dec 2, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/629496

Inventors:

Richard J. Locke - Southboro MA, US
Craig H. Rubino - Brighton MA, US
Armand J. Savoie - Gardner MD, US

Assignee:

Cleats LLC - Marlborough MA

International Classification:

A43C 15/16
A43C 15/00
A43B 5/00

US Classification:

36 67R, 36134

Abstract:

A cleat for footwear. The cleat includes a base layer that attaches to the outsole of the footwear, a cushioning layer and a traction element layer. The traction element layer is attached to the base layer solely by the cushioning layer. Each of the cleat layers provides friction with the ground when the cleat engages the ground. The durometer of the base layer and the durometer of the traction element layer are greater than the durometer of the cushioning layer. When a user steps on a surface wearing a shoe outfitted with these cleats, the resilience of the cushioning layer at once both lessens the impact of the traction elements on the ground surface and lessens the reaction force on the user's foot transmitted through the shoe's outsole. The user's comfort is thereby enhanced.

US Patent:

20150135557, May 21, 2015

Filed:

Nov 19, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/547207

Inventors:

- Marlborough MA, US
Harris L. MacNeill - Northborough MA, US
Richard J. Locke - Southboro MA, US

International Classification:

A43C 15/02
A43B 5/00

US Classification:

36134, 36 25 R

Abstract:

A shoe sole for receiving at least one cleat has at least one cleat receptacle, and at least one buttress forming a protrusion on the bottom of the shoe sole. The buttress may be adjacent to the receptacle. The buttress may be configured to support an outer edge of a cleat mounted in the receptacle.