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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43C 15/16 (2006.01); A43B 13/22 (2006.01); A43B 13/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43C 15/161 (2013.01); A43B 13/223 (2013.01); A43B 13/26 (2013.01); A43C 15/16 (2013.01); A43C 15/162 (2013.01); A43C 15/167 (2013.01);
Abstract
An interchangeable cleat system for an article of footwear includes an outer sole member with a plurality of fixed cleat members and a plurality of removable cleat members. The spacing between the removable cleat members and the fixed cleat members may be approximately constant in at least one portion of the article of footwear. The differences in height between the removable cleat members and the fixed cleat members may be approximately constant within a portion of the outer sole member. The cleat system can include at least three sets of cleat members that can be interchanged over different portions of the outer sole member.