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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43C / ; A43C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36134 ; 36670 ;
Abstract
A gripping stud for sports shoes comprises a stud body and a ceramic insert connected to the stud body thereby to form the ground-engaging surface thereof. The stud body comprises a central metal portion and a base portion disposed therearound while the ceramic insert connected to the lower end of the metal portion is of a flat lens-like configuration, with curved top and bottom sides. Alternatively the ceramic insert comprises a plurality of juxtaposed balls embedded in a stud body at the ground-engaging surface of the stud.