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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:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2012
Tobie D. Hatfield, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Thomas G. Bell, Portland, OR (US);
Chip Jones, Beaverton, OR (US);
Brooke P. Rapf, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Ricardo Salinas, Jr., Hillsboro, OR (US);
Tobie D. Hatfield, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Thomas G. Bell, Portland, OR (US);
Chip Jones, Beaverton, OR (US);
Brooke P. Rapf, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Ricardo Salinas, Jr., Hillsboro, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
Golf shoes include one or more of the following: (a) a foot stabilizer system that interacts with a shoe securing system to securely engage and/or wrap around a foot of a wearer; (b) a natural motion sole, optionally including flex grooves that allow a weight transfer from back-to-front and/or from side-to-side; (c) a six cleat configuration (e.g., four cleats in a forefoot region, two cleats in a heel region, and no cleats located directly under a big toe); (d) a forefoot moderator plate positioned to moderate or reduce user feel of the forefoot cleats; (e) a lateral half heel counter extending from a rear heel area to a lateral midfoot or lateral forward heel area of the shoe; and/or (f) one or more medial, forefoot, sidewall traction elements at or near a big toe area of the sole.