US 11,986,059 B2
Deflectable cleat system for footwear
Jack Stearns Rasmussen, Catonsville, MD (US); Jeffrey Mark Rasmussen, Catonsville, MD (US); Michael Steszyn, Portland, OR (US); Peter Christian Rueegger, Portland, OR (US); Joseph Fulford McMillan, III, Portland, OR (US); and Peter Andrew Valois, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to JALMRR, INC., Catonsville, MD (US)
Appl. No. 18/281,948
Filed by JALMRR, LLC, Catonsville, MD (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 18, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/011043
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/141152, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 27, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/332,654, filed on Apr. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/300,775, filed on Jan. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032655 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A43C 15/16 (2006.01)
CPC A43C 15/167 (2013.01) [A43C 15/161 (2013.01); A43C 15/168 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sole portion of a shoe, having a plurality of cleat systems, comprising:
each cleat system having a cleat having a head portion for engaging a ground surface and extending therefrom a post portion that has an end that engages a sole plate in the sole portion;
a concave or convex receptacle portion in the sole plate portion, the cleat post portion including a section having a complementary convex or concave shape that pivotably engages with the concave or convex receptacle portion in response to the shear force; and
one or more elastomeric elements are included in the cleat system that engage with the cleat head portion and/or the post to control the degree of deformation or deflection in response to a lateral shear force and to restore the cleat to its neutral position once the force is removed.