US 12,329,246 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 Caddix, Inc., Cantonsville, MD (US)
Filed by JALMRR, LLC, Catonsville, MD (US)
Filed on May 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/629,803.
Application 18/629,803 is a continuation of application No. 18/281,948, granted, now 11,986,059, previously published as PCT/US2023/011043, filed on Jan. 18, 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 2024/0285036 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. A43C 15/16 (2006.01)
CPC A43C 15/167 (2013.01) [A43C 15/161 (2013.01); A43C 15/168 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sole portion of a shoe, comprising:
a plurality of cleat systems disposed on a sole plate, each cleat system having a cleat body with a plurality of buttresses disposed thereon and spaced apart around and extending downwardly along the sides of a ground-penetrating portion of the cleat body, each buttress restricting the deflectability or deformability of the cleat body along at least vertical and lateral directions, each buttress being configured with an area for selected modification that unrestricts the deflectability or deformability of the cleat body in a selected one of the lateral or vertical directions, the area for modification being disposed on an outward facing side of the buttress opposite from the cleat body so that the cleat ground-penetrating portion of the cleat body can deform laterally in the direction of the buttress, wherein each modifiable buttress includes a scoring line indicating to a user how to sever the cleat for the selected modification.