US 12,389,979 B2
Golf shoe with traction elements
Jean-Marie Bidal, Bridgewater, MA (US)
Assigned to Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed by Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/133,841.
Prior Publication US 2024/0341396 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. A43B 5/00 (2022.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/16 (2006.01); A43B 13/22 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 5/001 (2013.01) [A43B 13/122 (2013.01); A43B 13/16 (2013.01); A43B 13/223 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf shoe, comprising:
an upper;
a sole assembly attached to the upper, the sole assembly comprising a midsole and an outsole comprising a plurality of tracks circumscribing a central region of the outsole, the plurality of tracks comprising a first track extending along a perimeter or edge of the outsole, a second track extending alongside the first track, and a third track extending alongside the second track; and
a plurality of traction elements positioned around the central region of the outsole, wherein the plurality of traction elements comprise:
(i) a first set of traction elements arranged along the first track,
(ii) a second set of traction elements arranged along the second track, and
(iii) a third set of traction elements arranged along the third track,
wherein the first, second, and third sets of traction elements each comprise (i) a plurality of half-moon shaped traction elements arranged along a medial side and a lateral side of the first, second, and third tracks and (ii) a plurality of frustum-shaped traction elements arranged along an anterior side and a posterior side of the first, second, and third tracks.