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7562471 Article of footwear with gripping system  
An article of footwear with a gripping system is disclosed. The gripping system helps to enhance the wearer's ability to contact an athletic ball during kicking. The gripping system can be centered...
7497035 Soccer training apparatus and method  
A soccer training apparatus for teaching a user the proper technique to stop a soccer ball. The training apparatus includes a contact patch assembly having a contact region, and a strap mechanism...
7487605 Footwear for gripping and kicking a ball  
A shoe upper ( 11 ) including one or more resiliently deformable protrusions ( 17, 19 ) extending from an outer surface of the shoe upper and positioned for contact with a ball, each said...
7441350 Article of cleated footwear having medial and lateral sides with differing properties  
An article of footwear includes a sole having a different performing lateral and medial regions. Ground engaging members, such as cleats, provide traction and one of the regions, preferably the...
7404263 Footwear with force sensing device  
An article of footwear is provided, particularly a soccer shoe, having one or more sensors mounted in the shoe upper which, when impacted by a ball, are effective to send a signal to a controller...
7194826 Sole structure with pivoting cleat assembly  
A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a sole, and at least one cleat assembly pivotally connected to the sole such that a medial portion and a lateral portion of the cleat assembly...
7181868 Article of footwear having a sole with a flex control member  
An article of footwear includes an upper for holding a foot of a wearer and a sole having an outsole plate. Several ground engaging members extends downwardly from the outsole plate to provide...
7143530 Soccer shoe having independently supported lateral and medial sides  
A soccer shoe includes an upper and a cleat assembly coupled to the upper. The cleat assembly further includes a medial support bar located on the medial side and a lateral support bar located on...
7137213 Studded footwear  
A shoe stud and receptacle combination for specifically oriented studs, the shoe stud ( 1 ) including a ground-engaging part ( 4 ). The stud ( 1 ) and receptacle ( 2 ) are adapted to be secured...
7107708 Studded footwear  
A shoe stud for a sports shoe has a ground-engaging part and a multi-start threaded spigot for engagement in a complementary socket on a receptacle secured in the shoe sole or heel. The stud and...
7086183 Cleated article of footwear  
This application is directed towards an article of footwear for deeply and quickly penetrating a turf surface, such as a soccer, rugby or football shoe. The article of footwear includes a cleat...
7082703 Article of footwear for sand sports  
An article of footwear for sand sports includes an outsole and an upper secured to the outsole. The upper has a first toe pocket configured to receive a big toe of a user and a second toe pocket...
6973746 Soccer shoe having independently supported lateral and medial sides  
A soccer shoe includes an upper and a cleat assembly coupled to the upper. The cleat assembly further includes a medial support bar located on the medial side and a lateral support bar located on...
6886275 Kicking aid  
A football kicking aid for attachment to an athletic shoe. The aid has a toe piece having a cup which receives the toe of the shoe and preferably includes an aperture through which the front shoe...
6829848 Rotating pivot for shoe  
A shoe sole includes a rotatable pivot assembly to allow easy pivoting of a ball region of a shoe. The shoe sole includes a pivot cavity defined by an upper plate support surface and a lower plate...
6754984 Sports shoe  
A sports shoe, in particular a soccer boot, comprises a sole ( 1 ) which is made of plastic and has on its underside ( 2 ) at least one carrier surface ( 3 to 5 ) which is configured raised. In...
6735886 Soccer shoes having an improved structure capable of allowing a user to kick a ball farther  
Disclosed is a soccer shoe having a structure, which allows a user to kick a ball farther, lessens the pain in a kicker's feet, and allows the shoe to maintain its shape after kicking a ball or...
6708427 Sole in the form of a midsole, inner sole or insertable sole for a shoe and a shoe with said sole  
The invention concerns a sole, used as a throughsole, inner sole or insole for a shoe, e.g, a football boot with a flexible outsole. The sole ensures that when shooting on the volley in football or...
6701645 Rotatable traction pad for athletic shoe  
A rotatable traction pad for a shoe can be mounted in a circular cavity in the shoe sole bottom surface, with the cavity being relatively shallow in relation to the shoe sole thickness. The pad...
6637132 Sporting footwear  
Improvements in footwear for sporting purposes requiring the kicking of a ball on or adjacent to an instep of the footwear, there being provided at least one insert ( 24 ) for or in addition to the...
6449879 Sports shoe with integral tongue and lacing system  
A sports shoe with an integral tongue and acing system. The shoe includes an upper which is formed of a lateral portion and a medial portion. The medial portion extends across into the lateral side...
6432001 Foot position trainer apparatus  
A foot position training apparatus for teaching proper foot position for batting a baseball includes a foot support member formed in the shape of the sole of a shoe. A toe portion is attached to a...
6357146 Sports footwear and studs therefor  
Sports footwear having a sole studded with a plurality of directional studs, said directional studs being shaped to present a higher resistance to movement through a flowable ground surface in one...
6151804 Athletic shoe, especially soccer shoe  
A sports shoe, in particular a soccer shoe, with an upper (1) comprising an instep region (8), with a sole (2) connected to the upper and with tension strips (3, 4, 5) for stiffening. The sole is...
6145221 Cleated athletic shoe  
6131314 Plant shoe for placekickers and method of use thereof  
A plant shoe and a method of use thereof to be worn on the plant foot of a placekicker wearing a kicking shoe having a total sole thickness s on his kicking foot, wherein the plant shoe includes a...
6101746 Footwear  
A football boot has a plurality of studs disposed in a pattern which includes a part of at least one ring. The studs are asymmetric in that they provide grip along a first axis and permit sliding...
5737858 Training device for soccer players  
Soccer training shoes are provided having ball contact elements that cause a soccer ball to more readily bounce away from the foot of the user. In one aspect of the invention, a training device is...
5617653 Break-away cleat assembly for athletic shoe  
A cleat assembly for athletic shoes to reduce injuries to athletes. The cleat assembly includes a base assembly and a cleat which is releasably coupled to the base assembly in response to a...
5566478 Sports shoe having rotatable traction pad  
A shoe is equipped with a circular rotatable traction pad having cleats projecting downwardly a slight distance below the sole bottom surface. The pad is rotatably attached to the shoe sole so that...
5555650 Laceless athletic shoe  
A laceless athletic shoe is disclosed. The shoe presents a thin, uniform upper surface, permitting truer kicks when contacted by a soccer or other ball. An integral elastic area in the upper...
5513450 Sand soccer boot  
A sand soccer boot with a soft foam elastomer layer having an inner layer, an outer layer, a lower portion, an upper portion, and an ankle portion. The ankle portion and the upper portion...
5473827 Outsole for sports shoes  
The outsole comprises rigid plates in plastic material which plates are bonded to a sole body in an abrasion-resistant plastic material, projections such as studs being joined to the plates and...
5461801 Cleated athletic shoe with crisscross arch reinforcement  
A cleated athletic shoe having a crisscross arch reinforcement extending between selected cleats on the sole of the shoe. An athletic shoe having a lacing arrangement in which the series of eyelets...
5437112 Sports shoe for activities which involve kicking a ball  
A football boot (10) comprises an upper (12) formed with a ball contact surface (24) which is resilient. The ball contact surface may be generally flat and/or concave and provided with a plurality...
5351421 Sports shoe sole  
A shoe sole comprising a sole portion (10) with a forward toe end (12) and a rear end (13), an inner medial side (15) and an outer lateral side (16). Blade-like projections (20) extend downwardly...
5339544 Footgear structure  
The footgear structure includes a first component, made of a single piece of synthetic material, having a rear upper portion which extends from an insole, and a second component having a front...
5313718 Athletic shoe with bendable traction projections  
There is disclosed an athletic shoe having grooves in a ground engaging surface of a sole formed concentrically about a pivot point in the ball portion and having traction projections in the form...
5255453 Football shoe and method therefor  
A football shoe for use in preventing leg injuries is provided. This shoe includes a vertical portion preferably having eyelets for a shoelace, a sole having a lower surface and a heel portion, and...
5077916 Sole for sports or leisure shoe  
The sole comprises two superposed layers made of different materials: a) a bottom layer (1) of a material which is firm and strong, and provided with projections for bearing against the ground such...
5067259 Punting and soccer-style kicking shoe  
A kicking shoe maintains the proper foot geometry for punting and soccer-style kicking by ensuring proper toe depression during kicking, thereby increasing the accuracy, distance, and repeatability...
4914838 Sport shoe with metatarsal cradle and drag toe  
A sport shoe is provided having a circular cleat array disposed about but not directly beneath the metatarsal joint of the great toe. The shoe sole also includes a flex area in the region of the...
4899470 Athletic shoe  
An athletic shoe adapted for controlling an object with the foot includes multiple planar object control surfaces and a vertically enhanced sole to provide maximum control surface area. The...
4858343 Sole for athletic shoes, particularly for soccer shoes  
A sole for athletic shoes, particularly soccer shoes, made of a lightweight plastic construction having a reinforcement web provided between the ball region and the heel for the attachment of...
4811497 Sport shoe  
Sport shoe having a central cut of material in the vamp section, from the vicinity of the toe to the top of the vamp which has a series of strips that remain connected to each other in a standard...
4787156 Sports shoe and methods for making the same  
A sports shoe such as a soccer shoe having an injection molded sole molded to an inner sole, the sole having open spaces and injection molded cleats molded to the inner sole.
4748752 Flexible sole for pivoting athletic shoe  
An improved flexible sole for athletic shoes for field sports of the type having an annular cleat providing improved pivotability and excellent traction. The annular cleat has opposed breaks along...
4723365 Sole for pivoting soccer shoe and the like  
An improved sole for soccer shoes of the type having an annular cleat providing improved pivotability and excellent traction. The annular cleat extends along a substantially circular path which has...
4698923 Cleat system for sports shoes, especially football shoes  
A cleat system for sports shoes, especially football shoes, comprising a downward opening socket in the outsole, provided with at least two circumferentially spaced first supporting surfaces at the...
4677765 Beachrunners  
A running shoe is provided for running along a shore line on a beach and consists of heel and toe cleat structures attached to a sole of a waterproof upper that will give increased traction and...
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