公开(公告)号：US11980255B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-14

申请号：US17457293

申请日：2021-12-02

申请人： New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, maintaining the Hospital for Special Surgery

发明人： Hernan Sanchez ,  Laurence Piturro ,  Bo Li ,  Howard Hillstom ,  Andrew Kraszewski ,  Mark Drakos

IPC分类号： A43C15/16

CPC分类号： A43C15/167 ,  A43C15/161 ,  A43C15/168

摘要： A cleat assembly for a shoe comprising an anchor for anchoring to the shoe, a cleat, a first biasing member circumscribing the anchor and engaged with the cleat, and a second biasing member biasing the first biasing member. The second biasing member can directly engage the first biasing member or a bushing that circumscribes the anchor. So constructed, the cleat assembly provides multiple degrees of freedom. That is, the cleat assembly provides effective axial shock absorbance coupled with 360° tilting of the cleat for enhancing a user's ability to suddenly change direction when wearing a shoe equipped with the cleat assembly, thereby minimizing stress and impact on muscles, joints and ligaments and enhancing the performance of athletes wearing such shoes.