Claims
- 1. An athletic shoe for providing traction on turf surfaces, said athletic shoe comprising:
- a sole;
- a heel;
- at least one recess in (a) a significant area of said sole, or (b) a significant area of said heel;
- a respective pad mounted in each said at least one recess by a hook-and-loop-type fastener; and
- a plurality of protrusions mounted on a surface of said respective pad; wherein:
- each of said protrusions has a height between about 0.0625 inch and about 0.125 inch (between about 1.5875 mm and about 3.175 mm) to engage blades of grass in said turf to provide traction substantially without puncturing said turf;
- said protrusions are spaced apart by a separation distance;
- each said respective pad has at most about twenty-five of said protrusions per square inch (at most about 3.88 protrusions per square centimeter) to prevent clogging of space between said protrusions with debris from said turf;
- each said respective pad has a pad thickness;
- a hook portion of said hook-and-loop-type fastener is mounted on one of (a) said respective pad, or (b) said at least one recess;
- a loop portion of said hook-and-loop-type fastener is mounted on another of (a) said respective pad, or (b) said at least one recess; and
- said at least one recess has a depth substantially equal to a combined height of said hook portion and said loop portion when fastened and said pad thickness, such that said respective pad surface is substantially flush with said sole or said heel.
- 2. An athletic shoe for providing traction on turf surfaces, said athletic shoe comprising:
- a sole;
- a heel;
- at least one recess in (a) a significant area of said sole, or (b) a significant area of said heel;
- a respective pad mounted in each said at least one recess by a releasable adhesive; and
- a plurality of protrusions mounted on a surface of said respective pad; wherein:
- each of said protrusions has a height between about 0.0625 inch and about 0.125 inch (between about 1.5875 mm and about 3.175 mm) to engage blades of grass in said turf to provide traction substantially without puncturing said turf;
- said protrusions are spaced apart by a separation distance;
- each said respective pad has at most about twenty-five of said protrusions per square inch (at most about 3.88 protrusions per square centimeter) to prevent clogging of space between said protrusions with debris from said turf; and
- said at least one recess has a depth selected such that said respective pad surface is substantially flush with said sole or said heel.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a division of commonly-assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/576,903, filed Dec. 22, 1995, now abandoned which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/005,116, filed Oct. 12, 1995.
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