Claims
- 1. A removable athletic shoe cleat for use with an athletic shoe having a shoe sole, said cleat comprising:
- a disk-like flange, having a center, an upper surface for placement underneath and in contact with said shoe sole, and an opposing bottom surface, said upper surface defining, when in contact with said shoe sole, a flange plane substantially parallel to said shoe sole;
- a plurality of ridges, each of said ridges being curved in a plane of projection parallel to said flange plane and having respective first and second ends spaced apart in said plane of projection, and being integrally formed with and extending down from the bottom surface, for supplying traction against the ground, wherein, for at least one of said ridges, said respective first end of said one of said ridges is at a respective first distance from said center and said respective second end of said one of said ridges is at a respective second distance from said center, said respective first and second distances being different from each other; and
- an attachment means, extending from the upper surface, for removably attaching the cleat to the athletic shoe, whereby the cleat provides traction but does not damage the surface being walked upon.
- 2. The removable athletic shoe cleat of claim 1 wherein for each respective one of said ridges, said respective first end of said respective one of said ridges is at a respective first distance from said center and said respective second end of said respective one of said ridges is at a respective second distance from said center, said respective first and second distances for each of said ridges being different from each other, all of said respective first distances being equal to each other and all of said respective second distances being equal to each other.
- 3. A removable athletic shoe cleat for use with an athletic shoe having a shoe sole, said cleat comprising:
- a disk-like flange, having a center, an upper surface for placement underneath and in contact with said shoe sole, and an opposing bottom surface, said upper surface defining, when in contact with said shoe sole, a flange plane substantially parallel to said shoe sole;
- a plurality of ridges, each of said ridges having respective first and second ends spaced apart in a plane of projection parallel to said flange plane, and being integrally formed with and extending down from the bottom surface, for supplying traction against the ground, wherein, for at least one of said ridges, said respective first end of said one of said ridges is at a respective first distance from said center along a first radius and said respective second end of said one of said ridges is at a respective second distance from said center along a second radius different from said first radius, said respective first and second distances being different from each other; and
- an attachment means, extending from the upper surface, for removably attaching the cleat to the athletic shoe, whereby the cleat provides traction but does not damage the surface being walked upon.
- 4. The removable athletic shoe cleat of claim 3 wherein for each respective one of said ridges, said respective first end of said respective one of said ridges is at a respective first distance from said center along a respective first radius and said respective second end of said respective one of said ridges is at a respective second distance from said center along a respective second radius different from said respective first radius, said respective first and second distances for each of said ridges being different from each other, all of said respective first distances being equal to each other and all of said respective second distances being equal to each other.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of, commonly-assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/692,264, filed Aug. 5, 1996, abandoned which is a continuation of copending, commonly-assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/149,193, filed Nov. 8, 1993, pending which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/872,819, filed Apr. 24, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,259,129, entitled WINTER GOLF SHOE SPIKES, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
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