Cleat Attachment System

摘要

A cleat attachment system for footwear. The cleat includes a cylinder on a base with one or more locking tabs disposed around the outside of the cylinder. The receptacle includes a cylindrical cavity with one or more locking tabs on the cavity's inner surface. A cleat attaches to a receptacle embedded in footwear by inserting the cleat attachment structure into the receptacle, after ramps on the cleat attachment structure and the receptacle are oriented with respect to each other. The locking tabs engage to retain the cleat in the receptacle. Corresponding ramps on the cleat attachment structure and the receptacle cooperate to disengage the locking tabs when the cleat attachment structure is twisted about its axis. The cleat is thereby detached from the receptacle.

主权项

1. An attachment structure for a removable cleat, the attachment structure comprising:
a base; at least one locking tab disposed on a wall, the wall extending longitudinally from a top surface of the base, wherein at least one locking tab is oriented substantially transverse to a central axis about which the attachment structure may be rotated to disengage the attachment structure from a receptacle; and at least one ramp disposed on the top surface of the base, the ramp being substantially transverse to the central axis.