WO2000053047A1 - Grip-increasing unit for sports shoes - Google Patents

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WO2000053047A1
WO2000053047A1 PCT/HU2000/000019 HU0000019W WO0053047A1 WO 2000053047 A1 WO2000053047 A1 WO 2000053047A1 HU 0000019 W HU0000019 W HU 0000019W WO 0053047 A1 WO0053047 A1 WO 0053047A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C15/00—Non-skid devices or attachments
    • A43C15/14—Non-skid devices or attachments with outwardly-movable spikes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C15/00—Non-skid devices or attachments
    • A43C15/16—Studs or cleats for football or like boots
    • A43C15/168—Studs or cleats for football or like boots with resilient means, e.g. shock absorbing means

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  • the invention relates to a grip-increasing unit for sports shoes, especially football sports shoes, which have a fixing unit which can be attached to the sole of the sports shoe, and a gripping body connected to the fixing unit, protruding from the sole of the sports shoe.
  • sports shoes have a significant role. It is especially true in the case of sports where people move about, such as football and rugby, and the shape and the ergonomic formation of the sports shoes is also important in all the different running events in athletics, as well as the appropriate connection between the soles of the sports shoes and the ground of the playing area.
  • the solution according to the invention is based on the recognition that if the grip-increasing unit is composed of several elements with a specific geometric construction that can be moved with respect to each other, and a suitably chosen energy storing unit is placed between them, then the task can be solved.
  • the grip-increasing unit for sports shoes, especially football sports shoes, according to the invention which has a fixing unit which can be attached to the sole of the sports shoe, and a gripping body connected to the fixing unit, protruding from the sole of the sports shoe, is constructed in a way that the gripping body has a head part and a house part that can be moved with respect to each other, where the house part is connected with a fixing unit, and the head part and the house part encircle a storing space, and in the storing space there is an energy storing piece fitted in between the head part and the house part.
  • a further criterion of the grip-increasing device according to the invention is that the energy storing piece is a gas spring which has a flexible cover and a gas charge inside it.
  • the energy storing piece is a spring made of spring steel.
  • the house part has a basic element and a skirt element partly surrounding the storing space, while the head part has a frontal area and a sliding element partly bordering the storing space, and the sliding element has a sliding connection with the skirt element.
  • a stop unit inserted between the house part and the head part to stop the sliding of the head part with respect to the house part.
  • the stop unit has a stop piece on the skirt element of the house part and another stop piece on the head part, preferably on its sliding element, co-operating with the other stop piece.
  • a turn restricting piece be inserted between the house part and the head part.
  • the turn restricting piece has a guide element on the skirt element of the house part, and another guide element on the head part, preferably placed on its sliding element, co-operating with the other guide element.
  • the grip-increasing unit according to the invention has several favourable characteristics. The most important one of these is that in the case that the new solution is applied, the increased pressing force exerted on the individual gripping units as a result of the irregularities of the ground is not passed onto the house part and the sole from the head part directly, due to which the possibility of injuries resulting from it is prevented.
  • Figure 1 is the side-view of a possible construction of the grip-increasing unit according to the invention in partial section
  • Figure 2 is the section of the grip-increasing unit as in figure 1 taken along section plane II-II
  • Figure 3 is the side-view of another version of the grip-increasing unit according to the invention in partial section.
  • figure 1 and 2 a version of the grip-increasing unit 1 according to the invention can be seen, where the grip-increasing unit 1 is attached to the sole 31 of sports shoes 3 produced as football sports shoes.
  • connection between the grip-increasing unit 1 and the sole 31 of the sports shoes 3 is created with the fixing unit 16 of the grip-increasing unit, which in our case is a threaded bolt known in itself, and it is attached to the basic element 11a of the house part 11 of the gripping body 10.
  • the gripping body 10 which consists of a house part 11 and a head part 12 encircling the storing space 13.
  • the energy storing piece 2 is fitted into this storing space 13, and in the case of the present construction it is a gas spring surrounded with a flexible cover 21, containing a gas charge 22.
  • the house part 11 is actually made from a cylindrical ring shaped skirt element l ib protruding from the basic element 11a and the sole 31, bearing against the sole 31 of the sports shoes 3, while the head part 12 includes a frontal area 12a, touching the ground in the course of using the sports shoes 3, and a sliding element 12b.
  • the sliding element 12b is made so that its shape and size makes it possible for it to slide along the skirt element l ib, on the side towards the storing space 13 in a way that the sliding element 12b touches the skirt element 1 lb at least partly while it is moving.
  • skirt element l ib of the house part 11 and the sliding element 12b of the head part can also be placed differently.
  • Another solution is also possible where the sliding element 12b exactly encloses the skirt element l ib, and this is how the telescope-like sliding of the sliding element 12b is realised in the direction of the axis l ie of the house part 11.
  • FIG. 1 It is also shown in figure 1 that between the skirt element 1 lb of the house part 11 and the sliding element 12b of the head part 12 there is a stop unit 14 inserted, which, in the case of the present construction, consists of a skirt element l ib, a stop piece 14a creating a ridge pointing towards the storing space 13 from the skirt element, and another tooth-like stop piece 14b protruding from the sliding piece 12b towards the skirt element l ib of the house part 11.
  • the task of the stop unit 14 is to prevent the head part 12 from sliding out of the house part 11. In the interest of more favourable operation, practically, not only one but more stop units 14 should be used, which are placed symmetrically along the perimeter of the gripping body 10.
  • each of them includes a guide element 15a and another guide element 15b, and they are also placed symmetrically on the house part 11 and the head part 12.
  • one of the guide elements 15a is a groove sunk into the skirt element l ib of the house part 11, while the other guide element 15b is a rib protruding from the sliding element 12b of the head part 12, which can slide smoothly in the one groove-like guide element 15a belonging to it, but prevents the turning of the head part 12 with respect to the house part 11.
  • the role of the stop unit 14 and the turn restricting piece 15 can be partly filled in by the same structural element.
  • the other stop piece 14b is also the other guide element 15b, but it is always a different part of the given structural element that is responsible for the different functions.
  • the house part 11 and head part 12 of the grip- increasing unit 1 should be made of metal because of their hard use, but obviously plastic with appropriate mechanical and wear properties is also possible, e.g.: fibreglass Macrolon or so- called memeABS".
  • FIG 3 there is another version of the grip-increasing unit 1 according to the invention.
  • the house part 11 and the head part 12 encircles the storing space 13 in this case, too, but here there is a spring 23 in the storing space 13 as an energy storing piece 2.
  • the spring 23 is a coil spring, but obviously it can also be something else, e.g.: a disc spring.
  • the house part 11 and the head part 12 of the gripping body 10 of the grip-increasing unit 1 is connected with a spring 23 that is connected both to the house part 11 and the head part 12 with an adhesive or cohesive joint. In this way the construction is rather simple, and the grip-increasing unit 1 can be produced at a low cost.
  • the grip- increasing units 1 must be fixed to the sole 31 of the sports shoes 3 with the help of the fixing elements 16 in an already known way, not described here in detail.
  • the sports shoes 3 equipped with the grip-increasing units 1 when the frontal area 12a of the head part 12 of the grip-increasing unit does not touch the ground, that is when it is not supported, then there is more pressure on the head part 12 of the other grip-increasing unit 1. As a result of the greater pressure the head part 12 exerts a greater force on the energy storing piece 2 placed in the storing space 13 than in the normal basic position.
  • the other guide elements 15b placed on the sliding elements 12b also slide in the one guide elements 15a situated in the skirt element l ib of the house part 11, and so the head part 12 cannot turn around, it can only slide along the longitudinal axis l ie of the house part 1 1 of the gripping body 10.
  • the energy storing piece 2 forces the head part 12 back to its original position.
  • the head part 12 moving outside this time can get away from the sole 31 only until the other tooth-like guide elements 15b situated on the sliding element 12b of the head part 12 connect to the one guide element 15a of the skirt element 1 lb of the house part 1 1.
  • the head part 12 stops sliding, and the basic position is reached again. From the description of the operation it can be seen that the pressing of the head part 12 depends on the loading of the energy storing piece 2, which is determined by the weight of the person wearing the sports shoes 3.
  • energy storing pieces 2 which can hold a person's weight as determined in the individual grip-increasing unit sets are built in the storing space 13 between the house part 11 and the head part 12.
  • the energy storing piece itself can also be adjusted, that is either the spring force can be changed or the pressure of the gas filing 22 can be increased or reduced depending on the loading to be born.
  • the solution according to the invention can be favourably used to increase the grip between the soles of different sports shoes and the ground, especially as the studs of football sports shoes or rugby sports shoes.

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The invention relates to a grip-increasing unit for sports shoes, especially football sports shoes, which have a fixing unit which can be attached to the sole of the sports shoe, and a gripping body connected to the fixing unit, protruding from the sole of the sports shoe. The characteristic feature of the invention is that the gripping body (10) has a head part (12) and a house part (11), where the house part (11) is connected with a fixing unit (16), and head part (12) and the house part (11) encircle a storing space (13), and in the storing space (13) there is an energy storing piece (2) fitted in between the head part (12) and the house part (11).

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Grip-increasing unit for sports shoes
The invention relates to a grip-increasing unit for sports shoes, especially football sports shoes, which have a fixing unit which can be attached to the sole of the sports shoe, and a gripping body connected to the fixing unit, protruding from the sole of the sports shoe.
Of the different types of sportswear, sports shoes have a significant role. It is especially true in the case of sports where people move about, such as football and rugby, and the shape and the ergonomic formation of the sports shoes is also important in all the different running events in athletics, as well as the appropriate connection between the soles of the sports shoes and the ground of the playing area.
In the interest of achieving better grip characteristics there have been several solutions proposed. They are all based on providing the soles with studs of different shapes, which are attached to the sports shoes either in a built-in position, meaning that they cannot be removed, or in a way that they can be replaced, for example, with screw-thread joints.
Solutions relating to the shape of grip-increasing units are described in patents No. US 4.107.858 and DE 3.005.261, while patents No. US 4.492.047, US 5.025.576 and EP 183.860 introduce constructions relating to fixing studs used as grip-increasing units.
However, the general deficiency of all the published solutions is that the studs and other grip- increasing elements protruding from the sole towards the ground are rigid with respect to the axial direction, and practically they pass on the irregularities of the ground to the sole of the person wearing the sports shoes without weakening them. In the case of smaller irregularities this inconvenient effect causes discomfort or a feeling of pain lasting only for a short period, or it may cause blisters on certain areas of the soles of the feet, but in the case that there are bigger differences in the level of the ground or if the ground is harder, the excessive local pressing effect of the studs may even result in sport injuries.
Our aim with the construction according to the invention was to overcome the deficiencies of the already known stud constructions and to create a version that prevents the locally increased pressing force deriving from the irregularities of the ground, exerted only on a part of the studs, from being directly passed onto the sports person's soles around the studs, without weakening this force. The solution according to the invention is based on the recognition that if the grip-increasing unit is composed of several elements with a specific geometric construction that can be moved with respect to each other, and a suitably chosen energy storing unit is placed between them, then the task can be solved.
In accordance with the aim set, the grip-increasing unit for sports shoes, especially football sports shoes, according to the invention, which has a fixing unit which can be attached to the sole of the sports shoe, and a gripping body connected to the fixing unit, protruding from the sole of the sports shoe, is constructed in a way that the gripping body has a head part and a house part that can be moved with respect to each other, where the house part is connected with a fixing unit, and the head part and the house part encircle a storing space, and in the storing space there is an energy storing piece fitted in between the head part and the house part.
A further criterion of the grip-increasing device according to the invention is that the energy storing piece is a gas spring which has a flexible cover and a gas charge inside it.
In the case of another version of the invention the energy storing piece is a spring made of spring steel.
In the case of a further construction of the grip-increasing unit the house part has a basic element and a skirt element partly surrounding the storing space, while the head part has a frontal area and a sliding element partly bordering the storing space, and the sliding element has a sliding connection with the skirt element.
In the case of a favourable version of the invention there is a stop unit inserted between the house part and the head part to stop the sliding of the head part with respect to the house part. The stop unit has a stop piece on the skirt element of the house part and another stop piece on the head part, preferably on its sliding element, co-operating with the other stop piece. From the aspect of the grip-increasing unit it may also be favourable that a turn restricting piece be inserted between the house part and the head part. The turn restricting piece has a guide element on the skirt element of the house part, and another guide element on the head part, preferably placed on its sliding element, co-operating with the other guide element.
The grip-increasing unit according to the invention has several favourable characteristics. The most important one of these is that in the case that the new solution is applied, the increased pressing force exerted on the individual gripping units as a result of the irregularities of the ground is not passed onto the house part and the sole from the head part directly, due to which the possibility of injuries resulting from it is prevented.
It must also be regarded as an advantage that in the case that the head part temporarily moves towards the house part, the energy temporarily accumulated in the energy storing piece, due to its flexible deformation, is regained, and in certain cases it can even increase the sports person's starting speed, which, in the case of playing football, may have a significant role in a movement process.
It is also favourable that due to the flexibility of the components of the gripping bodies and their telescopic sliding, in the case that the football players or rugby players collide, the grip- increasing units on the sports shoes of one of the sports persons touching the foot of the other sports person slide in an axial direction, they are pressed in towards the sole of the sports shoes, and by this they reduce the danger of injuries, which was not possible with the hard studs used before.
Below the solution according to the invention is described in detail on the basis of a drawing. In the drawing
Figure 1 is the side-view of a possible construction of the grip-increasing unit according to the invention in partial section, Figure 2 is the section of the grip-increasing unit as in figure 1 taken along section plane II-II, Figure 3 is the side-view of another version of the grip-increasing unit according to the invention in partial section. In figure 1 and 2 a version of the grip-increasing unit 1 according to the invention can be seen, where the grip-increasing unit 1 is attached to the sole 31 of sports shoes 3 produced as football sports shoes. The connection between the grip-increasing unit 1 and the sole 31 of the sports shoes 3 is created with the fixing unit 16 of the grip-increasing unit, which in our case is a threaded bolt known in itself, and it is attached to the basic element 11a of the house part 11 of the gripping body 10.
Another part of the grip-increasing unit 1 is the gripping body 10, which consists of a house part 11 and a head part 12 encircling the storing space 13. The energy storing piece 2 is fitted into this storing space 13, and in the case of the present construction it is a gas spring surrounded with a flexible cover 21, containing a gas charge 22.
In figure 1 it can be seen that the house part 11 is actually made from a cylindrical ring shaped skirt element l ib protruding from the basic element 11a and the sole 31, bearing against the sole 31 of the sports shoes 3, while the head part 12 includes a frontal area 12a, touching the ground in the course of using the sports shoes 3, and a sliding element 12b. The sliding element 12b is made so that its shape and size makes it possible for it to slide along the skirt element l ib, on the side towards the storing space 13 in a way that the sliding element 12b touches the skirt element 1 lb at least partly while it is moving.
It must be mentioned here that the skirt element l ib of the house part 11 and the sliding element 12b of the head part can also be placed differently. Another solution is also possible where the sliding element 12b exactly encloses the skirt element l ib, and this is how the telescope-like sliding of the sliding element 12b is realised in the direction of the axis l ie of the house part 11.
It is also shown in figure 1 that between the skirt element 1 lb of the house part 11 and the sliding element 12b of the head part 12 there is a stop unit 14 inserted, which, in the case of the present construction, consists of a skirt element l ib, a stop piece 14a creating a ridge pointing towards the storing space 13 from the skirt element, and another tooth-like stop piece 14b protruding from the sliding piece 12b towards the skirt element l ib of the house part 11. The task of the stop unit 14 is to prevent the head part 12 from sliding out of the house part 11. In the interest of more favourable operation, practically, not only one but more stop units 14 should be used, which are placed symmetrically along the perimeter of the gripping body 10.
In figure 2 there are the turn restricting pieces 15 preventing the head part 12 from turning around the house part 11, and each of them includes a guide element 15a and another guide element 15b, and they are also placed symmetrically on the house part 11 and the head part 12. In the solution described one of the guide elements 15a is a groove sunk into the skirt element l ib of the house part 11, while the other guide element 15b is a rib protruding from the sliding element 12b of the head part 12, which can slide smoothly in the one groove-like guide element 15a belonging to it, but prevents the turning of the head part 12 with respect to the house part 11.
In the case of a favourable construction, as can be observed in figure 1 and 2, the role of the stop unit 14 and the turn restricting piece 15 can be partly filled in by the same structural element. Here, for example, the other stop piece 14b is also the other guide element 15b, but it is always a different part of the given structural element that is responsible for the different functions.
It must also be pointed out that in practice the house part 11 and head part 12 of the grip- increasing unit 1 should be made of metal because of their hard use, but obviously plastic with appropriate mechanical and wear properties is also possible, e.g.: fibreglass Macrolon or so- called „ABS".
In figure 3 there is another version of the grip-increasing unit 1 according to the invention. The house part 11 and the head part 12 encircles the storing space 13 in this case, too, but here there is a spring 23 in the storing space 13 as an energy storing piece 2. In the case of the present version the spring 23 is a coil spring, but obviously it can also be something else, e.g.: a disc spring. In this construction the house part 11 and the head part 12 of the gripping body 10 of the grip-increasing unit 1 is connected with a spring 23 that is connected both to the house part 11 and the head part 12 with an adhesive or cohesive joint. In this way the construction is rather simple, and the grip-increasing unit 1 can be produced at a low cost. In the course of using the grip-increasing unit 1 according to the invention first the grip- increasing units 1 must be fixed to the sole 31 of the sports shoes 3 with the help of the fixing elements 16 in an already known way, not described here in detail. In the course of using the sports shoes 3 equipped with the grip-increasing units 1, when the frontal area 12a of the head part 12 of the grip-increasing unit does not touch the ground, that is when it is not supported, then there is more pressure on the head part 12 of the other grip-increasing unit 1. As a result of the greater pressure the head part 12 exerts a greater force on the energy storing piece 2 placed in the storing space 13 than in the normal basic position. The more strongly pressed energy storing piece 2 is pressed because of the increased loading, and so the head part 12 of the gripping body 10 slides towards the axis l ie into the house part 1 1, while in the energy storing piece 2 situated in the storing space 13 energy is accumulated causing its flexible deformation.
While the head part 12 is getting closer to the sole 31 of the sports shoes 3, the other guide elements 15b placed on the sliding elements 12b also slide in the one guide elements 15a situated in the skirt element l ib of the house part 11, and so the head part 12 cannot turn around, it can only slide along the longitudinal axis l ie of the house part 1 1 of the gripping body 10.
When the head part 12 has sunk into the house part 11 so much that the head parts 12 of the gripping bodies 10 of the grip-increasing units 1 left free on the sole 31 of the sports shoes 3 also reach the ground and gain support on it, then there is smaller force exerted on the pressed head part 12 again, and the sliding of the head part 12 stops.
When the sports shoes raise from the ground again while the player moves, the energy storing piece 2 forces the head part 12 back to its original position. The head part 12 moving outside this time can get away from the sole 31 only until the other tooth-like guide elements 15b situated on the sliding element 12b of the head part 12 connect to the one guide element 15a of the skirt element 1 lb of the house part 1 1. At this point the head part 12 stops sliding, and the basic position is reached again. From the description of the operation it can be seen that the pressing of the head part 12 depends on the loading of the energy storing piece 2, which is determined by the weight of the person wearing the sports shoes 3. For this reason, practically, energy storing pieces 2 which can hold a person's weight as determined in the individual grip-increasing unit sets are built in the storing space 13 between the house part 11 and the head part 12. Obviously the energy storing piece itself can also be adjusted, that is either the spring force can be changed or the pressure of the gas filing 22 can be increased or reduced depending on the loading to be born.
The solution according to the invention can be favourably used to increase the grip between the soles of different sports shoes and the ground, especially as the studs of football sports shoes or rugby sports shoes.
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grip-increasing unit 10 gripping body
1 1 house part 11a basic element l ib skirt element
11 c axis
12 head part 12a frontal area 12b sliding element
13 storing space
14 stop unit 14a a stop piece
14b another stop piece
15 turn restricting pieces 15a a guide element
15b another guide element
16 fixing unit
energy storing piece 21 flexible cover
22 gas charge
23 spring sports shoes 31 sole

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1. Grip-increasing unit for sports shoes, especially football sports shoes, with a fixing unit which can be attached to the sole of the sports shoe, and a gripping body connected to the fixing unit, protruding from the sole of the sports shoe, characterised by that the gripping body 10 has a head part 12 and a house part 11, where the house part 11 is connected with a fixing unit 16, and head part 12 and the house part 11 encircle a storing space 13, and in the storing space 13 there is an energy storing piece 2 fitted in between the head part 12 and the house part 11.
2. Grip-increasing unit as in claim 1, characterised by that the energy storing piece is a gas spring which has a flexible cover and gas charge inside it.
3. Grip-increasing unit as in claim 1, characterised by that the energy storing piece is a spring made of spring steel.
4. Grip-increasing unit as in claim 1 or 2, characterised by that the house part 11 has a basic element 11a and a skirt element l ib partly surrounding the storing space 13, while the head part 12 has a frontal area 12a and a sliding element 12b partly bordering the storing space 13, and the sliding element 12b has a sliding connection with the skirt element l ib.
5. Grip-increasing unit as in claims 1-4, characterised by there is a stop unit 14 inserted between the house part 11 and the head part 12 to stop the sliding of the head part 12 with respect to the house part 11.
6. Grip-increasing unit as in claim 5, characterised by that the stop unit 14 has a stop piece 14a on the skirt element 1 lb of the house part 11 and another stop piece 14b on the head part 12, preferably on its sliding element 12b, co-operating with the one stop piece 14a.
7. Grip-increasing unit as in claims 1-6, characterised by that a turn restricting piece 15 is inserted between the house part 11 and the head part 12.
8. Grip-increasing unit as in claim 7, characterised by that the turn restricting piece 15 has a guide element 15a on the skirt element l ib of the house part 11, and another guide element 15b on the head part 12, preferably placed on its sliding element 12b, co-operating with the one guide element 15a.
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