US1846617A - Shoe - Google Patents

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Fb. 23, 1932. D, F, SEREMBA 1,846,617

SHOE

Filed Nov. 7, 1950 l INVENTOR l /mz'e/ wlw/15a 3 BY AT ORNEY l f3 l Patented Feb. 23, 1932 p UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DANIEL F. SEREMBA, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY SHOE Application led November 7, 1930. Serial No. 493,981.

The invention aims to provide an im- The front sole plate and the rear plate are proved shoe specially designed for baseball provided with cleats to give the runner a players and in running generally. It serves hold on the turf to prevent slipping. On the to protect the arch of the Wearers foot, front sole plate there is shown a fixture conserving as a prophylactic against injury t0 sisting of three cleats 12 and 13 respectively 55 the arches. It serves also to prevent slipconnected to each other by thin Webs 14 and ping and to enable the wearer to get a quick riveted to the sole. This is a common form start from a standing position. of cleat. The cleat 12 is substantially trans- The accompanying drawings illustrate an verse to the length of the shoe and the cleats embodiment of the invention. 13 oblique and approximately longitudinal. no

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a shoe The rear plate or sole 11 is provided With a with the outline of a foot and the location cleat 15 at the rear Which extends transverseof the principal bones therein; ly, cleats 16 at the sides which extend ob- Fig. 2 is an underside plan view of the liquely longitudinally and a cleat 17 which 15 shoe; is transverse or approximately so; these be- U5 Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are elevations showing ing connected by a web 18 and fastened by different positions. rivets to the sole.

The shoe may be of any style. In the case The Web 14 Which holds the front cleats illustrated it has an upper 1, on the bottom extends from each cleat to the other two,

20 of which is an inner sole 2 and an outer making a closed figure. The Web 18, hoW- 70 front sole 3 which extends back under the ever, is an open figure extending from the first metatarsal bones 4. Back of the metaoutside cleat 16 rearwardly and thence for tarsal bones are the bones forming the key Wardly along the inside edge of the sole to portion of the arch, the internal cuneiform the. end carrying the cleat 17. The web 18,

bone 5 and the scaphoid bone 6. Back of therefore, has substantially no greater 75 this is the astragalus 7, the tibia 8 and the Weight than the web of the front cleats alos calcis or heel 9. Itis common to provide though it carries one more cleat than the a heel plate on shoes under the rear portion front web. of the foot, leaving between it and the front In the standing position, say of a fielder in sole 3 a length of about three inches of the a baseball game, practically all of the cleats Su inner sole 2 for flexibility. Such a heel will bear on the ground as in Fig. 3. The plate, fOr eX2lII1ple,WOuld eXteIld in the Ordiarch Will, therefore, be supported at its center nary shoe to about the point indicated by and there will be no substantial strain on the the d-Otted line 10- foot. When the wearer starts to run he will I propose to provide a rear plate 11 which dig the rear cleat 15 into the earth and if he S5 eXteIldS IOIII the rear end Of the SllOe OI- is going to move sidewise he Will dig in with Ward to a greater length than usual so as to one or the other of the side cleats 16, accordbring it under the key of the arch formed ing to the direction of his movement.

by the bOIleS 5 and 6. In all Ordinary Shoe, As he advances, the middle cleat 17 Will Say abOllt eleven IlCheS in 0013211 length, this dig into the earth and will provide him With rear plate Would be about five and One-half a continued point of reaction to propel himinches long along the inside edge (the left self forward, at the same time supporting the edge 0f the right OOt, 0I' the right edge O arch of his foot from excessive bending downtbe left OO), and all IlCll ShOIteI at the Ward. This position is shown in Fig. 4. In

outer side. his further movement, his grip on the earth This plate is of stiff leather similar. to that Will depend first on the longitudinal front commonly used for heell plates. It may be cleats 13 and finally on the transverse front of one or more plies and may be reinforced cleat 12, as -in Fig. 5.

with a metal plate for greater stiffness and In baseball shoes of the previous type co1n support under the key point of the arch. monly used there have been no transverse cleats between those at the extreme rear end and the extreme front end respectively. In the intermediate position, therefore, the runner has no substantial grip on the earth helping to propel him forward. This has oceasionally caused slipping. And in an case it causes an excessive bending of the 'oot and frequent injury to the arch in the course of time.

The approximately central cleat 17 provided by this invention gives the wearer a good grip for forward propulsion in practically every position and tends to prevent injury to the arches by avoiding the necessity of bending the foot excessively to grip with the toe cleat.

`The shoe illustrated lacks the comparatively high heel which is used in the common walking shoe. Running shoes are made usually without such heels so as to avoid the concentration of weight on the toe and to secure a distribution of the weight and the reaction over the full length of the sole.

The heel plate ll is of the same order of thickness as the front sole plate 3. With this style of shoe the present invention is particularly useful. IVith running shoes of this style having cleats only at the toe and heel ends, there is a considerable strain on the muscles and tendons which extend from the toe bones to the heel bone and form av sort of tension cord of the arch formed by the bones.

In running or starting quickly, a transfer of the point of reaction from the heel end clear to the toe end puts a strain on such muscles and tendons which if repeated for a considerable season causes them to slip to a certain extent and permit the fall of the arch. But by introducing an intermediate point of reaction as by the middle cleat 17, the weight or reaction is not transferred at one movement from heel to toe but is transferred gradually so that there is not the sudden strain on the muscles and tendons referred to and they will be prevented from yielding or slipping to a very substantial extent and will be kept in normal condition for a longer period of time.

Various modifications of the invention may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the invention as delined in the following claims` l. A running shoe having transverse cleats at the rear and front ends and having an intermediate transversely extending cleat stiliy connected to the rear end cleat and adapted to grip the earth in an intermediate position between that of starting on the heel and going forward on the toe.

2. A running shoe having transverse cleats at the rear and front ends and having an intermediate transversely extending cleat under the shank portion of the sole and adapted to grip the earth in an intermediate position between that of starting on the heel and going forward on the toe.

3. A running shoe having` comparatively stiff front and rear sole portions with an intermediate comparatively flexible portion and having transverse cleats at the rear and front ends and having an intermediate tra-nsversely extending cleat adapted to grip the earth in an intermediate position between that of starting on the heel and going forward on the toe, said intermediate cleat being on the inner side of the sole of the shoe.

4. A running shoe having toe cleats and a heel lixture having the following cleats, namely, a transverse one at the rear, longitudinally extending ones at opposite sides and, in advance of these, a transversely extending cleat.

5. A running shoe having toe cleats and heel cleats, said heel cleats including a transverse one at the rear, longitudinally extending ones at opposite sides and, in advance of these, a transversely extending cleat and a web extending from one side cleat in succession to the rear cleat, the opposite side cleat and the forward cleat and open between the first side cleat and the forward cleat.

6. A running shoe having a. front sole plate and a rear heel plate of approximately the saine thickness and having a more flexible solo between said plates and having transverse cleat-s at the rear and front ends of said plates respectively and having an intermediate transversely extending cleat at the front of the rear plate.

7. A running shoe having a front sole plate and a rear heel plate of approximately the same thickness and having a more flexible sole between said plates and having transverse cleats at the rear and front ends of said plates respectively and having an intermediate transversely extending cleat at the front of the rear plate and having longitudinally extending cleats at the sides.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

DANIEL F. SER-EMBA.

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