Interesting Golf Shoe Spike Patent Application

Most golfers would never guess that their golf shoes’ soft spikes are probably patented. This week a nice example of a golf spike patent application published as US Pub. No. 20070101618 titled “Cleat for Athletic Shoe.”

The application describes the invention as:

“A golf cleat and system includes cleats having a base and a plurality of barbs. Each barb preferably has a proximal end supported by the base and a distal end extending generally perpendicular from the base. A perpendicular surface is formed by the distal end extending from the base and preferably counters rotational movement of a shoe in a plane generally parallel to the ground during a golf swing. At least some of the barbs preferably have an angular surface between the distal end and the base.”

Check out the following figure from the application.

Interesting patent application.

David Dawsey – The Golfing Patent Lawyer