Athletic sports shoe with cleated scaffold that dissociates from the underside of the shoe to reduce/prevent knee injury

Abstract

Footwear, such as a sports shoe, that has a cleated scaffold that attaches to an underside of a sole of the shoe body of footwear because of an attachment mechanism. The mechanism has cooperative components arranged to engage each other when in alignment to allow the cleated scaffold and shoe body to move in unison and in the absence of a critical pivoting force. When a critical pivoting force arises, such as when the cleats remain fixed in position in a manner that resists their movement in unison with the shoe body, the scaffold dissociates from the shoe body in order to reduce / prevent knee injury.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Invention[0001]The present invention relates to any shoe (for example, an athletic cleat) that is composed of two separate components that can detach from one another in order to reduce / prevent knee injury to the wearer.Discussion of Related Art[0002]U.S. Pat. No. 9,273,827 mentions:[0003]Many injuries . . . are caused by situations where a foot is pinned to the ground while a person continues forward movements . . . . Normally the event happens so fast that by the time a person wearing the shoe or boot is aware of pain, the damage is done.[0004]U.S. Pat. No. 9,273,827 goes on to describe a counterforce technique. The present inventors contend that from the standpoint of a musculoskeletal radiologist, the use of the counterforce technique in U.S. Pat. No. 9,273,827 would actually result in increased injuries based on biomechanics. Instead of pursuing such a technique based on a counter force, it seems preferable to the present inventors to all...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present invention is a mechanism in a sports shoe that prevents or reduces injury caused by rotating or twisting forces. It does this by disengaging a detachable component from the shoe when the force exceeds a certain level, to avoid knee injury. Overall, this technology helps to protect the foot from harm during sports activities.

Problems solved by technology

. . are caused by situations where a foot is pinned to the ground while a person continues forward movements . . . . Normally the event happens so fast that by the time a person wearing the shoe or boot is aware of pain, the damage is done.

Having a rotating platform would not be appealing to the athlete, as it would introduce an unnatural motion of spinning around (seemingly even with normal movements).

Knee injuries often occur in sports where cleats are used in a downward force oriented relatively perpendicular to the ground by the athlete's own weight, resulting in planting of the cleats to varying degrees into the dirt, followed by a significant pivoting force around the planted foot.

Moderate twisting will result in ligamentous sprains.

Severe twisting will result in torn ligaments.

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