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Abstract

A cleat system for sports shoes, especially football shoes, comprising a downward opening socket in the outsole, provided with at least two circumferentially spaced first supporting surfaces at the inside thereof facing away from the socket opening, a cleat body, a fastening portion connected to the cleat body through which the cleat body is adapted to be detachably connected to the socket and which has at least two circumferentially spaced mounting surfaces integrally formed thereat facing the cleat body which upon insertion and after rotation of the fastening portion through a predetermined angle of rotation come to lie against the first supporting surfaces substantially under surface contact, a further mounting surface formed integrally with the cleat body which comes to lie against the outsole under pressure from below when the supporting and mounting surfaces are in engagement with each other, and locking means effective between the fastening portion and the socket which resists a backward rotational movement of the fastening portion after having been turned in, with a contact surface portion of mounting and supporting surfaces disposed between the extremities in the circumferential direction being spaced from the axis respectively of the cleat body or the socket through a greater or smaller radial distance than the remaining contact surfaces.

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First Claim