Supplemental removable stick on cleat for footwear

Abstract

The present invention provides a stick on cleat for removably transforming a shoe into a functional pair of removable cleats having a flexible detachable base plate comprising an top surface and a bottom surface; at least 5 spikes depending from the bottom surface; an adhesive layer on the top surface, wherein the adhesive layer can be removably secured to a shoe sole; and a protective layer positioned over the adhesive layer.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A stick on cleat for removably transforming a shoe into a functional pair of removable cleats comprising:
 a flexible detachable base plate comprising a top surface and a bottom surface;   at least 5 spikes depending from the bottom surface;   an adhesive layer on the top surface, wherein the adhesive layer can be removably secured to a shoe sole; and   a protective layer positioned over the adhesive layer.   
     
     
         2 . The stick on cleat of  claim 1 , wherein the flexible detachable base plate is made of a plastic, a rubber, a polymer composition, a resin, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The stick on cleat of  claim 1 , wherein the adhesive layer comprises ABS cement, acrylic cement, balsa cement, cyanoacrylate, epoxy resin, polyester and polyvinyl resin, PVA glue, chlorosulfonated polyethylene synthetic rubber, rubber glues, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The stick on cleat of  claim 1 , wherein the flexible base plate has a shape that is generally in the shape of a shoe sole. 
     
     
         5 . The stick on cleat of  claim 1 , wherein the flexible base plate is generally planar. 
     
     
         6 . The stick on cleat of  claim 1 , wherein the at least 5 spikes are soccer spikes, rugby spikes, baseball spikes, football spikes, track sprinter's spikes and turf knobs. 
     
     
         7 . The stick on cleat of  claim 1 , wherein at least 5 spikes includes a total of 7, 8, 9 or 10 spikes. 
     
     
         8 . The stick on cleat of  claim 1 , wherein the at least 5 spikes are soft spikes. 
     
     
         9 . The cleat of  claim 1 , wherein the at least 5 spikes are metal spikes. 
     
     
         10 . The stick on cleat of  claim 1 , wherein the at least 5 spikes are metal spikes comprise a threaded shaft and the flexible base plate further comprising at least 5 threaded apertures that threadably receive the threaded shaft of the at least 5 spikes to make the at least 5 spikes replaceable. 
     
     
         11 . A method of removably securing spikes to a pair of shoes comprising the steps of:
 providing a pair of removable cleats wherein each of the pair of removable cleats comprising a flexible detachable base plate comprising a top surface and a bottom surface, at least 5 spikes depending from the bottom surface, an adhesive layer on the top surface, wherein the adhesive layer can be removably secured to a shoe sole and a protective layer positioned over the adhesive layer;   providing a pair of shoes;   removing the protective layer from the adhesive layer to expose an adhesive surface;   aligning the flexible detachable base plate with the corresponding shoe sole;   overlying the corresponding shoe sole with the adhesive surface;   pressing the corresponding shoe sole to the flexible detachable base plate; and   adhering the removable cleat to the shoe such that the at least 5 spikes extend from the bottom surface.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the at least 5 spikes are soccer spikes, rugby spikes, baseball spikes, football spikes, track sprinter's spikes and turf knobs. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein at least 5 spikes includes a total of 7, 8, 9 or 10 spikes. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the at least 5 spikes are soft spikes. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the at least 5 spikes are metal spikes. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the at least 5 spikes further comprise a threaded shaft and the flexible base plate further comprising at least 5 threaded apertures and the method further comprises the step of threadably inserting the threaded shaft of each of the at least 5 spikes into the threaded aperture and rotating to secure each of the at least 5 spikes to the flexible base plate to make the at least 5 spikes replaceable.