US PATENT SUBCLASS 36 / 114
.~.~ Athletic shoe or attachment therefor

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36 /   HD   BOOTS, SHOES, AND LEGGINGS

83  DF  BOOTS AND SHOES {28}
113  DF  .~ Occupational or athletic shoe (e.g., roof climbing, gardening, etc.) {1}
114.~.~ Athletic shoe or attachment therefor {8}
115  DF  .~.~.~> For a sport (e.g., skating, skiing, etc.) featuring relative movement between shoe and ground {1}
126  DF  .~.~.~> For baseball
127  DF  .~.~.~> For golf
128  DF  .~.~.~> For football
129  DF  .~.~.~> For track
130  DF  .~.~.~> For bowling
131  DF  .~.~.~> For riding (e.g., cycling, horse riding, etc.)
132  DF  .~.~.~> Attachment (e.g., weight for shoe, etc.) {2}

DEFINITION

Classification: 36/114

(under subclass 113) Foot covering intended to be worn while the wearer thereof is participating in physically active sports activities; or a member that is auxiliary to a foot covering worn for sports activities, which member adds a function related to the sports activity, but not itself having a foot-covering function.

(1) Note. Patents including a sports-related shoe accessory will be found in subclasses 132+ below. Patents including a shoe accessory not related to sports activities will be found in subclasses 136+ below.

(2) Note. In the schedule of subclasses indented hereunder will be found subclasses pertaining to a shoe used in one of several particularly-named athletic activities. The differences between shoes found in each of the named subclasses are not necessarily large differences, but they are significant when considered in light of the special requirements peculiar to each of the named activities. The weight of the shoe, the material of which it is made, the design and placement of the spikes or cleats used to give traction or stability to the wearer, and the provision of means for fastening the shoe to the wearer or to equipment used in the particular activity, are all factors inherent in the design of a shoe intended for that athletic sport. This is not to imply that a shoe intended for a particular activity may not be worn for another activity, but does indicate that the differences between subclasses and shoes found therein are more than named differences, they are significant to the athletic activity for which the shoe is intended to be worn.