Patent ID: 6243973
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A43B,A43C

Abstract:
A wedge-soled bowling shoe with a replaceable sole member comprising:a bowling shoe upper,a bowling shoe wedge sole mounted to the shoe upper, the wedge sole having a replaceable sole member receiving area, the replaceable sole member receiving area extending from a toe to a heel of the wedge sole;the sole having a permanent sole area in addition to the replaceable sole member receiving area, the permanent sole area having two surface regions, a first region of a higher coefficient of friction extending from the heel and a second region of a lower coefficient of friction extending from the toe;a plurality of pairs of replaceble sole members, each member having two surface regions, a first region of a higher coefficient of friction and a second region of a lower coefficient of function, each member sized and shaped to the replaceable sole receiving area, and each member having a different ratio of regions of different coefficients of friction from each other member; andmeans for removably song a selected replaceable sole member to the replaceable sole receiving area, so that securing a first sole member to the replaceable sole area provides a bowling shoe sole with a first ratio of regions of two different coefficients of fiction; and so that securing a second sole member to the replaceable sole receiving a provides a bowling shoe sole with a second ratio of regions of two different coefficients of friction.