Patent ID: 6651360
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
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; a plurality of pairs of replaceable 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 friction, 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; and means for removably securing 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 shoe sole with a first ratio of regions of two different coefficients of friction; and so that securing a second sole member to the replaceable sole receiving area provides a shoe sole with a second ratio of regions of two different coefficients of friction; in which the replaceable sole member and any permanent sole area together cover the entire bowling shoe sole as a tread face, and in which the tread face of the bowling shoe sole is a continuous flat, planar face.