Patent ID: 8813394
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. An outsole for a bowling shoe comprising: an elongated perimeter outlining a substantially planar foresole region, a substantially planar heel region, and an arch region recessed from the foresole and heel regions, each of said regions having medial and lateral sides; a heel pad attached to said heel region; a plurality of pockets formed in the foresole region, each pocket having a base and a rigid rim rising from the base above the plane of the foresole region; and a slide pad element in each pocket, having a bottom surface interchangeably secured to the base of the pocket and an outer slide surface, and a peripheral edge which closely conforms to said rim, wherein the conforming edge has a bottom edge portion substantially abutting said rim, and an upper edge portion that protrudes above said rim, whereby the rim is recessed relative to the slide surface and wherein at least two of the slide pad elements in the pockets are constituted by different materials having respective different coefficients of friction.