Patent ID: 8458927

Claim:
A bowling footwear kit, comprising: a left shoe and a right shoe, each shoe comprising a midsole having a toe region and a heel region, wherein the toe region includes the entire area from the front of the shoe to a line at least about one half the distance between the front of the shoe and the back of the shoe, and wherein the peripheral shapes of the toe region of the left shoe and of the toe region of the right shoe are substantially identical, said toe regions of the left shoe and the right shoe having a peripheral shape that is substantially symmetric about a center line running from the front of the shoe to about one half of the distance between the front of the shoe and the back of the shoe; and wherein a peripheral shape of the midsole is substantially asymmetric about a centerline running from the front of the toe region to the back of the heel region; and a forepart which functions as an outsole for either the toe region of the right shoe or the toe region of the left shoe; wherein the forepart has substantially the same size as the toe regions of the left shoe and the right shoe and has a peripheral shape that substantially matches the peripheral shape of the toe regions of both the left shoe and the right shoe, such that the forepart may be mounted to the left shoe and to the right shoe.