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US 2019/0166949 A1Published application
Sole of a Shoe
AssigneeColumbia Insurance Company
InventorsKenneth Daniel Santos, Bud Clapsaddle
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Abstract
A bowling shoe sole fastening system of structures that allows a variety of outsoles to be attached to and detached from the midsole that improve the consistency of the flex of the show throughout a bowler's stride, which allow the bowling shoe to be adjusted to achieve consistent stopping and sliding characteristics over a variety of bowling lane conditions and maintain consistent performance in the flex of the shoe across cycles of attachment, detachment, and reattachment.
Claims20
A sole of a shoe, comprising:
- a midsole comprising a midsole forepart region and a midsole toe region;
- a remove-ably attachable outsole comprising an outsole forepart region and an outsole toe region;
- wherein said midsole further comprises a midsole bottom surface;
- wherein said midsole forepart region bottom surface includes at least one midsole fastener area;
- wherein said midsole toe region bottom surface and said at least one midsole fastener area have different physical characteristics;
- wherein said remove-ably attachable outsole further comprises an outsole contact surface which contacts said midsole bottom surface when said remove-ably attachable outsole is attached to said shoe;
- wherein said outsole forepart region contact surface includes at least one outsole fastener area that mates with said at least one midsole fastener area;
- wherein said outsole toe region contact surface and said at least one outsole fastener area have different physical characteristics.
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A sole of a shoe, comprising:
- a midsole further comprising a midsole toe region, a midsole forepart region, and a midsole heel region;
- a first and second remove-ably attachable outsole;
- wherein said first and said second remove-ably attachable outsoles are separate;
- wherein said first remove-ably attachable outsole has a size and shape which generally matches the size and shape of both said midsole toe and said midsole forepart regions;
- wherein said second remove-ably attachable outsole has a size and shape which generally matches the size and shape of said midsole heel region.
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A sole of a shoe, comprising:
- a midsole comprising a midsole forepart region and a midsole toe region;
- a first remove-ably attachable outsole comprising an outsole forepart region and an outsole toe region;
- wherein said midsole further comprises a midsole bottom surface;
- wherein said midsole forepart region bottom surface includes at least two midsole fastener areas separated by at least one midsole forepart gap;
- wherein said midsole forepart gap has different physical characteristics from said midsole fastener areas;
- wherein said first remove-ably attachable outsole further comprises an outsole contact surface which contacts said midsole bottom surface when said first remove-ably attachable outsole is attached to said shoe;
- wherein said outsole forepart region contact surface includes at least two outsole fastener areas that mate with said midsole fastener areas when said first remove-ably attachable outsole is attached to said shoe;
- wherein said at least two outsole fastener areas are separated by at least one outsole forepart gap;
- wherein said outsole forepart gap has different physical characteristics from said outsole fastener areas.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.