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US 2025/0031805 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 removably 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 removably attachable outsole further comprises an outsole contact surface which contacts said midsole bottom surface when said removably 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 removably attachable outsole;
- wherein said first and said second removably attachable outsoles are separate;
- wherein said first removably 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 removably 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 removably 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 removably attachable outsole further comprises an outsole contact surface which contacts said midsole bottom surface when said first removably 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 removably 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.