Bowling shoe

A pair of bowling shoes, each shoe comprising:

• (a) an upper portion inlcuding inner and outer sides providing oppositely disposed longitudinally extending inner and outer lower side margin portion,
• (b) a lower portion including a heel and a flexible sole having a substantially smooth slide-facilitating underside and oppositely disposed longitudinally extending inner and outer side portions attached to corresponding lower side margin portions of the upper portion,
• (c) said longitudinally extending inner side portion projecting outwardly of the attached inner side margin portion at the point of attachment and said longitudinally extending outer side portion projecting outwardly of the attached outer side margin portion at the point of attachment, for substantially the length of the heel and the sole, a greater amount than said opposite inner side portion, said projection being substantially between ten percent (10%) and thirty percent (30%) of the transverse distance between oppositely disposed inner and outer margins at the point of attachment of the lower portion to the upper portion to provide support for the outside edge of the foot of the wearer during play said smooth underside facilitating sliding action of the shoe and said outer side projection facilitating support of the foot during said slide action, and
• (d) said sole having a substantially constant thickness between oppositely disposed inner and outer margins at the point of attachment of the lower portion to the upper portion, and said longitudinally extending outer support portion including an upper margin and a lower margin, said lower margin being disposed outwardly of said upper margin to define a tapered edge of substantially forty-five degrees (45%) for the support portion.