Bowling shoe with replaceable tip
AssigneeLind Shoe Company
InventorJeffrey R. Lind
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Abstract
A bowling shoe with a replaceable tip comprises a shoe upper, a shoe sole mounted to the shoe upper, and a plurality of replaceable shoe tips. The shoe sole has a selectable traction area from a toe end and across the width of the shoe sole. Each tip has a margin substantially equal to a margin of the traction area. Each tip covers and conforms to part of the adjacent shoe upper. The surface of each tip has a different coefficient of friction. A selected tip secures to the traction area and part of the adjacent shoe upper. The tips are interchangeable, to provide traction according to support surface conditions and an individual wearer's preference.
Claims22
A replaceable bowling shoe tip for a bowling shoe, the tip having:
- a peripheral margin substantially equal to a peripheral margin of a selectable traction area of a shoe sole mounted to a shoe upper, the selectable traction area limited and defined by a permanent sole area covering the shoe sole other than the selectable traction area, the tip designed and adapted to cover and conform to at least a portion of the adjacent shoe upper, the tip having a pre-determined coefficient of friction traction exterior;
- the tip having means for removably securing to the selectable traction area and to at least a portion of the adjacent shoe upper;
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- whereby the tip is interchangeable on the shoe with a tip of a different pre-determined coefficient of friction to provide a coefficient of friction to the selectable traction area according to surface conditions and an individual bowler's preference.
A method of providing a selectable traction surface for a bowling shoe comprising:
- providing a bowling shoe upper;
- providing a bowling shoe sole having a selectable traction area extending from a toe end of the shoe sole and extending across a width of the shoe sole and a permanent sole area covering the shoe sole other than the selectable traction area;
- mounting the shoe sole to the shoe upper;
- providing a plurality of bowling shoe tips, each tip constructed with a peripheral margin substantially equal to a peripheral margin of the selectable traction area and each tip designed and adapted to cover and conform to at least a portion of the adjacent shoe upper, each of the plurality of sole tips constructed with a different pre-determined coefficient of friction traction exterior;
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- removably securing a selected tip to the selectable traction area and to at least a portion of the adjacent shoe upper, the plurality of tips being interchangeable to provide a coefficient of friction to the selectable traction area according to surface conditions and an individual bowler's preference.
A bowling shoe with a replaceable bowling shoe tip comprising:
- a bowling shoe upper;
- a bowling shoe sole mounted to the shoe upper, the shoe sole having a selectable traction area extending from a toe end of the shoe sole and extending across a width of the shoe sole and a permanent sole area covering the shoe sole other than the selectable traction area;
- a selected one of a plurality of bowling shoe tips, each tip having a peripheral margin substantially equal to a peripheral margin of the selectable traction area and each tip covering and conforming to at least a portion of a toe end of the shoe upper, each of the plurality of tips having a different coefficient of friction traction exterior;
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- means for removably securing the selected tip to the selectable traction area and to at least a portion of the adjacent shoe upper, and whereby the plurality of tips are interchangeable to provide a coefficient of friction to the selectable traction area according to surface conditions and an individual bowler's preference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.