Variable friction sole for bowling and other shoes

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APP PUB NO 20070107260A1
SERIAL NO

11446311

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The effective friction of a shoe is adjusted by changing the angle of a portion of the sole, relative to the shoe centerline. In one embodiment, the heel is effectively hinged and an adjustment device is spaced from the hinge axis, whereby the wearer can hold the shoe in one hand and manually adjust an actuator connected to a drive member that increases or decreases the angle of the hinge. The hinge axis can be perpendicular to the centerline, either in the front of the heel with the drive member embedded in the back of the heel, or in the back of the heel, with the drive member embedded in the front of the heel. Angulation can be effected in the foresole, about an axis perpendicular to the shoe centerline, or about an axis that is parallel to but offset from the centerline.

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ETONIC WORLDWIDE LLC260 CHARLES STREET WALTHAM MA 02453

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Pasternak, Stephen M Englewood, FL 7 362

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