Ballet pointe shoe
AssigneeDrew Layne, LLC
InventorsMark Suffolk, Keri Suffolk
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Abstract
A ballet pointe shoe is disclosed comprising a toebox, a platform at a front end of the toebox, a shank, an upper, a heel, and a single continuous sole. The single continuous sole comprises a front end closest to the toebox, a back end closest to the heel, and a waist defined as a narrowest part of the single continuous sole. The waist is positioned at more than 65 percent of the length of the single continuous sole from the front end of the single continuous sole. A ratio of (i) the waist to the back end of the single continuous sole to (ii) the waist to the front end of the single continuous sole is at least 42 percent.
Claims21
A ballet pointe shoe, comprising:
- a toebox;
- a platform at a front end of the toebox;
- a shank;
- an upper;
- a heel;
- and
- a single continuous sole comprising:
- a front end closest to the toebox,
- a back end closest to the heel, and
- a waist defined as a narrowest part of the single continuous sole, wherein the waist is positioned on the single continuous sole at more than 65 percent of a length of the single continuous sole from the front end of the single continuous sole to the back end of the single continuous sole such that a ratio of (i) a distance from the waist to the front end of the single continuous sole to (ii) a distance from the front end of the single continuous sole to the back end of the single continuous sole is more than 65 percent, and wherein a ratio of (i) a distance from the waist to the back end of the single continuous sole to (ii) a distance from the waist to the front end of the single continuous sole is at least 42 percent.
A ballet pointe shoe, comprising:
- a toebox;
- a platform at a front end of the toebox;
- a shank;
- an upper;
- a heel;
- and
- a single continuous sole comprising:
- a front end closest to the toebox,
- a back end closest to the heel, and
- a waist defined as a narrowest part of the single continuous sole, wherein the waist is positioned on the single continuous sole at more than 69 percent of a length of the ballet pointe shoe from the platform to the back end of the single continuous sole such that a ratio of (i) a distance from the waist to the platform to (ii) a distance from the platform to the back end of the single continuous sole is more than 69 percent, and wherein a ratio of (i) a distance from the waist to the back end of the single continuous sole to (ii) a distance from the waist to the front end of the single continuous sole is at least 42 percent.
A ballet pointe shoe, comprising:
- a toebox;
- a platform at a front end of the toebox;
- a shank;
- an upper;
- a heel;
- and
- a single continuous sole comprising:
- a front end closest to the toebox,
- a back end closest to the heel, and
- a waist defined as a narrowest part of the single continuous sole, wherein the waist is positioned at more than 64 percent of a length of the single continuous sole from a toe transition point to a heel transition point such that a ratio of (i) a distance from the waist to the toe transition point to (ii) a distance from the toe transition point to the heel transition point is more than 64 percent, wherein the toe transition point is a point on the single continuous sole at which there is a 5 percent change from a widest part of the single continuous sole closest to the front end toward the waist, wherein the heel transition point is a point on the single continuous sole at which there is a 5 percent change from a widest part of the single continuous sole to the back end toward the waist, and wherein a ratio of (i) a width of the waist to (ii) a width of a widest part of the single continuous sole closest to the back end is less than 85 percent.
A ballet pointe shoe, comprising:
- a toebox;
- a shank;
- an upper;
- a heel;
- and
- a platform at a front end of the toebox, wherein at least a portion of an outer surface of the platform including a center point of the platform comprises a concave surface, and wherein the concave surface comprises a plurality of indentations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.