Patents by Inventor Barry H. Block

Barry H. Block has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Athletic shoe
    Patent number: 4354319
    Abstract: An improved athletic shoe in which the solepiece has a wedge to facilitate supporting the runner's foot when contacting the ground; the toe box section being provided with pleats to allow expansion for toe movement when the foot flexes; the solepiece is provided with a flexure break segment of reduced thickness following the phalangal-metatarsal joint line of action of the human foot to permit differential flexure of the solepiece in a manner following such lines of action; and the heel part of the solepiece is rounded for optimizing initial and following ground foot contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1982
    Inventors: Barry H. Block, Stanley Beekman
  • Athletic shoe
    Patent number: 4262435
    Abstract: An improved athletic shoe in which the solepiece has a wedge to facilitate supporting the runner's foot when contacting the ground; the toe box section being provided with pleats to allow expansion for toe movement when the foot flexes; the solepiece is provided with a flexure break segment of reduced thickness following the phalangal-metatarsal joint line of action of the human foot to permit differential flexure of the solepiece in a manner following such lines of action; and the heel part of the solepiece is rounded for optimizing initial and following ground foot contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1981
    Inventors: Barry H. Block, Stanley Beekman