Patents by Inventor Dorimar Bonilla-Espada

Dorimar Bonilla-Espada 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).

  • Patent number: 8516717
    Abstract: The present invention is a bifunctional, high-heeled dancer's shoe with the flexibility and strength to allow the dancer to go from standing on the heel to an on pointe position (standing on the toes). The shoe has the capacity to adjust, in order to provide the dancer the ability to combine dance moves from multiple dance styles with ballet. The shoe is composed of a hard front toe box, a half front shank attached to the front box that thins out in the middle of the foot, a partial metal shank that extends from the back of the shoe into the arch, a plastic high heel, a leather outer sole, and a closed satin and fabric body with an adjustable elastic thread on the top of the foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Inventor: Dorimar Bonilla-Espada
  • Publication number: 20110154687
    Abstract: The present invention is a bifunctional, high-heeled dancer's shoe with the flexibility and strength to allow the dancer to go from standing on the heel to an on pointe position (standing on the toes). The shoe has the capacity to adjust, in order to provide the dancer the ability to combine dance moves from multiple dance styles with ballet. The shoe is composed of a hard front toe box, a half front shank attached to the front box that thins out in the middle of the foot, a partial metal shank that extends from the back of the shoe into the arch, a plastic high heel, a leather outer sole, and a closed satin and fabric body with an adjustable elastic thread on the top of the foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Dorimar Bonilla-Espada