Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Gaynor Minden

Elizabeth Gaynor Minden 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).

  • Ballet Shoe
    Publication number: 20140259774
    Abstract: A ballet technique shoe has a forefoot piece and a heel piece connected by an elastic gusset, and has an elastic drawstring sleeve around the opening of the shoe which contains an elastic drawstring. An opening in the elastic drawstring sleeve is located on the side of the shoe near the ankle so that the drawstring is tied at the side area of the foot. The shoe includes an outsole and a shock absorbing insole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Elizabeth Gaynor Minden
  • Pleatless ballet slipper
    Patent number: 6857203
    Abstract: A substantially pleatless ballet slipper has a non-elastic upper, and an elastic or stretchy toe piece affixed to the forward edge of the upper. The toe piece has a small amount of bunched material at its underside. An outsole is affixed to the toe piece and covers substantially all bunched material or pleats of the toe piece. One or more cushioning pads located on the interior of the slipper make the small amount of bunched material imperceptible to the dancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Gloria Minden, Inc.
    Inventor: Elizabeth Gaynor Minden
  • Pleatless ballet slipper
    Publication number: 20030070319
    Abstract: A substantially pleatless ballet slipper has a non-elastic upper, and an elastic or stretchy toe piece affixed to the forward edge of the upper. The toe piece has a small amount of bunched material at its underside. An outsole is affixed to the toe piece and covers substantially all bunched material or pleats of the toe piece. One or more cushioning pads located on the interior of the slipper make the small amount of bunched material imperceptible to the dancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventor: Elizabeth Gaynor Minden
  • Dynamic toe shoe box liner for a pointe shoe
    Patent number: 5740618
    Abstract: A dance shoe comprises a toe box having a dynamic foam pad located in at least one of the left and right side surfaces of the toe box and, possibly, the top of the toe box. The dynamic foam pad has a fast resilient characteristic such that the foam pad is compressed by a dancer's foot when the foot is in the flat standing position, but the foam pad expands to snugly hold and support the dancer's foot upon narrowing of the dancer's foot when the dancer is en pointe. A toe pocket cushion is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Inventor: Elizabeth Gaynor Minden
  • Dance practice slipper
    Patent number: D388592
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Inventor: Elizabeth Gaynor Minden
  • Ballet duffle bag
    Patent number: D400350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Inventor: Elizabeth Gaynor Minden
  • Dance shoe
    Patent number: D730025
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventor: Elizabeth Gaynor Minden