Patents by Inventor Maria Mercedes Berberian
Maria Mercedes Berberian 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).
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Patent number: 11980250Abstract: A convertible shoe may include a sole and a plurality of interchangeable heel portions, each selectively attachable to the sole. The heel portions may each include a mounting surface configured to interface with a heel receiver of the sole. The heel receiver may include a fixed hook and a movable hook, with the movable hook being operable by an actuator coupled to a bottom surface of the sole. In some examples, an upper is secured to the sole of the shoe by one or more clamping plates. In some examples, the sole of the shoe is configured to be biased into a default bend corresponding to a high-heeled state even when a low heel is attached to the heel receiver.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: High-Low Heel, LLCInventors: Maria Mercedes Berberian, Allen Nejah
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Patent number: 11304478Abstract: Systems and methods for securing a removable heel that is otherwise removably attached to a heel receiver of a shoe. The heel receiver has a fixed hook portion and a movable hook portion including a body received by an internal cavity of the heel receiver and disposed opposite the fixed hook portion. The movable hook portion is configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position, where the removable heel is secured to the shoe when the movable hook portion is in the extended position. Securing the heel includes inserting a locking pin into the internal cavity to prevent movement of the hook portion from the extended position to the retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: High-Low Heel, LLCInventor: Maria Mercedes Berberian
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Publication number: 20210392997Abstract: A convertible shoe may include a sole and a plurality of interchangeable heel portions, each selectively attachable to the sole. The heel portions may each include a mounting surface configured to interface with a heel receiver of the sole. The heel receiver may include a fixed hook and a movable hook, with the movable hook being operable by an actuator coupled to a bottom surface of the sole. In some examples, an upper is secured to the sole of the shoe by one or more clamping plates. In some examples, the sole of the shoe is configured to be biased into a default bend corresponding to a high-heeled state even when a low heel is attached to the heel receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Maria Mercedes BERBERIAN, Allen NEJAH
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Publication number: 20210321719Abstract: Systems and methods for securing a removable heel that is otherwise removably attached to a heel receiver of a shoe. The heel receiver has a fixed hook portion and a movable hook portion including a body received by an internal cavity of the heel receiver and disposed opposite the fixed hook portion. The movable hook portion is configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position, where the removable heel is secured to the shoe when the movable hook portion is in the extended position. Securing the heel includes inserting a locking pin into the internal cavity to prevent movement of the hook portion from the extended position to the retracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventor: Maria Mercedes BERBERIAN
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Patent number: 10966486Abstract: A convertible shoe may include a sole and a plurality of interchangeable heel portions, each selectively attachable to the sole. The heel portions may each include a mounting surface configured to interface with a heel receiver of the sole. The heel receiver may include a fixed hook and a movable hook, with the movable hook being operable by an actuator coupled to a bottom surface of the sole. In some examples, an upper is secured to the sole of the shoe by one or more clamping plates. In some examples, the sole of the shoe is configured to be biased into a default bend corresponding to a high-heeled state even when a low heel is attached to the heel receiver.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: High-Low Heel, LLCInventors: Maria Mercedes Berberian, Allen Nejah
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Publication number: 20200229541Abstract: A convertible shoe may include a sole and a plurality of interchangeable heel portions, each selectively attachable to the sole. The heel portions may each include a mounting surface configured to interface with a heel receiver of the sole. The heel receiver may include a fixed hook and a movable hook, with the movable hook being operable by an actuator coupled to a bottom surface of the sole. In some examples, an upper is secured to the sole of the shoe by one or more clamping plates. In some examples, the sole of the shoe is configured to be biased into a default bend corresponding to a high-heeled state even when a low heel is attached to the heel receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: High-Low Heel, LLCInventors: Maria Mercedes BERBERIAN, Allen NEJAH
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Patent number: 10426225Abstract: A convertible shoe may include a sole and a plurality of interchangeable heel portions, each selectively attachable to the sole. The heel portions may each include a mounting surface configured to interface with a heel receiver of the sole. The heel receiver may include a fixed hook and a movable hook, with the movable hook being operable by an actuator coupled to a bottom surface of the sole.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: High-Low Heel, LLCInventors: Maria Mercedes Berberian, Allen Nejah
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Publication number: 20180338582Abstract: A convertible shoe may include a sole and a plurality of interchangeable heel portions, each selectively attachable to the sole. The heel portions may each include a mounting surface configured to interface with a heel receiver of the sole. The heel receiver may include a fixed hook and a movable hook, with the movable hook being operable by an actuator coupled to a bottom surface of the sole.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: High-Low Heel, LLCInventors: Maria Mercedes BERBERIAN, Allen NEJAH
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Patent number: 10039340Abstract: A convertible shoe may include a sole portion and a plurality of interchangeable heel portions, each selectively attachable to the sole portion. The heel portions may each include a mounting surface configured to interface with a heel receiver of the sole, such that mounting the heel causes a support shank of the shoe to be secured in a longitudinal position relative to the sole.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: High-Low Heel, LLCInventors: Maria Mercedes Berberian, Allen Nejah
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Publication number: 20180146740Abstract: A convertible shoe may include a sole portion and a plurality of interchangeable heel portions, each selectively attachable to the sole portion. The heel portions may each include a mounting surface configured to interface with a heel receiver of the sole, such that mounting the heel causes a support shank of the shoe to be secured in a longitudinal position relative to the sole.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2018Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: High-Low Heel, LLCInventors: Maria Mercedes BERBERIAN, Allen NEJAH
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Patent number: 9877537Abstract: A shoe that is convertible between a high heel mode and a low heel mode. There is a rigid shank that is adjustable along the longitudinal axis of the shoe between the various layers of the sole. The proximal end of the adjustable shank may be slid further under the metatarsophalangeal joints to accommodate the sweeping higher arch of a high-heeled shoe or the distal end of the adjustable shank may be slid closer to the back of the calcaneus bone to reduce the arch of the shoe. The different height heels are lockably affixed to the sole.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Inventor: Maria Mercedes Berberian
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Publication number: 20170095029Abstract: A shoe that is convertible between a high heel mode and a low heel mode. There is a rigid shank that is adjustable along the longitudinal axis of the shoe between the various layers of the sole. The proximal end of the adjustable shank may be slid further under the metatarsophalangeal joints to accommodate the sweeping higher arch of a high-heeled shoe or the distal end of the adjustable shank may be slid closer to the back of the calcaneus bone to reduce the arch of the shoe. The different height heels are lockably affixed to the sole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventor: Maria Mercedes Berberian