Patents by Inventor Theodore S. Gross

Theodore S. Gross 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).

  • Stress fracture reduction midsole
    Patent number: 5077915
    Abstract: A shoe that reduces the likelihood of stress fractures occurring in the wearer's metatarsals. The shoe includes a midsole made of (i) a stress modulation layer that is made of material of relatively high duromoeter in the region of the first, fourth and fifth metatarsal, and a material of medium durmoeter in the region of the second and third durometer, and (ii) a stress moderation layer made mostly of a material of relatively low durometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Converse, Inc.
    Inventor: Theodore S. Gross
  • Athletic shoe with control struts
    Patent number: 4989350
    Abstract: An athletic shoe having sheet springs being rigidly fixed below a portion of the springs corresponding to the wearers ankle. The springs being unaffixed to the upper above a wearers ankle allowing the upper portion of the spring to stand free of the side of the shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1991
    Assignee: Converse Inc.
    Inventors: Richard P. Bunch, Steven S. Chapman, Theodore S. Gross
  • Shoe with an artificial tendon system
    Patent number: 4941273
    Abstract: A shoe has an artificial tendon system, including an elastic band extending through a passageway in the midsole of the shoe. One end of the elastic band is attached to the midsole within the passageway near the forefoot area and the other end is attached near the heel area of the shoe. When the shoe is used, extension of the elastic band stores energy during heelstrike and early propulsion and releases energy during toeoff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Converse Inc.
    Inventor: Theodore S. Gross