Patent ID: 9491981
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A43B

Claim Text:
1. A ballet pointe shoe, comprising: an upper, a heel; a sole; a toebox that comprises: a platform; a shank; and a toe wedge; wherein the toe wedge is more rigid than the upper; wherein the toe wedge is above the sole and below a layer that covers the shank and contacts a bottom of the dancer's foot when the dancer is wearing the ballet pointe shoe; wherein the toe wedge has a graduated increasing thickness at least partially inside the toebox and toward the platform; wherein the toe wedge diminishes to a remaining thickness toward the heel; wherein the toe wedge is configured to end before a beginning of an arch of the dancer's foot when the dancer is wearing the ballet pointe shoe; wherein the toe wedge is not diminished in thickness across the lateral cross-section of the toebox; and wherein the toe wedge is directly connected to the shank.