Shoe upper

- The Timberland Company
Description

This is related to a design patent application entitled Element for a Footwear Upper, U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 29/086950 pending, (Attorney Docket No. 8702-1), and is related to a design patent application entitled Article of Footwear, U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 29/086953, pending (Attorney Docket No. 8702-37B), both filed concurrently herewith in the name of Joseph D. Boyer.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of first embodiment for a shoe upper according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a left view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a left view of a second embodiment of the shoe upper according to the present invention, the right view being a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a back view of the shoe upper shown in FIG. 8.

In both of the first and second embodiments, the sole on the shoe is shown in phantom in the figures because the particular sole attached to the bottom of the footwear is not part of the present invention.

In the second embodiment, the design is the same as in the first embodiment except for an upside down V-shaped piece wrapped around the back of the shoe upper. The perspective, front, top and bottom views of the second embodiment are identical to the corresponding views of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1, 4, 6, and 7, respectively.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D253317 November 6, 1979 Negrin
D296037 June 7, 1988 Brown et al.
D354165 January 10, 1995 Werman
D380597 July 8, 1997 Brooks et al.
D385397 October 28, 1997 Duclos et al.
1578345 March 1926 Nelson
Other references
  • Cabela's Annual Spring Catalog, p. 204, Black Mountain Hiking Boot, Dec. 1996.
Patent History
Patent number: D409365
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 23, 1998
Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
Assignee: The Timberland Company (Stratham, NH)
Inventor: Joseph D. Boyer (Newington, NH)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: G. Andoll
Law Firm: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
Application Number: 0/86,954
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/2970
International Classification: 0204;