Footwear upper
The figures show features in dash-dot-dot broken lines that form no part of the claimed design. Further, the dash-dot-dot broken lines immediately adjacent the solid line portions of the design form the boundary of the design, with those dash-dot-dot broken lines forming no part of the claimed design. The evenly spaced dash-dash broken lines in the figures depict stitching, which forms part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for a footwear upper as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 13, 2023
Date of Patent: Sep 23, 2025
Assignee: Wolverine Outdoors, Inc. (Rockford, MI)
Inventor: Brenton Scott Wehrmeyer (Grand Rapids, MI)
Primary Examiner: T Chase Nelson
Assistant Examiner: Caitlin Mackenzie Williams
Application Number: 29/897,266