Footwear upper
The figures show features in light-weight even-length broken lines that form no part of the claimed design. Further, the long dash-short dash broken lines immediately adjacent the portions shown in solid lines form the boundary of the design, with the long dash-short dash broken lines forming no part of the claimed design. The heavy-weight even-length 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: Aug 28, 2025
Date of Patent: Oct 13, 2026
Assignee: Wolverine Outdoors, Inc. (Rockford, MI)
Inventors: Andrew D. Engel (Rockford, MI), Ian M. Cobb (Rockford, MI)
Primary Examiner: T Chase Nelson
Assistant Examiner: Caitlin Mackenzie Williams
Application Number: 30/020,398