Athletic shoe outsole

- Converse Inc.

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Description

FIG. 1 is a bottom plan view of an athletic shoe outsole showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged partial perspective view of one of the inner traction element groupings as taken from the left front of the FIG. 1 outsole;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of one of the peripheral traction elements as taken from line 3--3 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a top and right front perspective view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top left front perspective view thereof, the broken-line showing of a shoe upper is environmental only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D290782
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 11, 1984
Date of Patent: Jul 14, 1987
Assignee: Converse Inc. (North Reading, MA)
Inventor: Guy Grubel (Methuen, MA)
Primary Examiner: Nelson C. Holtje
Law Firm: Bromberg, Sunstein & Casselman
Application Number: 6/649,430
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/2320; D/2311