Shoe sole

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Description

FIG. 1 is a bottom plan view of a shoe sole showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view of a shoe sole showing an alternate embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a rear elevational view thereof; and

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line showing of a shoe upper in the figures is environmental only and forms no part of the claimed design.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D117585 November 1939 Sperry
D215644 October 1969 Dittmar, Jr.
D262582 January 12, 1982 Moore
D272675 February 21, 1984 Bidegain
D301391 June 6, 1989 Duclos et al.
D308748 June 26, 1990 Arai
D320884 October 22, 1991 Brue
D323740 February 11, 1992 Mitsui
D323922 February 18, 1992 Emmert
D326181 May 19, 1992 Katz et al.
D331494 December 8, 1992 Tonkel
1541234 June 1925 McKnight et al.
2104583 January 1938 Daly
2206860 July 1940 Sperry
Foreign Patent Documents
564280 October 1958 CAX
968597 March 1958 DEX
557154 December 1974 CHX
Other references
  • Photocopy of a Franklin Plastics Corp. shoe sole; American Shoemaking; Feb. 22, 1982, p. 10. Photocopy of a Sperry shoe sole; Footwear News; 1988. Photocopy of a Timberland boat shoe sole, 1992.
Patent History
Patent number: D337427
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 12, 1992
Date of Patent: Jul 20, 1993
Assignee: The Rockport Company, Inc. (Marlboro, MA)
Inventor: Raymond F. Tonkel (Sudbury, MA)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
Application Number: 7/898,070
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/2320