Portion of a shoe upper

- Nike, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a portion of a shoe upper showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the portion of a shoe upper shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of the portion of a shoe upper shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 4 is a a top plan view of the portion of a shoe upper shown in FIG. 1.

The broken line showing of the remainder of the shoe is for illustration purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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  • Nike Footwear Catalog, Holiday 1997, pp. 14, 33, 53. Published Mar. 1997. Nike Footwear Catalog, Late Spring 1997, p. 138. Published Sep. 1996. Nike Footwear Catalog, Spring 1997, pp. 107, 181. Published Jun. 1996. Nike Footwear Catalog, Holiday 1996, p. 24. Published Mar. 1996. Nike Footwear Catalog, Late Spring 1996, pp. 125, 144. Published Aug. 1995. Nike Footwear Catalog, Spring 1995, p. 63. Published Jun. 1994.
Patent History
Patent number: D393348
Type: Grant
Filed: May 20, 1997
Date of Patent: Apr 14, 1998
Assignee: Nike, Inc. (Beaverton, OR)
Inventor: Peter P. Backus (Newberg, OR)
Primary Examiner: Dominic Simone
Law Firm: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
Application Number: 0/71,080
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/2972
International Classification: 0299;