Portion of a sole for a golf shoe

- Acushnet Company
Description

FIG. 1 is a rear, perspective view of the portion of a sole for a golf shoe showing a sole of our new design having a leather portion and a thermoplastic urethane portion that is molded thereto and having integrally molded outwardly extending projections;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof, the broken circular lines at the top and on the striated portion of FIGS. 1 and 2 and the break lines at the arch throughtout the views being understood to represent the boundries of the claimed invention; and the broken lines along the peripheral edge of the claimed invention in FIGS. 1 and 2 being understood to represent stitching;

FIG. 3 is a top, plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front, elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear, elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a side, elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is an opposite side elevational view thereof.

The broken lines showing a shoe upper in FIGS. 1 and 4-7, the broken lines showing golf cleats and the bottom portion of the sole in FIGS. 1-7 , and the broken lines showing legible INDICIA in FIGS. 1 and 2 .

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Patent History
Patent number: D424288
Type: Grant
Filed: May 13, 1999
Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
Assignee: Acushnet Company (Fairhaven, MA)
Inventors: John J. Erickson (Brockton, MA), Josephina Kim (Bridgewater, MA), Wayne Mullin (Avon, MA), John F. Lane, III (Stratham, NH)
Primary Examiner: Celia Murphy
Law Firm: Pennie & Edmonds LLP
Application Number: 0/104,938
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/2960; D2/949; D2/951; D2/952; D2/954
International Classification: 0204;