Sports beads

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sports beads showing a first embodiment of my new design, a necklace of relatively small football-shaped beads having a relatively large football-shaped bead attached thereto as a pendant;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a sports beads showing the first embodiment of my new design, with the relatively large football-shaped bead turned backward;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a sports beads showing a second embodiment of my new design, a necklace of relatively small baseball-shaped beads having a relatively large baseball-shaped bead attached thereto as a pendant;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a sports beads showing the second embodiment of my new design, with the relatively large baseball-shaped bead turned sideways;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a sports beads showing a third embodiment of my new design, a necklace of relatively small basketball-shaped beads having a relatively large basketball-shaped bead attached thereto as a pendant;

FIG. 6 is another perspective view of a sports beads showing the third embodiment of my new design, with the relatively large basketball-shaped bead turned differently from the first view;

FIG. 7 is another perspective view of a sports beads showing the third embodiment of my new design, with the relatively large basketball-shaped bead turned from the other views;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a sports beads showing a fourth embodiment of my new design, a necklace of relatively small soccer ball-shaped beads having a relatively large soccer ball-shaped bead attached thereto as a pendant;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a sports beads showing a fifth embodiment of my new design, a necklace of relatively small football-shaped beads;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a sports beads showing a sixth embodiment of my new design, a necklace of relatively small baseball-shaped beads;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a sports beads showing a seventh embodiment of my new design, a necklace of relatively small basketball-shaped beads; and,

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a sports beads showing a eighth embodiment of my new design, a necklace of relatively small soccer ball-shaped beads.

Claims

The ornamental design for sports beads, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D65325 July 1924 Brown
D81019 April 1930 Reichert
D206176 November 1966 Guarino
D344687 March 1, 1994 Nikolai
D350079 August 30, 1994 Wepner et al.
D404677 January 26, 1999 Johnson
Other references
  • Football Pendant located on p. 7 of the Oct. 1946 George Stern advertisement in House and Garden.*
  • Photos of football necklace (Sold in the U.S. prior to Jun. 1999).
  • Photos of football necklace (Sold in the U.S. prior to Jun. 1999).
Patent History
Patent number: D446148
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 20, 2000
Date of Patent: Aug 7, 2001
Assignee: Beads By The Dozen, Inc. (Harahan, LA)
Inventor: Daniel P. Kelly (Kenner, LA)
Primary Examiner: Ralf Seifert
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Garvey, Smith, Nehrbass & Doody, L.L.C.
Application Number: 29/125,191
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Major Design Element Disposed On Continuous Strand (D11/6)
International Classification: 1101;