USO0D566935S

(12) United States Design Patent (10) Patent No.: US D566,935 S

Matis et a]. (45) Date of Patent: M Apr. 22, 2008

(54) FOOTWEAR SOLE D547,933 S * 8/2007 Loverin ..................... .. D2/955

D549,939 S * 9/2007 Schoenborn et al. .. D2/956
(75) Inventors: Clark A. Matis, Charlotte, VT (U S); D550,437 S * 9/2007 Belley et a1. ....... .. D2/953
Andrea Rinaldi, Vimodrone (IT) 2006/0265905 A1* 11/2006 Chandler et a1. 36/25 R
2006/0288612 A1* 12/2006 Lucas et a1. ................. .. 36/28

(73) Assignee: Wolverine World Wide, Inc., OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Rockford, MI (US) CAT Footwear 1997 Catalog, p. 37.
Merrell Sandals Spring, Summer 1996 Catalog, p. 4.
(**) Term: 14 Years Hy-Test Boot and Shoes 1998 Catalog, p. 69.
Merrell Spring 2000 Catalog, p. 41.
(21) Appl. No.: 29/268,622 Merrell Fall 2006 Catalog, pp. 20, 21.

Filed: Nov. 9, 2006 * cited by examiner

(22)
Primary Examiner4Celia A. Murphy
(51) LOC (8) Cl. ............................................... .. 02-04
(74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiWarner Norcross & Judd
(52) US. Cl. ......................... .. D2/956; D2/953; D2/957 LLP
(58) Field of Classi?cation Search ............... .. D2/902,
D2/946i949, 9514960; D12/513, 545, 566, (57) CLAIM
D12/580, 583, 602; 36/3 B, 22 R, 24.5,
36/25 R, 28, 32 R, 34 R, 67 A, 59 C The ornamental design for footwear sole, as shown and
See application ?le for complete search history. described.

(56) References Cited DESCRIPTION

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the footwear sole embodying
the new design;
D503,029 S * 3/2005 Sonnergren ................ .. D2/955
D504,758 S * 5/2005 Sonnergren D2/955 FIG. 2 is a bottom view thereof;
D507,097 S * 7/2005 Sonnergren D2/956 FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;
D508,764 S * 8/2005 Sonnergren D2/956
D509,048 S * 9/2005 Sonnergren D2/956 FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;
D509,344 S * 9/2005 Sonnergren ................ .. D2/956 FIG. 5 is a front view thereof; and,
D509,345 S 9/2005 Munns FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof.
D515,290 S * 2/2006 Sonnergren ................ .. D2/954
D515,291 S 2/2006 Sonnergren FIGS. 146 show features of an article of footwear in
D518,280 S 4/2006 Matis et a1. phantom lines. These features are shown for environmental
D522,724 S 6/2006 Urie et a1. purposes and do not form any part of the claimed design.
D530,491 S 10/2006 Sonnergren Further, the phantom lines immediately adjacent the solid
D530,893 S 10/2006 Sonnergren line portions of the design form the boundary of the design,
D545,533 S * 7/2007 Belley et a1. .............. .. D2/956
with the phantom lines forming no part of the claimed
D546,034 S * 7/2007 Matis et a1. .... .. D2/956
D546,532 S * 7/2007 Matis et a1. ............... .. D2/953
design.
D547,036 S * 7/2007 Schoenborn et al. ....... .. D2/956
D547,037 S * 7/2007 Nakano ..................... .. D2/956 1 Claim, 4 Drawing Sheets
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