U.S. patent number D517,137 [Application Number D/225,657] was granted by the patent office on 2006-03-14 for basketball.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Wilson Sporting Goods Co.. Invention is credited to Kevin L. Krysiak, Michael K. Kuehne.
United States Patent |
D517,137 |
Kuehne , et al. |
March 14, 2006 |
Basketball
Claims
CLAIM We claim the ornamental design for a basketball, as shown and
described.
Inventors: |
Kuehne; Michael K. (Naperville,
IL), Krysiak; Kevin L. (Chicago, IL) |
Assignee: |
Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
(Chicago, IL)
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Appl.
No.: |
D/225,657 |
Filed: |
March 18, 2005 |
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Application
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Patent Number |
Issue Date |
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29206334 |
May 28, 2004 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
D21/713 |
Current International
Class: |
2102 |
Field of
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;D21/707-714
;473/569-614,134,143,148,149,152,154,155,157,159,167 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
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00204334-0001 |
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Oct 2004 |
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Other References
Hong Kong Toys Jan. 2002, p. 718, upper left corner frame: Soft
Stuffed Ball indicated by arrow. cited by examiner .
Oriental Trading Company, Inc. Spring 2004 Catalog, p. 50: top of
page, vinyl kick ball indicated by arrow. cited by
examiner.
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Primary Examiner: Tuttle; Catherine
Attorney, Agent or Firm: O'Brien; Terence P.
Description
FIG. 1 is a front view of a basketball of the present design;
FIG. 2 is a side view of the basketball of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is the opposing side view of FIG. 2; and,
FIG. 4 is a rear view of the basketball of FIG. 1.
The ornamental design that is claimed is shown in solid lines in
the drawings. The broken (dashed) lines shown in FIGS. 1 through 4
are included only for the purpose of illustrating environmental
elements, and form no part of the claimed design.
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