Selected by the famous fashion designer, Christian Dior, as his successor, Yves Saint Laurent was just 21 years old when he became Creative Director at the House of Dior, in 1957. In 1962, he founded his own eponymous fashion design house, trade named Saint Laurent. Going forward, he is known for having empowered women, appropriating male dress codes, such as the tuxedo, the pant-suit, the trench coat, the pea-jacket and safari jacket, for female fashion. YSL also ushered the ready-to-wear hi-fashion revolution, with the YSL Rive Gauche store (on the Left Bank in Paris, France), making fashion more accessible, to more women.
YSL died in 2009, leaving behind the ready-to-wear line of YSL, the YSL Museum and Foundation in Paris, France, the YSL Museum and Majorelle Garden Foundation in Marrakech, Morocco, and a legacy in fashion that is still trending.
The star hi-top sneakers, shown below, were designed by Hedi Slimane, Creative Director for the House of YSL, from 2012 to 2016. The design was awarded the US design patent, USD762359S, titled Shoe, on August 2, 2016. The House of Yves Saint Laurent (Paris) was both Applicant and Assignee.
As a reminder, a design patent covers the ornamental aspects of an invention, or how the invention looks. In contrast, a utility patent covers the functional and manufacturing aspects of an invention, or how the invention works and/or is produced. Provisions for US design and utility patents are recited in the US Federal Code, Title 35 (USPTO MPEP Chapt. 1502.01; [R-07.2015).
Below, the drawing on the cover page of the patent, together with three embodiments of the patented design.
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1502.html
https://museeyslparis.com/
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