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Description

FIG. 1 is a front, right-side perspective view of our new design.

FIG. 2 is a right-side view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a left-side view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a rear view thereof.

The broken lines consisting of dot-dash lines in the drawings are boundary lines that show that the claimed design extends to the boundary line but does not include the boundary line. The remaining portions of the shoe rendered in short broken lines form no part of the claim.

Claims

The ornamental design for a shoe, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1024516
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 30, 2023
Date of Patent: Apr 30, 2024
Assignee: Blakely Ventures, LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Inventors: Sara Blakely (Atlanta, GA), Jadideah D. Yarbrough (Atlanta, GA), Sylma Colon-Otten (Atlanta, GA)
Primary Examiner: Michelle E. Wilson
Assistant Examiner: Christine Tucci
Application Number: 29/911,187
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D2/950; D2/951; D2/960