Shoe
Broken lines are used to illustrate features of the shoe which form no part of the claimed design in the current numbered figures. For example, broken lines showing portions of the knob, the strap, the tongue, the collar portion, the interior of the shoe, and the circular portions on the sole form no part of the claimed design in the current numbered figures.
Claims
The ornamental design for a shoe, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 10, 2023
Date of Patent: Mar 3, 2026
Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. (Morgan Hill, CA)
Inventors: Robert Arthur Laurence Cook (Bayern), Ashley Gill Sult (Santa Clara, CA), Nicholas Reid Gosseen (Seattle, WA)
Primary Examiner: Leanne Was-Englehart
Assistant Examiner: Yelizaveta Y Masalimova
Application Number: 29/879,596