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Shoe sole

Granted 10 Mar 2026 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Asics Corporation · originally ASICS Corporation

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Inventors: Kenji Hirata, Takayuki Kogure, Hiroaki Nishimura · Examiner: George J Ulsh · AU 2926 · TC 2900

Application
29/807,231
filed 9 Sep 2021
Publication
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US D1116388
granted 10 Mar 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a left side view of…

FIG. 1 is a left side view of a shoe sole in accordance with our new design;

FIG. 2 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is an end view taken along line 7 - 7 of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 8 is an end view taken along line 8 - 8 of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of the portion of the shoe sole shown within the area designated as 9 in FIG. 7 ; and,

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of the portion of the shoe sole shown within the area designated as 10 in FIG. 8 .

The broken lines shown in the figures depict portions of the shoe sole that form no part of the claimed design. The peripheral dash dot dash broken lines in FIGS. 7 - 10 illustrate the cut line of the enlarged sectional views and form no part of the claim.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D02/951

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