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US 1,097,494 · App. 29/992,304 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Footwear sole

Inventor: Brenton S. Wehrmeyer (Grand Rapids, MI)
Assignee: Wolverine Outdoors, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 1,097,494
App. No.
29/992,304
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a footwear sole as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2025
From: WOLVERINE OUTDOORS, INC.; SAUCONY, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 073973/0806 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2025
From: WEHRMEYER, BRENTON S.
To: WOLVERINE OUTDOORS, INC.
Reel/Frame 070436/0154 →
Continuity (1)
Division 29889080 · Apr 7, 2023
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