Connectors

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of connectors showing our new design, in a typical usage condition;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the first of the two connectors, shown separately for clarity;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a rear side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the second of the two connectors, shown separately for clarity;

FIG. 10 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a right view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 15 is a rear side view thereof.

The unclaimed cable portion shown with the claimed connectors is shown broken away with a solid, wavy cut-off line in all of the figures to indicate indeterminate length.

The features shown in broken lines in the various Figures are for illustrating environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for connectors, substantially as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D588545
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 5, 2007
Date of Patent: Mar 17, 2009
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Bartley K. Andre (Menlo Park, CA), Daniel J. Coster (San Francisco, CA), Daniele De Iuliis (San Francisco, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan P. Ive (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Shin Nishibori (San Francisco, CA), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Douglas B. Satzger (Menlo Park, CA), Calvin Q. Seid (Palo Alto, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Portola Valley, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zorkendorfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Daniel D Bui
Assistant Examiner: Thomas J Johannes
Attorney: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Application Number: 29/270,882