Electronic media reader

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic media reader according to one implementation;

FIG. 2 is a front plan view of the electronic media reader of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevation view of the electronic media reader of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom elevation view of the electronic media reader of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a back plan view of the electronic media reader of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevation view of the electronic media reader of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a top elevation view of the electronic media reader of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an electronic media reader according to another implementation; and,

FIG. 9 is a front plan view of the electronic media reader of FIG. 8, the left, bottom, back, right, and top views of this implementation being identical to those shown in FIGS. 3–7, respectively.

The broken lines shown in FIGS. 1 and 8 around the exterior of the screens would align with and obstruct the solid lines defining the edges of the screens when viewed from a plan view and have, therefore, been omitted from FIGS. 2 and 9, respectively, for clarity.

Claims

The ornamental design for an electronic media reader, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D591741
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 29, 2006
Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Inventors: Symon J. Whitehorn (Sausalito, CA), Gregg E. Zehr (Los Gatos, CA)
Primary Examiner: Cathron C Brooks
Assistant Examiner: Angela J Lee
Attorney: Lee & Hayes, PLLC
Application Number: 29/246,293
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