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Description

Examples of a device that may be used with the present invention may be found in U.S. application Ser. Nos. 29/360,036 and 29/360,110.

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a cover showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a right side view thereof.

The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the cover which form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a cover, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D671930
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 5, 2010
Date of Patent: Dec 4, 2012
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Menlo Park, CA), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco, CA), Daniel J. Coster (San Francisco, CA), Daniele De Iuliis (San Francisco, CA), Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan P. Ive (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Shin Nishibori (Portola Valley, CA), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zorkendorfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Carla Jobe Wright
Attorney: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC
Application Number: 29/363,175
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Cover For Base Or Handset (D14/250)