Input mechanism

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an input mechanism showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the input mechanism which form no part of the claimed design.

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

Claims

The ornamental design for an input mechanism, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D728528
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 11, 2012
Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
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), M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Julian Hoenig (San Francisco, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan P. Ive (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Shin Nishibori (Kailua, HI), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Deanna L Pratt
Application Number: 29/431,844