Remote control

- Apple
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Description

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

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is right side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the remote control that form no part of the claimed design.

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

Claims

The ornamental design for a remote control, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D801311
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 21, 2016
Date of Patent: Oct 31, 2017
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Palo Alto, CA), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco, CA), Daniel J. Coster (San Francisco, CA), Daniele De Iuliis (San Francisco, CA), M. 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 (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: John Windmuller
Assistant Examiner: John R Yeh
Application Number: 29/558,753
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Remote Control (D14/218)