Dashboard vent mount for an electronic device

- Kenu, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of a dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in a closed position;

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position;

FIG. 7 is a right elevational view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position;

FIG. 8 is a left elevational view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position;

FIG. 9 is a rear perspective view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in an open position;

FIG. 10 is a front perspective view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the open position;

FIG. 11 is a rear elevational view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the open position; and,

FIG. 12 is a right elevational view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the open position, with the left elevation view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the open position being a mirror image of the right elevation view in FIG. 12.

Claims

The ornamental design for a dashboard vent mount for an electronic device, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D858509
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 26, 2018
Date of Patent: Sep 3, 2019
Assignee: Kenu, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Inventors: David E. Yao (San Francisco, CA), Leonard John Duran (Mill Valley, CA), Gregory D. Caneer (Oakland, CA), Kenneth Y. Minn (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Jeffrey D Asch
Assistant Examiner: Rebekah A Caruso
Application Number: 29/638,301