Earbud

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an earbud showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is another rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is another side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 6 is another rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a side view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is another side view thereof.

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

Claims

The ornamental design for an earbud, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D950526
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 30, 2021
Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (San Francisco, CA), Molly Anderson (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Palo Alto, CA), Shota Aoyagi (San Francisco, CA), Anthony Michael Ashcroft (San Francisco, CA), Marine C. Bataille (San Francisco, CA), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco, CA), Markus Diebel (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), Julian Jaede (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Jose, CA), Sung-Ho Tan (Vienna), Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Paula Allen Greene
Application Number: 29/805,723
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Headphone (D14/223); Headphone Or Headset (D14/205)