Case for portable display device

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a case for portable display device in an open position showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged left side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged right side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front view thereof showing the case for portable display device in a closed position;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged bottom view in two parts; and,

FIG. 11 is an enlarged top view in two parts.

The dashed broken lines in the figures show portions of the case for portable display device 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 case for portable display device, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D978152
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 31, 2022
Date of Patent: Feb 14, 2023
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), 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: Cynthia R Underwood
Application Number: 29/825,322
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Cover (D14/440)