Band

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a bottom front isometric view of a band showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top rear isometric view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is an isometric view thereof showing the band in an environment in which it may be used.

The broken lines in the figures show environment that forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a band, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1005870
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 2, 2022
Date of Patent: Nov 28, 2023
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Molly Anderson (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Palo Alto, CA), Shota Aoyagi (San Francisco, CA), Marine C. Bataille (San Francisco, CA), Abidur Rahman Chowdhury (San Francisco, CA), Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne (Palo Alto, CA), Markus Diebel (San Francisco, CA), Alexandre B. Girard (Sunnyvale, CA), Jonathan Gomez Garcia (San Francisco, CA), M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Anne-Marie Heck (San Francisco, CA), Moises Hernandez Hernandez (Palo Alto, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Julian Jaede (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Kainoa Kwon-Perez (San Francisco, CA), Nicolas Pedro Lylyk (Los Gatos, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Jose, CA), Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Kevin K Rudzinski
Assistant Examiner: Evans David Delesline
Application Number: 29/852,149
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Encircling, I.e., Necklace, Bracelet, Etc. (1) (D11/3)