Case for electronic communications device or the like

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a case for electronic communications device or the like showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a rear view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the case for electronic communications device or the like that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a case for electronic communications device or the like, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1012071
Type: Grant
Filed: May 24, 2021
Date of Patent: Jan 23, 2024
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), 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), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Francisco, CA), Mikael Silvanto (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (Jackson, WY)
Primary Examiner: Carla J Wright
Application Number: 29/785,127
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Cover For Base Or Handset (D14/250)