Cover

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Description

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a cover showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.

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

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D1025084
Type: Grant
Filed: May 10, 2023
Date of Patent: Apr 30, 2024
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (Los Altos Hills, 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), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Jose, CA), Mikael Silvanto (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Keli L Hill
Assistant Examiner: Harold E Blackwell, II
Application Number: 29/875,766
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Keyboard Or Keypad (D14/455)