Charger

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a charger showing our new 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 left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view thereof showing the charger in an environment in which it may be used;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view thereof showing the charger in another environment in which it may be used; and,

FIG. 11 is a perspective view thereof showing the charger in another environment in which it may be used.

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the charger and environment that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D1030651
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 26, 2021
Date of Patent: Jun 11, 2024
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (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), Marc A. Newson (London), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (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), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Rosemary K Tarcza
Application Number: 29/772,142
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Cordless Appliance Type (D13/108)