Case

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a case in a closed position showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a 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 front perspective view thereof in an open position;

FIG. 10 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 16-16 in FIG. 14; and,

FIG. 17 is a front perspective view thereof in an environment in which it may be used.

The broken lines in FIG. 14 show portions of the case that form no part of the claimed design.

The cross-hatching in FIG. 16 forms no part of the claimed design.

The broken lines in FIG. 17 show environment that forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D1030718
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 11, 2020
Date of Patent: Jun 11, 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), Marine C. Bataille (San Francisco, CA), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco, CA), Abidur Rahman Chowdhury (San Francisco, CA), Clara Geneviéve Marine Courtaigne (Palo Alto, CA), Markus Diebel (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan Gomez Garcia (San Francisco, CA), M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan P. Ive (San Francisco, CA), Julian Jaede (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Jose, CA), Joe Sung-Ho Tan (San Francisco, CA), Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Jack Reickel
Assistant Examiner: Russell Carnell Smith, Jr.
Application Number: 29/757,989
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D3/294; Headphone (D14/223)