Case for mobile communications device or the like

- Apple
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Description

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

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a right side view thereof.

The shade lines in the figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

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

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D1066314
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 26, 2020
Date of Patent: Mar 11, 2025
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Palo Alto, CA), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco, CA), Daniel J. Coster (San Francisco, CA), Daniele De Iuliis (San Francisco, CA), M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan P. Ive (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Shin Nishibori (Kailua, HI), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Carla J Wright
Application Number: 29/756,078
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