Front cover for head-mounted display
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Description
Claims
The ornamental design for a front cover for head-mounted display as shown and described.
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Patent History
Patent number: D1087963
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 30, 2024
Date of Patent: Aug 12, 2025
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (Los Altos Hills, CA), Molly Anderson (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Los Gatos, 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 Geneviève Marine Courtaigne (Palo Alto, CA), Markus Diebel (San Francisco, CA), Alexandre B. Girard (Sunnyvale, CA), Jonathan Gomez Garcia (San Francisco, CA), M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Anne-Marie Heck (San Francisco, CA), Moises Hernandez Hernandez (Palo Alto, CA), Julian Hoenig (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), Kainoa Kwon-Perez (San Francisco, CA), Nicolas Pedro Lylyk (Los Gatos, CA), Marc A. Newson (London), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Jose, CA), Joe Sung-Ho Tan (Vienna), Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Timothy Y. Chang (Campbell, CA), Devinne Cullinane (San Francisco, CA), Jeremy Contini Franklin (San Francisco, CA), Phillip M. Hobson (Menlo Park, CA), Edward Siyuan Huo (Sunnyvale, CA), Anthony S. Montevirgen (Redwood City, CA), Jeffrey C. Olson (San Francisco, CA), Yamile Pariente Monalli (Redwood City, CA), Ritu Shah (Sunnyvale, CA), Divakar Singamsetty (Fremont, CA), Jason L. Slupeiks (Sunnyvale, CA)
Primary Examiner: Austin Murphy
Application Number: 29/926,483
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 30, 2024
Date of Patent: Aug 12, 2025
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (Los Altos Hills, CA), Molly Anderson (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Los Gatos, 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 Geneviève Marine Courtaigne (Palo Alto, CA), Markus Diebel (San Francisco, CA), Alexandre B. Girard (Sunnyvale, CA), Jonathan Gomez Garcia (San Francisco, CA), M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Anne-Marie Heck (San Francisco, CA), Moises Hernandez Hernandez (Palo Alto, CA), Julian Hoenig (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), Kainoa Kwon-Perez (San Francisco, CA), Nicolas Pedro Lylyk (Los Gatos, CA), Marc A. Newson (London), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Jose, CA), Joe Sung-Ho Tan (Vienna), Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Timothy Y. Chang (Campbell, CA), Devinne Cullinane (San Francisco, CA), Jeremy Contini Franklin (San Francisco, CA), Phillip M. Hobson (Menlo Park, CA), Edward Siyuan Huo (Sunnyvale, CA), Anthony S. Montevirgen (Redwood City, CA), Jeffrey C. Olson (San Francisco, CA), Yamile Pariente Monalli (Redwood City, CA), Ritu Shah (Sunnyvale, CA), Divakar Singamsetty (Fremont, CA), Jason L. Slupeiks (Sunnyvale, CA)
Primary Examiner: Austin Murphy
Application Number: 29/926,483
Classifications
Current U.S. Class:
Head Mounted (D14/372)