Case

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a case showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 8-8 in FIG. 6.

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

The cross-hatching in FIG. 8 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: D1098015
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 28, 2024
Date of Patent: Oct 14, 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), Daniel J. Coster (San Francisco, CA), Daniele De Iuliis (San Francisco, CA), Markus Diebel (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), Julian Jaede (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), Joe Sung-Ho Tan (Vienna), Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: April Rivas
Application Number: 29/949,934
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Cordless Appliance Type (D13/108)