Cover

- Apple Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a cover showing our new 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;

FIG. 8 is a side view of the cover in an environment in which it may be used;

FIG. 9 is another side view of the cover in an environment in which it may be used;

FIG. 10 is another side view of the cover in an environment in which it may be used; and,

FIG. 11 is another side view of the cover in an environment in which it may be used.

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

Claims

The ornamental design for a cover as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1121616
Type: Grant
Filed: May 4, 2022
Date of Patent: Apr 7, 2026
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), 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), 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: Messina L Smith
Assistant Examiner: Aram Kwon
Application Number: 29/837,278
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Folding Or Integral Cover (D14/345)