Front panel of a housing for a portable computing device

- Palm, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front isometric view of a housing of a portable computing device;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the housing of the portable computing device;

FIG. 3 is a top-side view of the housing of the portable computing device;

FIG. 4 is a bottom-side view of the housing of the portable computing device;

FIG. 5 is a first side view of the housing of the portable computing device;

FIG. 6 is a second side view of the housing of the portable computing device; and,

FIG. 7 is a frontal isometric view of the housing of the portable computing device being held in the hand of a user, with the hand forming no part of the invention.

Claims

The ornamental design for a front panel of a housing for a portable computing device, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
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Patent History
Patent number: D548732
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 22, 2005
Date of Patent: Aug 14, 2007
Assignee: Palm, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)
Inventors: Chrome Cebe (San Jose, CA), Richard Gioscia (Santa Clara, CA), Stephen Senatore (San Francisco, CA), Lawrence Lam (San Jose, CA)
Primary Examiner: Freda S. Nunn
Attorney: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP
Application Number: 29/228,442
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