Speaker unit
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The speaker unit may include a docking station that is integrated therewith. The docking station allows a handheld music player to be docked into the speaker unit. The speaker unit can therefore be used to output music being played on the docked handheld music player. In the illustrated embodiment, the docking station is shown in broken lines on top of the portable music player.
The broken lines illustrating the docking station are included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure only and form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
We claim the ornamental design for an speaker unit, substantially as shown and described.
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- Andre et al. U.S. Appl. No. 29/237,097 entitled “Dock Insert” filed Aug. 24, 2005.
- Andre et al. U.S. Appl. No. 29/237,084 entitled “Docking Station Insert” filed Aug. 24, 2005.
- Fadell et al. U.S. Appl. No. 10/423,490 entitled “Media Player System” filed Apr. 25, 2003.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 7, 2005
Date of Patent: Jan 29, 2008
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Bartley K. Andre (Menlo Park, CA), Daniel J. Coster (San Francisco, CA), Daniele De Iuliis (San Francisco, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Steve Jobs (Palo Alto, CA), Jonathan P. Ive (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Shin Nishibori (San Francisco, CA), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (San Francisco, CA), Douglas B. Satzger (Menlo Park, CA), Calvin Q. Seid (Palo Alto, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Portola Valley, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zorkendorfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Nanda Bondade
Attorney: Beyer Weaver LLP
Application Number: 29/240,183