Speaker unit

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a speaker unit showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view for the speaker unit.

FIG. 3 is a front view for the speaker unit.

FIG. 4 is a rear view for the speaker unit.

FIG. 5 is a top view for the speaker unit.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view for the speaker unit.

FIG. 7 is a right side view for the speaker unit.

FIG. 8 is a left side view for the speaker unit.

FIG. 9 is a front view for the speaker unit with the speaker cover removed.

FIG. 10 is a rear view for the speaker cover of the speaker unit; and,

FIG. 11 is a front view of an alternate embodiment with the speaker cover shown in a textile pattern.

The dotted lines of FIGS. 1 and 5 represent a docking station, which docking station does not form any part of the claimed design. A docking station is shown and described in U.S. Design Patent application No. 29/237,084 filed Aug. 24, 2005, titled “Docking Station” which is incorporated herein by reference. All the material from the incorporated Application which is essential to the claimed design is included in this application. Any material in the incorporated application which is not present in this application forms no part of the claimed design.

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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Patent History
Patent number: D560656
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