Docking station

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a docking station embodying our new design.

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the docking station.

FIG. 3 is a top view for the docking station.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view for the docking station.

FIG. 5 is a front view for the docking station.

FIG. 6 is a rear view for the docking station.

FIG. 7 is a left side view for the docking station.

FIG. 8 is a right side view for the docking station.

FIG. 9 is an exemplary perspective view of a how docking system can incorporate a dock insert with the docking station; and,

FIGS. 10–13 are exemplary top views of a docking system that incorporates different dock inserts into the docking station.

The broken line showing of the dock inserts and docking station body is included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for a docking station, substantially as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D578512
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 19, 2007
Date of Patent: Oct 14, 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), 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), Vincent Keane Seid, legal representative (Los Gatos, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zorkendorfer (San Francisco, CA), Calvin Q. Seid (Palo Alto, CA)
Primary Examiner: Stella M. Reid
Assistant Examiner: Keli L Acker
Attorney: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Application Number: 29/282,424
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (11) (D14/217)