Ear phone

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an ear phone assembly in accordance with the present design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of an ear phone drawn without the cord for purposes of illustration, the only difference being the color;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the ear phone shown in FIG. 2, the cord is drawn broken away for purposes of illustration;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the ear phone shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the ear phone of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the ear phone shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a front view of the ear phone shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the ear phone shown in FIG. 1.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for an ear phone, substantially as shown and described.

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  • U.S. Appl. No. 29/266,004, titled “Ear Phone”, filed Sep. 11, 2006.
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Patent History
Patent number: D587677
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 11, 2006
Date of Patent: Mar 3, 2009
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), 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: Paula Greene
Attorney: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Application Number: 29/266,003
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Headphone Or Headset (D14/205)