Docking station

- Apple
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Description

This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 29/296,825, filed Oct. 29, 2007, which is now U.S. Pat. No. D575,275 and to U.S. application Ser. No. 29/237,084, filed Aug. 24, 2005, which is now U.S. Pat. No. D558,738. The disclosures of application Ser. Nos. 29/282,424, 29/237,233, and 29/296,825 are herein incorporated in their entireties by reference thereto.

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

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is an exemplary perspective view of how a 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.

Various examples of dock insert embodiments are shown and described, for example, in (i) U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/237,097, filed Aug. 24, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. D552,085; (ii) U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/237,111, filed Aug. 24, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. D551,212; and (iii) U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/237,112, filed Aug. 24, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. D551,213.

The broken lines in the Figures are for illustrating environmental structure only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a docking station, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D596621
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 14, 2008
Date of Patent: Jul 21, 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), Vincent Keane Seid, legal representative (Los Gatos, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Portola Valley, 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 Hill
Attorney: Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Application Number: 29/326,229
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