Dock insert

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a dock insert showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is another front perspective view thereof, showing the design in an environment of use;

FIG. 9 is another perspective view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a front view thereof, showing the design in an environment of use with an electronic device; and,

FIG. 11 is a side view thereof.

The broken lines in the Figures are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a dock insert, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D597079
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 3, 2008
Date of Patent: Jul 28, 2009
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Bartley K. Andre (Menlo Park, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, 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 PLLC
Application Number: 29/319,055
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (11) (D14/217)