Earphone

- SMK Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a first embodiment of an earphone showing our new design, in which heavy stippled surface shading applied to a portion of an upper earpiece indicates dark color contrast and light stippled surface shading applied to a portion of a lower earpiece indicates light color contrast, respectively;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an inverted left side view of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a back side view of the embodiment of FIG. 1, rotated in a counterclockwise direction by 90 degrees;

FIG. 6 is a front side view of the embodiment of FIG. 1, rotated in a clockwise direction by 90 degrees;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1, as seen from the top, front and left sides;

FIG. 8 is a another perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1, as seen from the top, back and left sides;

FIG. 9 is a another perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1, as seen from the bottom, back and right sides;

FIG. 10 is a another perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1, as seen from the bottom, front and left sides;

FIG. 11 is a magnified top view of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a magnified bottom view of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is a magnified, inverted left side view of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is a magnified right side view of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 15 is a magnified back side view of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 16 is a magnified front side view of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 17 is a magnified perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1, as seen from the top, front and right sides, where the additional shading indicates the inset features in each earpiece;

FIG. 18 is a magnified perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1, as seen from the top, rear and right sides;

FIG. 19 is a magnified perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1, as seen from the bottom, rear and right sides;

FIG. 20 is a magnified perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1, as seen from the bottom, front and right sides;

FIG. 21 is a magnified top view of a second embodiment of an earphone showing our new design, the only difference being the flat upper portion of the earpiece, the left earpiece, having light stippled surface shading to indicate light color contrast, is drawn separately for purposes of illustration;

FIG. 22 is a magnified bottom view of the embodiment of FIG. 21;

FIG. 23 is a magnified, inverted left side view of the embodiment of FIG. 21;

FIG. 24 is a right side view of the embodiment of FIG. 21;

FIG. 25 is a magnified back side view of the embodiment of FIG. 21, rotated in a counterclockwise direction by 90 degrees;

FIG. 26 is a magnified front side view of the embodiment of FIG. 21, rotated in a clockwise direction by 90 degrees;

FIG. 27 is a magnified perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 21, as seen from the top, front and right sides, with inset features as shown in the embodiment of FIG. 17;

FIG. 28 is a magnified perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 21, as seen from the top, rear and left sides;

FIG. 29 is a magnified perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 21 as seen from the bottom, rear and left sides;

FIG. 30 is a magnified perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 21, as seen from the bottom, front and left sides;

FIG. 31 is a magnified top view of a third embodiment of an earphone showing our new design, the left earpiece, having light stippled surface shading to indicate light color contrast, is drawn separately for purposes of illustration;

FIG. 32 is a magnified bottom view of the embodiment of FIG. 31;

FIG. 33 is a magnified left side view of the embodiment of FIG. 31;

FIG. 34 is a magnified right side view of the embodiment of FIG. 31;

FIG. 35 is a magnified back side view of the embodiment of FIG. 31, rotated in a counterclockwise direction by 90 degrees;

FIG. 36 is a magnified front side view of the embodiment of FIG. 31, rotated in a clockwise direction by 90 degrees;

FIG. 37 is a magnified perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 31, as seen from the top, front and right sides, with inset features as shown in the embodiment of FIG. 17;

FIG. 38 is a magnified perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 31, as seen from the top, rear and left sides;

FIG. 39 is a magnified perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 31, as seen from the bottom, rear and left sides; and,

FIG. 40 is a magnified perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 31, as seen from the bottom, front and right sides.

In each of FIGS. 1 through 10, the broken lines illustrating other portions of the earphone are for illustrative purposes only, and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for an earphone, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D599785
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 25, 2007
Date of Patent: Sep 8, 2009
Assignee: SMK Corporation (Tokyo)
Inventors: Takeshi Matsuda (Tokyo), Kenji Hatano (Tokyo), Masaji Komuro (Tokyo), Kenji Murata (Tokyo)
Primary Examiner: Paula Greene
Attorney: Darby & Darby PC
Application Number: 29/296,666
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