Ear piece

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an ear piece showing our new design.

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof.

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the ear piece that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for an ear piece, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D615070
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 30, 2009
Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
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 (Portola Valley, CA), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Douglas B. Satzger (Menlo Park, CA), Calvin Q. Seid (Palo Alto, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, 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: 29/339,483
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Headphone (D14/223)