Keyboard

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front, perspective view of a keyboard showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a rear view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a rear perspective view thereof.

The portion of the keyboard shown in gray shading represents a metallic-looking surface. The broken line showing is for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a keyboard, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
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Other references
  • Sony X505 Keyboard, available at least as early as May 8, 2005.
  • Sony VAIO PCG-4G1L, available at least as early as May 8, 2006.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 29/321,731 entitled “Computing Device” filed Jul. 22, 2008, as amended Oct. 15, 2009.
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Patent History
Patent number: D616886
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 1, 2009
Date of Patent: Jun 1, 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), Steve Jobs (Palo Alto, 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), Vincent Keane Seid, legal representative (Los Gatos, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zorkendorfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Freda S Nunn
Attorney: SAIDMAN DesignLaw Group
Application Number: 29/342,814
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Keyboard With Conventional Key Arrangement (D14/392)