Earbud

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an earphone showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof, the left side view being a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is top plan view thereof, the bottom plan view being a mirror image thereof.

The shading on the rounded feature of the design shows a clear frosted surface.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D618209
Type: Grant
Filed: May 8, 2009
Date of Patent: Jun 22, 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), 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 PLLC
Application Number: 29/336,806
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Headphone Or Headset (D14/205); Headphone (D14/223)