Docking station

- Apple
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Description

This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 29/296,825, filed Oct. 29, 2007, which is now U.S. Pat. No. D575,275. The disclosures of application Ser. Nos. 29/326,229, 29/282,424, 29/237,233, 29/237,084 and 29/296,825 are herein incorporated in their entireties by reference thereto.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a docking station showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is an exemplary perspective view of how a docking system can incorporate a dock insert with the docking station; and,

FIGS. 10-13 are exemplary top views of a docking system that incorporates different dock inserts into the docking station.

The broken lines in the Figures are for illustrating environmental structure and portions of the docking station which form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a docking station, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D626940
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 21, 2009
Date of Patent: Nov 9, 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), 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: Stella M Reid
Assistant Examiner: Keli L Hill
Attorney: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC
Application Number: 29/340,583
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (11) (D14/217)