Microphone

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top, front, right perspective view of a microphone showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The dash-dot-dash broken lines represent the unclaimed boundaries of the claimed design. The uniformly spaced broken lines represent portions of the microphone that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

Referenced Cited
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Patent History
Patent number: D629796
Type: Grant
Filed: May 19, 2010
Date of Patent: Dec 28, 2010
Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. (Niles, IL)
Inventors: John James Wubker (Lindenhurst, IL), Mark B. Breneman (Boston, MA), John P. Devlin (Tewksbury, MA), Gabor Zanoni (Cambridge, MA)
Primary Examiner: Austin Murphy
Attorney: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
Application Number: 29/362,064
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Circular Or Oval In Cross-section (D14/228)