Portable computer

- Apple
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Description

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

FIG. 2 is front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines are for the purpose of illustrating portions of the portable computer and form no part of the claimed design. The black shading on the front of the screen represents the color black and the dark gray shading on the front of the screen represents the color gray.

Claims

The ornamental design for a portable computer, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D648334
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 24, 2011
Date of Patent: Nov 8, 2011
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Bartley K. Andre (Menlo Park, CA), Daniel J. Coster (San Francisco, CA), Daniele De Iuliis (San Francisco, CA), Evans Hankey (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), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zorkendorfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Freda Nunn
Attorney: SAIDMAN DesignLaw Group
Application Number: 29/396,081
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Laptop Type (D14/315)