Docking station

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Description

Examples of electronic devices that can be used with the present invention are shown and described, for example, in U.S. application Ser. Nos. 29/360,031, now abandoned; 29/360,036, now U.S. Design Pat. No. D627,778; and 29/360,110, now U.S. Design Pat. No. D633,908.

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

FIG. 2 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is another side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a rear view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is front view thereof.

The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

The broken lines in the Figures showing the connector and portions of the docking station 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: D662492
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 24, 2011
Date of Patent: Jun 26, 2012
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Menlo Park, CA), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco, 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), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Shin Nishibori (Kailua, HI), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zorkendorfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Stella Reid
Assistant Examiner: Keli L Hill
Attorney: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Application Number: 29/404,652