Earphone

- Apple
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Description

This application is also related to U.S. application Ser. No. 29/336,806, filed May 8, 2009, now U.S. Design Pat. No. D618,209. The disclosures of these applications are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference thereto.

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

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

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

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the earphone which form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash lines in the Figures show an unclaimed boundary which forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D662495
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 12, 2012
Date of Patent: Jun 26, 2012
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 (Kailua, HI), 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 Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Paula Greene
Attorney: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Application Number: 29/410,849
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Headphone (D14/223)