Adapter

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of a first embodiment of an adapter showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof, the left side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a rear perspective view of a second embodiment thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 12 is right side view thereof, the left side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 13 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines illustrate environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.

The relatively light shade lines on the surface portions indicate contour and not surface decoration.

The gray shading represents a metallic surface.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D684538
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 8, 2012
Date of Patent: Jun 18, 2013
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), Julian Hoenig (San Francisco, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan P. Ive (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Mikael Silvanto (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zorkendorfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Daniel Bui
Application Number: 29/424,258