Adapter

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of an adapter showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof, the rear view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side view thereof, the other side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof.

The shadelines in the Figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D684976
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 7, 2012
Date of Patent: Jun 25, 2013
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), M. 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), 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: Austin Murphy
Application Number: 29/431,556
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Adapter, Connector Or Coupler (D14/433)