Housing for an electronic device

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Description

This is an application for a new, original and ornamental design for a Housing for an electronic device of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof. An example of the type of electronic device that incorporates the present invention is the electronic devices disclosed in U.S. Appl. No 29/353,307, now U.S. Patent No. D627,777, and U.S. Appl. No. 29/354,599, now U.S. patent No. D669,069.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a housing for an electronic device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a 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 bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof.

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

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the housing for an electronic device which forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a housing for an electronic device, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D708186
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 11, 2013
Date of Patent: Jul 1, 2014
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Menlo Park, CA), Joshua D. Banko (Palo Alto, CA), Daniel J. Coster (San Francisco, CA), Daniele De Iuliis (San Francisco, CA), M. 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), Stephen McClure (San Francisco, CA), Shin Nishibori (Kailua, HI), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), John P. Ternus (Redwood City, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Ming Yu (Saratoga, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Deanna L Pratt
Application Number: 29/448,243
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: For Computer (D14/439)