Portable computer

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front, top perspective view of a portable computer 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 top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front, bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a is a front, top perspective view thereof, with the portable computer shown in an open position;

FIG. 10 is a front view thereof, with the portable computer shown in an open position;

FIG. 11 is a rear view thereof, with the portable computer shown in an open position;

FIG. 12 is a left side view thereof, with the portable computer shown in an open position;

FIG. 13 is a right side view thereof, with the portable computer shown in an open position;

FIG. 14 is a top view thereof, with the portable computer shown in an open position;

FIG. 15 is a bottom view thereof, with the portable computer shown in an open position; and,

FIG. 16 is a front, bottom perspective view thereof, with the portable computer shown in an open position.

The broken lines illustrate environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design. In FIGS. 9 and 14, the rectangular dotted features to the left and right of the broken-line keyboard also form no part of the claimed design.

The drawings include surface shading that represents contour and not surface ornamentation.

Claims

The ornamental design for a portable computer, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D723539
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 28, 2013
Date of Patent: Mar 3, 2015
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Bartley K. Andre (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), Steven P. Jobs (Cupertino, 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: Freda S Nunn
Application Number: 29/459,366
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Laptop Type (D14/315)