Docking station

- Apple
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Description

An example of a representative electronic device is shown and described, for example, in U.S. Design Pat. No. D538,820 and entitled “Media Device,” which is hereby incorporated by reference.

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a docking station showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front view of a representative electronic device being inserted into the docking station;

FIG. 10 is a front view of the docking station with the representative electronic device inserted therein; and,

FIG. 11 is a side view of the docking station with the representative electronic device inserted therein.

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the docking station that form no part of the claimed design. The broken lines in the Figures showing the representative electronic device show environmental structure only and form no part of the claimed design.

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

Claims

The ornamental design for a docking station, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D726690
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 23, 2013
Date of Patent: Apr 14, 2015
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Bartley K. Andre (Palo Alto, CA), Daniel J Coster (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), Douglas B. Satzger (Menlo Park, CA), Calvin Q. Seid (Palo Alto, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Keli L Hill
Application Number: 29/461,475
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (11) (D14/217)