Band

- Apple
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Description

The file of this patent contains at least one drawing/photograph executed in color. Copies of this patent with color drawing(s)/photograph(s) will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a band showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof.

Claims

The ornamental design for a band, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D779992
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 14, 2015
Date of Patent: Feb 28, 2017
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Palo Alto, CA), Shota Aoyagi (San Francisco, CA), Anthony Michael Ashcroft (San Francisco, 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), Marc A. Newson (London), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Jose, CA), Mikael Silvanto (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Melanie Pellegrini
Application Number: 29/548,413
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Encircling, I.e., Necklace, Bracelet, Etc. (1) (D11/3)