Smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a left-side view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a right-side view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a top-side view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a bottom-side view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is an expanded, front perspective view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a front perspective view of a smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset;

FIG. 11 is a rear perspective of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a front view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is a rear view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 14 is a left-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 15 is a right-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 16 is a top-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 17 is a bottom-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 18 is an expanded, front perspective view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 19 is a front perspective view of a smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset;

FIG. 20 is a rear perspective of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a front view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19;

FIG. 22 is a rear view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19;

FIG. 23 is a left-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19;

FIG. 24 is a right-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19;

FIG. 25 is a top-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19;

FIG. 26 is a bottom-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19; and,

FIG. 27 is an expanded, front perspective view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19.

Any broken lines in the drawing are for purposes of illustrating portions of the virtual reality headset and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

What is claimed is an ornamental design for a smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset, as shown and described herein.

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Patent History
Patent number: D792398
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 31, 2015
Date of Patent: Jul 18, 2017
Assignee: Google Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Inventors: Antonio Bernarndo Monteiro Costa (San Francisco, CA), Damien Henry (Malakoff), Joshua Weaver (Mountain View, CA), Christian Plagemann (Palo Alto, CA)
Primary Examiner: Austin Murphy
Application Number: 29/534,813
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Head Mounted (D14/372)