Earpiece

- Apple
Skip to: Description  ·  Claims  ·  References Cited  · Patent History  ·  Patent History
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an earpiece showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The dashed broken lines in the figures show portions of the earpiece that form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash broken lines in the figures show boundaries that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for an earpiece, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
2261448 November 1941 Petersen
D304191 October 24, 1989 Sekine
5210792 May 11, 1993 Kajihara
5410608 April 25, 1995 Lucey
D403300 December 29, 1998 Renk
D421755 March 21, 2000 Pitel
6101260 August 8, 2000 Jensen et al.
D436623 January 23, 2001 Schmidt et al.
D443261 June 5, 2001 Yuyama
D460749 July 23, 2002 Liu
6427018 July 30, 2002 Keliiliki
D471889 March 18, 2003 Rath et al.
D477593 July 22, 2003 Komiyama
D482348 November 18, 2003 Villaverde
D484166 December 23, 2003 Senda
6771790 August 3, 2004 Liu
D501196 January 25, 2005 Dyer et al.
6868284 March 15, 2005 Bae
D510085 September 27, 2005 Suzuki
D510575 October 11, 2005 Leong
D528531 September 19, 2006 Rose et al.
D538269 March 13, 2007 Tragatschnig
D538270 March 13, 2007 Kim et al.
D538271 March 13, 2007 Kim et al.
D538792 March 20, 2007 Kim
D539787 April 3, 2007 Kim et al.
D542267 May 8, 2007 Cha
D543968 June 5, 2007 Wong
7231056 June 12, 2007 Chen
D550202 September 4, 2007 Meier
D556735 December 4, 2007 Yeo
D575772 August 26, 2008 Schultz et al.
D584293 January 6, 2009 Kim
D584294 January 6, 2009 Nam et al.
D593075 May 26, 2009 Williams et al.
D597084 July 28, 2009 Gondo
D601126 September 29, 2009 Christopher et al.
D601548 October 6, 2009 Morisawa
D603378 November 3, 2009 Paradise
D603847 November 10, 2009 Chung
D606048 December 15, 2009 Soetejo et al.
7648005 January 19, 2010 Leong et al.
7708110 May 4, 2010 Leong et al.
D617780 June 15, 2010 Jaakkola et al.
D618669 June 29, 2010 Johnson et al.
D624529 September 28, 2010 Huang
7841446 November 30, 2010 Leong et al.
D631470 January 25, 2011 Yoneyama et al.
D635960 April 12, 2011 Gondo
D638409 May 24, 2011 Walter
8090135 January 3, 2012 Lin
D658157 April 24, 2012 McManigal
8265328 September 11, 2012 Milde et al.
D668631 October 9, 2012 Katsumata et al.
D671523 November 27, 2012 Daniel
D686196 July 16, 2013 Lee
D695275 December 10, 2013 Chee
D699213 February 11, 2014 Burgett et al.
D710333 August 5, 2014 Davies et al.
D712382 September 2, 2014 Brunner et al.
8908899 December 9, 2014 Yang
D725637 March 31, 2015 Nakajima
D734744 July 21, 2015 Brunner et al.
D740260 October 6, 2015 Brunner et al.
D741299 October 20, 2015 Brunner et al.
D743945 November 24, 2015 Brunner et al.
D743946 November 24, 2015 Brunner et al.
D745862 December 22, 2015 Otani
D767532 September 27, 2016 Jen
D780721 March 7, 2017 Brunner
D792378 July 18, 2017 Brunner
D806684 January 2, 2018 Tsai
D807331 January 9, 2018 Morimoto
D810053 February 13, 2018 Otani
20130216087 August 22, 2013 MacDonald
20140138150 May 22, 2014 Huang
Patent History
Patent number: D821364
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 1, 2017
Date of Patent: Jun 26, 2018
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Robert Brunner (San Francisco, CA), Christopher Kuh (San Francisco, CA), Achille Biteau (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Paula Allen Greene
Application Number: 29/595,719
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Headphone (D14/223)