Band

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Description

The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent or patent application publication with color drawings will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

FIG. 1 is front view of a band showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top front perspective view of a portion of the band of FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 4 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 6 is another top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is another bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a bottom rear perspective view of another portion of the band of FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 10 is a top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is another top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a bottom front perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing the band of FIGS. 1 and 2 in an environment in which it may be used.

The broken lines and the area within showing a wearable device in FIG. 15 represent environment that forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D824273
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 24, 2015
Date of Patent: Jul 31, 2018
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: 29/546,700
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