Dashboard vent mount for an electronic device

- KENU, INC.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of a dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in a closed position;

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position;

FIG. 7 is a right elevational view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position;

FIG. 8 is a left elevational view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position;

FIG. 9 is a rear perspective view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in an open position;

FIG. 10 is a front perspective view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the open position;

FIG. 11 is a rear elevational view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the open position; and

FIG. 12 is a right elevational view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the open position, with the left elevation view of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the open position being a mirror image of the right elevation view in FIG. 12.

FIG. 13 is a rear perspective view of an electronic device attachment portion of a dashboard vent mount for an electronic device shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 14 is a front perspective view of the electronic device attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 15 is a front elevational view of the electronic device attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 16 is a rear elevational view of the electronic device attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 17 is a top plan view of the electronic device attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 18 is a bottom plan view of the electronic device attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 19 is a right elevational view of the electronic device attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 20 is a left elevational view of the electronic device attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 21 is a rear perspective view of a vent attachment portion of a dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in a closed position shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 22 is a front perspective view of the vent attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 23 is a front elevational view of the vent attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 24 is a rear elevational view of the vent attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 25 is a top plan view of the vent attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 26 is a bottom plan view of the vent attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the dosed position shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 27 is a right elevational view of the vent attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 28 is a left elevational view of the vent attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the closed position shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 29 is a rear perspective view of the vent attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in an open position shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 30 is a front perspective view of the vent attachment portion of the dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the open position shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 31 is a front elevational view of the vent attachment portion of a dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the open position shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 32 is a rear elevational view of the vent attachment portion of a dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the open position shown separately for clarity of illustration; and,

FIG. 33 is a right elevational view of the vent attachment portion of a dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the open position shown separately for clarity of illustration, with the left elevation view of the vent attachment portion of a dashboard vent mount for an electronic device with its vent attachment jaws in the open position being a mirror image of the right elevation view in FIG. 33.

Claims

The ornamental design for a dashboard vent mount for an electronic device, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D831660
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 9, 2017
Date of Patent: Oct 23, 2018
Assignee: KENU, INC. (San Francisco, CA)
Inventors: David E. Yao (San Francisco, CA), Leonard John Duran (Mill Valley, CA), Gregory D. Caneer (Oakland, CA), Kenneth Y. Minn (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Angela J Lee
Application Number: 29/607,125
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Support Or Base (D14/447)