Earphones

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of earphones 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 broken lines in the figures show portions of the earphones that are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for earphones, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D895575
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 5, 2019
Date of Patent: Sep 8, 2020
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Shota Aoyagi (San Francisco, CA), Robert Brunner (San Francisco, CA), Monica Fernandez (Reseda, CA), Christopher Kuh (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA)
Primary Examiner: Paula Allen Greene
Application Number: 29/686,638