Earphone

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top, front, right perspective view of a right-side earphone showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top, front, left perspective view of a left-side earphone showing an alternate embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 9 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines immediately adjacent to the shaded areas define the bounds of the claimed design and form no part thereof. The broken lines depicting the remainder of the earphone show features that form no part of the claimed design; all broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D901454
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 10, 2019
Date of Patent: Nov 10, 2020
Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. (Niles, IL)
Inventors: Paul Mark Jacobs (Evanston, IL), John Matthew Miller (Grayslake, IL), Dustin Jonathan Smith (Chicago, IL)
Primary Examiner: Paula Allen Greene
Application Number: 29/687,056
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Headphone (D14/223)