Earphone

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Description

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

FIG. 9 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left 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 area define the bounds of the claimed design, and the broken lines are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines 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: D904348
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 10, 2019
Date of Patent: Dec 8, 2020
Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. (Niles, IL)
Inventors: Mark Louis Coster (Wilmette, IL), John Matthew Miller (Grayslake, IL), Dustin Jonathan Smith (Chicago, IL)
Primary Examiner: Paula Allen Greene
Application Number: 29/687,051
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Headphone (D14/223)