Charger

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a charger showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a sectional outline view thereof taken along line IX-IX of FIG. 7.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the charger that form no part of the claimed design.

The shade lines in the figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D918135
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 28, 2019
Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
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), Christopher Graham (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), Paul Thompson (San Francisco, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Nathaniel D. Buckner
Application Number: 29/678,341
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Cordless Appliance Type (D13/108)