Band

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a band showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is another perspective view thereof, showing the band in an environment in which it may be used.

The broken lines in FIG. 9 represent environmental subject matter that forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D931751
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 14, 2020
Date of Patent: Sep 28, 2021
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (San Francisco, CA), Molly Anderson (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Palo Alto, CA), Shota Aoyagi (San Francisco, CA), Anthony Michael Ashcroft (San Francisco, CA), Marine C. Bataille (San Francisco, CA), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco, CA), Markus Diebel (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), Julian Jaede (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Marc A. Newson (London), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Jose, CA), Joe Sung-Ho Tan (San Francisco, CA), Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Llorelys Martinez
Application Number: 29/746,613
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Encircling, I.e., Necklace, Bracelet, Etc. (1) (D11/3)