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 bottom 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 a perspective view thereof showing the band in an environment in which it may be used.

The dashed broken lines in the figures show portions of the band and environment that form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash broken lines in the figures show boundaries that form 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: D934101
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 11, 2018
Date of Patent: Oct 26, 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), 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), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Melanie Pellegrini
Application Number: 29/643,729
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Wire Type, I.e., Chain (4) (D11/13)