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Description

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a cover showing the claimed 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 side view of the cover of FIGS. 1-7 in an alternate configuration and in an environment of use;

FIG. 9 is another side view thereof in a second alternate configuration and in an environment of use;

FIG. 10 is another side view thereof in a third alternate configuration and in an environment of use;

FIG. 11 is a bottom front perspective view of a second embodiment of a cover showing the claimed design;

FIG. 12 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a side view of the cover of FIGS. 11-17 in an alternate configuration and in an environment of use;

FIG. 19 is another side view thereof in a second alternate configuration and in an environment of use; and,

FIG. 20 is another side view thereof in a third alternate configuration and in an environment of use.

The broken lines in the figures show environment that forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D947855
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 13, 2018
Date of Patent: Apr 5, 2022
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), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Jose, CA), Mikael Silvanto (San Francisco, CA), Sung-Ho Tan (San Francisco, CA), Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Sandra Snapp
Assistant Examiner: Altaira J Swangin
Application Number: 29/656,622
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Including Surface Texture (D14/444)