Electronic device

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of an electronic device showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom view thereof.

The dashed broken lines in the figures show portions of the electronic device 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.

FIGS. 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9 are illustrated to show contrasting appearance. Areas of the electronic device that appear in different shades represent contrasting appearances.

Claims

The ornamental design for an electronic device, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D954044
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 1, 2019
Date of Patent: Jun 7, 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), 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), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Benjamin Andrew Shaffer (San Jose, CA), Mikael Silvanto (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Barbara Fox
Assistant Examiner: Aram Kwon
Application Number: 29/679,071
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Pocket Type (D14/341)