Case with earphones

- Apple
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Description

U.S. Design application Ser. No. 29/757,989, filed Nov. 11, 2020, is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference thereto.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a case with earphones in a closed position 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 front perspective view thereof in an open position;

FIG. 9 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom view thereof.

Claims

The ornamental design for a case with earphones, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
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Patent History
Patent number: D971833
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 12, 2020
Date of Patent: Dec 6, 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), Abidur Rahman Chowdhury (San Francisco, CA), Clara Geneviéve Marine Courtaigne (Palo Alto, CA), Markus Diebel (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan Gomez Garcia (San Francisco, CA), M. Evans Hankey (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), Joe Sung-Ho Tan (San Francisco, CA), Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: April Rivas
Application Number: 29/758,168
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Cordless Appliance Type (D13/108); Headphone (D14/223); D3/294; D3/274