Cover for an electronic device

- Apple
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Description

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

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear isometric view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The dashed broken lines in the figures show portions of the cover for an 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. The area within the dot-dash broken lines forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D988327
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 13, 2021
Date of Patent: Jun 6, 2023
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 Geneviève Marine Courtaigne (Palo Alto, CA), Markus Diebel (San Francisco, CA), Richard Hung Minh Dinh (Saratoga, CA), Kevin M. Froese (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan Gomez Garcia (San Francisco, CA), M. Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Matthew David Hill (Santa Clara, 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), Sung-Ho Tan (Vienna), Clement Tissandier (San Francisco, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zörkendörfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Cynthia R Underwood
Application Number: 29/819,167
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Cover (D14/440)