Earphone

- Apple
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of an earphone showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a top view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the earphone that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for an earphone, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D995490
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 22, 2022
Date of Patent: Aug 15, 2023
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Ryan Ott (North Hollywood, CA), Robert Boyd (Los Angeles, CA), Duy P. Le (Los Angeles, CA), Jeffrey Scott Croyle (San Francisco, CA), Matthew Phillip Casebolt (Fremont, CA), Matthew Vincent Costello (Soquel, CA), James Swasey (Oakland, CA), Guillaume Raoult (San Francisco, CA), Christopher Kuh (San Francisco, CA), Robert Brunner (Glen Ellen, CA)
Primary Examiner: Sandra Snapp
Assistant Examiner: Russell Carnell Smith, Jr.
Application Number: 29/850,597
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Headphone (D14/223)