Speaker unit

Andre , et al. November 18, 2

Patent Grant D580911

U.S. patent number D580,911 [Application Number D/251,423] was granted by the patent office on 2008-11-18 for speaker unit. This patent grant is currently assigned to Apple Inc.. Invention is credited to Bartley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steve Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas B. Satzger, Calvin Q. Seid, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.


United States Patent D580,911
Andre ,   et al. November 18, 2008

Speaker unit

Claims

CLAIM We claim the ornamental design for a speaker unit, substantially as shown and described.
Inventors: Andre; Bartley K. (Menlo Park, CA), Coster; Daniel J. (San Francisco, CA), De Iuliis; Daniele (San Francisco, CA), Howarth; Richard P. (San Francisco, CA), Ive; Jonathan P. (San Francisco, CA), Jobs; Steve (Palo Alto, CA), Kerr; Duncan Robert (San Francisco, CA), Nishibori; Shin (San Francisco, CA), Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (San Francisco, CA), Satzger; Douglas B. (Menlo Park, CA), Seid; Calvin Q. (Palo Alto, CA), Stringer; Christopher J. (Portola Valley, CA), Whang; Eugene Antony (San Francisco, CA), Zorkendorfer; Rico (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Appl. No.: D/251,423
Filed: January 5, 2006

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
29240183 Oct 7, 2005 D560656

Current U.S. Class: D14/214
Current International Class: 1401
Field of Search: ;D14/142,149,214,217,251,432,434,435,447,496 ;D13/107,108,118 ;248/107,110,113-115 ;361/600,679,683,686 ;439/529,534 ;455/556.1,556.2,557

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Other References

Andre et al. U.S. Appl. No. 29/237,111 entitled "Dock Insert" filed Aug. 24, 2005. cited by other .
Andre et al. U.S. Appl. No. 29/237,112 entitled "Dock Insert" filed Aug. 24, 2005. cited by other .
Andre et al. U.S. Appl. No. 29/237,097 entitled "Dock Insert" filed Aug. 24, 2005. cited by other .
Andre et al. U.S. Appl. No. 29/237,084 entitled "Docking Station Insert" Aug. 24, 2005. cited by other .
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U.S. Appl. No. 29/296,896, Andre et al., Speaker Unit, filed Oct. 30, 2007. cited by other .
"iPod Speakers," Apple.com (on line) (c) 2006, retrieved on Apr. 13, 2006, URL:http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo7.R- SLID?pn=0&mco=251463A4&nclm=iPodSpeakers, pp. 8. cited by other.

Primary Examiner: Bondade; Nanda
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC

Description



This application is also related to U.S. Design patent application No. 29/237,084, filed Aug. 24, 2005 and entitled "Docking Station" now U.S. Pat. No. D558,738.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a speaker unit in accordance with the present design.

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a left side view thereof.

The broken lines in the Figures including the interior of the recesses on the sides of the speaker unit, are included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure only and form no part of the claimed design.

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