U.S. patent number D648,718 [Application Number D/380,586] was granted by the patent office on 2011-11-15 for cover.
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, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas B. Satzger, Calvin Q. Seid, Vincent Keane Seid, legal representative, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.
United States Patent |
D648,718 |
Andre , et al. |
November 15, 2011 |
Cover
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a cover, 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 (Portola Valley, CA),
Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (San Francisco, CA), Russell-Clarke;
Peter (San Francisco, CA), Satzger; Douglas B. (Menlo
Park, CA), Seid; Calvin Q. (Palo Alto, CA), Seid, legal
representative; Vincent Keane (Los Gatos, CA), Stringer;
Christopher J. (Woodside, CA), Whang; Eugene Antony (San
Francisco, CA), Zorkendorfer; Rico (San Francisco, CA) |
Assignee: |
Apple Inc. (Cupertino,
CA)
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Appl.
No.: |
D/380,586 |
Filed: |
December 8, 2010 |
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29352199 |
Dec 17, 2009 |
D628799 |
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29284329 |
Sep 5, 2007 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
D14/250 |
Current International
Class: |
1403 |
Field of
Search: |
;D3/201,215,218,269,273,294
;D14/138R,203.3,203.7,217-218,248,250-253,432,496,511 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Hyder; Philip S
Assistant Examiner: Cody; Roselynne
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein &
Fox PLLC
Description
By way of example, an environment in which the claimed design may
also be used is shown and described in co-pending U.S. patent
application Ser. Nos. 29/284,186, now U.S. Design Pat. No. D597,521
and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 29/284,187, now U.S. Design
Pat. No. D602,014 which are incorporated herein in their entirety
by reference thereto. All of the material from application Ser.
Nos. 29/284,186 and 29/284,187 that is essential to the claimed
design is included herein. Any material in application Ser. Nos.
29/284,186 and 29/284,187 which is not present herein forms no part
of the claimed design.
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a cover showing our new
design;
FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a side view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of another embodiment of a cover
showing our new design;
FIG. 9 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 10 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 11 is a rear perspective view thereof;
FIG. 12 is a side view thereof;
FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,
FIG. 14 is a top plan view thereof.
The cover can, for example, act as a sleeve, case, label, or skin
for an electronic device such as a media player, media storage
device, cellular phone, PDA, smart phone, computer and/or the
like.
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