Case

Description

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a case in an open position showing our new design in an open position;

FIG. 2 is a bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof; and

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof showing the case in an open position;

FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof showing the case in an open position;

FIG. 9 is a front view thereof showing the case in a closed position;

FIG. 10 is a bottom view of the case in an open position in two parts;

FIG. 11 is a top view thereof in two parts;

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 12-12 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 13-13 of FIG. 9;

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 14-14 of FIG. 3; and,

FIG. 15 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a portion of FIG. 14.

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the case which form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash-dot lines in FIGS. 10 and 11 show the location at which the two parts of each figure are divided for ease of illustration, and form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dot-dash line in FIG. 14 forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Inventors:	Akana; Jody (San Francisco, CA), Andre; Bartley K. (Palo Alto, CA), Bataillou; Jeremy (San Francisco, CA), Coster; Daniel J. (San Francisco, CA), De Iuliis; Daniele (San Francisco, CA), Hankey; M. Evans (San Francisco, CA), Hoenig; Julian (San Francisco, CA), Howarth; Richard P. (San Francisco, CA), Ive; Jonathan P. (San Francisco, CA), Kerr; Duncan Robert (San Francisco, CA), Nishibori; Shin (Kailua, HI), Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (San Francisco, CA), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco, CA), Stringer; Christopher J. (Woodside, CA), Whang; Eugene Antony (San Francisco, CA), Zorkendorfer; Rico (San Francisco, CA)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type Akana; Jody Andre; Bartley K. Bataillou; Jeremy Coster; Daniel J. De Iuliis; Daniele Hankey; M. Evans Hoenig; Julian Howarth; Richard P. Ive; Jonathan P. Kerr; Duncan Robert Nishibori; Shin Rohrbach; Matthew Dean Russell-Clarke; Peter Stringer; Christopher J. Whang; Eugene Antony Zorkendorfer; Rico San Francisco Palo Alto San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco Kailua San Francisco San Francisco Woodside San Francisco San Francisco CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA HI CA CA CA CA CA US US US US US US US US US US US US US US US US
Assignee:	Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Appl. No.:	D/415,062
Filed:	March 7, 2012

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Related U.S. Patent Documents

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	Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
	29415035	Mar 6, 2012

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Current U.S. Class:	D14/440
Current International Class:	1402
Field of Search:	;D14/248,130,432,439,300,246,223,138AA,240,217,496,250,251,253,440,203.3,203.4,203.5,203.8 ;D3/218,215,201 ;206/320 ;361/679.03,679.56,683,679.09 ;112/475.19 ;162/134,140,231 ;156/148,209 ;5/413AM,709 ;379/88.17,387.01,388.02,419,440 ;220/4.02 ;248/309.1 ;345/173 ;455/575.1,575.8 ;190/100

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Primary Examiner: Underwood; Cynthia
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC