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;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

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

FIG. 8 is an enlarged 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 an enlarged bottom view of the case in an open position in two parts;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged 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 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. (Menlo Park, 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 Apple Inc. Cupertino CA US
Assignee:	Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Appl. No.:	D/448,734
Filed:	March 13, 2013

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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:	;D14/138G,250,251,253,240,217,496,440,203.3,203.4,203.5,203.8,341,318,345 ;D3/218,215,201,269,273,294,289,303,327,900 ;D21/469 ;220/4.02 ;248/309.1 ;361/679.56 ;379/426,433.11,455 ;455/575.1,575.8 ;190/100 ;206/305,320

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Primary Examiner: Pratt; Deanna L
Assistant Examiner: Bekic; Lilyana
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.