Protective cover for an electronic device
Hassett , et al. June 23, 2
Patent Grant D732542
U.S. patent number D732,542 [Application Number D/478,649] was granted by the patent office on 2015-06-23 for protective cover for an electronic device. This patent grant is currently assigned to Thule Organization Solutions, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Thule Organization Solutions, Inc.. Invention is credited to Eric Sheldon Hassett, Robert Ray Hunter, III, Oved Valadez Tejeda.
| United States Patent | D732,542 |
| Hassett , et al. | June 23, 2015 |
Protective cover for an electronic device
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a protective cover for an electronic device, as shown and described.
| Inventors: | Hassett; Eric Sheldon (Golden, CO), Tejeda; Oved Valadez (Portland, OR), Hunter, III; Robert Ray (Portland, OR) | ||||||||||
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| Applicant: |
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| Assignee: | Thule Organization Solutions,
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| Appl. No.: | D/478,649 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | January 7, 2014 |
| Current U.S. Class: | D14/440 |
| Current International Class: | 1402 |
| Field of Search: | ;D14/250,251,253,240,217,496,440,203.3,203.4,203.5,203.8,341,318 ;D3/218,215,201,294,289,900 ;220/4.02 ;248/309.1 ;361/679.56 ;379/426,433.11,455 ;455/575.1,575.8,457.1 ;190/100 ;206/305,320,45.2 ;D21/469 ;312/240 |
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Primary Examiner: Underwood; Cynthia
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sheridan Ross P.C.
Description
FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of the protective cover for an electronic device;
FIG. 2 is a right elevation view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a left elevation view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof; and,
FIG. 6 is a rear elevation view thereof.
The broken lines showing portions of the protective cover for an electronic device are provided for illustration purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.
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