Portable information terminal Patent Grant Yamazaki , et al. December 15, 2 [SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.]

Portable information terminal

Yamazaki , et al. December 15, 2

Patent Grant D745516

U.S. patent number D745,516 [Application Number D/478,760] was granted by the patent office on 2015-12-15 for portable information terminal. This patent grant is currently assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., LTD.. The grantee listed for this patent is SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.. Invention is credited to Hideaki Kuwabara, Shunpei Yamazaki, Kensuke Yoshizumi.

United States Patent	D745,516
Yamazaki , et al.	December 15, 2015

Portable information terminal

Claims

CLAIM We claim, the ornamental design for a portable information terminal, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Yamazaki; Shunpei (Tokyo, JP), Kuwabara; Hideaki (Isehara, JP), Yoshizumi; Kensuke (Kanagawa, JP)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.	Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken	N/A	JP

Assignee:

Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., LTD. (Kanagawa-ken, JP)

Appl. No.:

D/478,760

Filed:

January 8, 2014

Foreign Application Priority Data


Jul 12, 2013 [JP]			2013-016004

Current U.S. Class:	D14/345; D14/341
Current International Class:	1402
Field of Search:	;D14/315-318,341-344,129,130,496,137,138R,138AA,138C,138G,138AB,147,203.1,203.3,203.4,203.7,247,389 ;D6/300-302,308,310,312,332 ;D18/6,7 ;D21/324,329,330,332,478-480,484,491,492,500-502 ;455/556.2,566 ;379/916,433.04,433.1 ;345/901,905,173 ;361/679.26,679.3,679.55,679.56 ;D25/48.4,58 ;297/17,16.1,45 ;D20/10,21 ;52/234 ;160/118

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Primary Examiner: Brooks; Cathron
Assistant Examiner: Falloway; Teddy
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Nixon Peabody LLP Costellia; Jeffrey L.

Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a portable information terminal showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom right side perspective view thereof in a state in which the portable information terminal is partly bent;

FIG. 9 is a bottom right side perspective view thereof in a state in which the portable information terminal is folded;

FIG. 10 is a top left side perspective view thereof in a state in which the portable information terminal is folded; and,

FIG. 11 is a bottom right side perspective view thereof in a state in which the portable information terminal is partly bent.

The portable information terminal includes a flexible display screen that can be used while in a bent state. The portable information terminal can function as a computer, a media reproducing device (e.g., a music player, a movie player, or a game player), a media storage device, a communication device (e.g., a mobile phone), or the like, for example.

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