Smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset

Costa , et al. July 18, 2

Patent Grant D792398

U.S. patent number D792,398 [Application Number D/534,813] was granted by the patent office on 2017-07-18 for smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset. This patent grant is currently assigned to Google Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is GOOGLE INC.. Invention is credited to Antonio Bernarndo Monteiro Costa, Damien Henry, Christian Plagemann, Joshua Weaver.


United States Patent D792,398
Costa ,   et al. July 18, 2017

Smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset

Claims

CLAIM What is claimed is an ornamental design for a smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset, as shown and described herein.
Inventors: Costa; Antonio Bernarndo Monteiro (San Francisco, CA), Henry; Damien (Malakoff, FR), Weaver; Joshua (Mountain View, CA), Plagemann; Christian (Palo Alto, CA)
Applicant:
Name City State Country Type

GOOGLE INC.

Mountain View

CA

US
Assignee: Google Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Appl. No.: D/534,813
Filed: July 31, 2015

Current U.S. Class: D14/372
Current International Class: 1402
Field of Search: ;D14/372,496,432,371,125,126,129,299 ;D16/300-342 ;351/158,153,144 ;345/7-9,905 ;455/344 ;348/115,53,121,739

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Primary Examiner: Murphy; Austin
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

Description



FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a left-side view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a right-side view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a top-side view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a bottom-side view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is an expanded, front perspective view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a front perspective view of a smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset;

FIG. 11 is a rear perspective of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a front view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is a rear view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 14 is a left-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 15 is a right-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 16 is a top-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 17 is a bottom-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 18 is an expanded, front perspective view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 19 is a front perspective view of a smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset;

FIG. 20 is a rear perspective of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a front view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19;

FIG. 22 is a rear view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19;

FIG. 23 is a left-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19;

FIG. 24 is a right-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19;

FIG. 25 is a top-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19;

FIG. 26 is a bottom-side view of the virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19; and,

FIG. 27 is an expanded, front perspective view of the smartphone packaging and virtual reality headset shown in FIG. 19.

Any broken lines in the drawing are for purposes of illustrating portions of the virtual reality headset and form no part of the claimed design.

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