Earphones
Aoyagi , et al.
Patent Grant D845926
U.S. patent number D845,926 [Application Number D/609,517] was granted by the patent office on 2019-04-16 for earphones. This patent grant is currently assigned to Apple Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Apple Inc.. Invention is credited to Shota Aoyagi, Robert Brunner, Monica Fernandez, Christopher Kuh, Christopher J. Stringer.
| United States Patent | D845,926 |
| Aoyagi , et al. | April 16, 2019 |
Earphones
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for earphones, as shown and described.
| Inventors: | Aoyagi; Shota (San Francisco, CA), Brunner; Robert (San Francisco, CA), Fernandez; Monica (Los Angeles, CA), Kuh; Christopher (San Francisco, CA), Stringer; Christopher J. (Woodside, CA) | ||||||||||
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| Assignee: | Apple Inc. (Cupertino,
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| Appl. No.: | D/609,517 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | June 30, 2017 |
| Current U.S. Class: | D14/205 |
| Current International Class: | 1401 |
| Field of Search: | ;D14/205,223,218 ;181/129,130,135 ;379/430,431 ;381/380,381,370,374 ;455/90,3,575.1,569.1 ;D13/154,168 |
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Primary Examiner: Greene; Paula Allen
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Description
FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of earphones showing the claimed design;
FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 8 is a top front perspective view of earphones showing the claimed design;
FIG. 9 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 10 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 11 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 12 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 13 is a top view thereof; and,
FIG. 14 is a bottom view thereof.
The broken lines in the figures show portions of the earphones that form no part of the claimed design.
The closely-adjacent wavy broken lines in FIGS. 8-14 show symbolic breaks in the length of the earphone cable, and form no part of the claimed design. The appearance of any portion or length of the cable between the break lines forms no part of the claimed design.
The embodiment of FIGS. 1-7 differs from the embodiment of FIGS. 8-14 only in the cable length, which is shown in solid lines in FIGS. 1-7.
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