Charger

Akana , et al. May 4, 2

Patent Grant D918135

U.S. patent number D918,135 [Application Number D/678,341] was granted by the patent office on 2021-05-04 for charger. This patent grant is currently assigned to Apple Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Apple Inc.. Invention is credited to Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Christopher Graham, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Marc A. Newson, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Paul Thompson, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.


United States Patent D918,135
Akana ,   et al. May 4, 2021

Charger

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a charger, as shown and described.
Inventors: Akana; Jody (San Francisco, CA), Andre; Bartley K. (Palo Alto, CA), Aoyagi; Shota (San Francisco, CA), Ashcroft; Anthony Michael (San Francisco, CA), Bataillou; Jeremy (San Francisco, CA), Coster; Daniel J. (San Francisco, CA), De Iuliis; Daniele (San Francisco, CA), Graham; Christopher (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), Newson; Marc A. (London, GB), Rohrbach; Matthew Dean (San Francisco, CA), Russell-Clarke; Peter (San Francisco, CA), Shaffer; Benjamin Andrew (San Jose, CA), Silvanto; Mikael (San Francisco, CA), Stringer; Christopher J. (Woodside, CA), Thompson; Paul (San Francisco, 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/678,341
Filed: January 28, 2019

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
29614596 Aug 21, 2017 D839188
29536264 Aug 22, 2017 D795182

Current U.S. Class: D13/108
Current International Class: 1302
Field of Search: ;D13/107-110,118-119,184 ;D14/251,253,432,434

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Primary Examiner: Buckner; Nathaniel D.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Description



FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a charger showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a sectional outline view thereof taken along line IX-IX of FIG. 7.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the charger that form no part of the claimed design.

The shade lines in the figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

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