Earbud holder Patent Grant Markey , et al. August 10, 2 [IntaglioTech, LLC]

Earbud holder

Markey , et al. August 10, 2

Patent Grant D927476

U.S. patent number D927,476 [Application Number D/735,677] was granted by the patent office on 2021-08-10 for earbud holder. This patent grant is currently assigned to Intagliotech, LLC. The grantee listed for this patent is IntaglioTech, LLC. Invention is credited to Ryan Arthur Kelly, David V. Markey.

United States Patent	D927,476
Markey , et al.	August 10, 2021

Earbud holder

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for an earbud holder, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Markey; David V. (Ann Arbor, MI), Kelly; Ryan Arthur (Portchester, NY)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
IntaglioTech, LLC	Ann Arbor	MI	US

Assignee:

Intagliotech, LLC (Ann Arbor, MI)

Appl. No.:

D/735,677

Filed:

May 22, 2020

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
29675295	Dec 31, 2018	D915387

Current U.S. Class:	D14/251; D14/205; D3/218
Current International Class:	1403
Field of Search:	;D3/201,212,218,226,227,247,249,250,269,294,295,303 ;D13/107,108 ;D14/137,138R,138AA,138C,138G,172,192,203.3-203.7,217,238.1,247,248,250-253,434,440,447,496 ;D8/356

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Primary Examiner: Grabenstetter; L. A.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Fishman Stewart PLLC

Description

FIG. 1 is a front, top, left side perspective view of an earbud holder showing a first embodiment of the design;

FIG. 2 is a front, bottom, right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

FIG. 9 is a front, top, left side perspective view of an earbud holder showing a second embodiment of the design;

FIG. 10 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a front, top, left side perspective view of an earbud holder showing a third embodiment of the design;

FIG. 17 is a front, bottom, right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 20 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 22 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 23 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines depicting portions of the earbud holder represent unclaimed features of the article which form no part of the claimed design. The broken lines depicting a phone and earbuds represent unclaimed environment that forms no part of the claimed design.

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