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Akana , et al. May 10, 2

Patent Grant D951246

U.S. patent number D951,246 [Application Number D/669,036] was granted by the patent office on 2022-05-10 for cover. This patent grant is currently assigned to Apple Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Apple Inc.. Invention is credited to Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zorkendorfer.


United States Patent D951,246
Akana ,   et al. May 10, 2022

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Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a cover, as shown and described.
Inventors: Akana; Jody (San Francisco, CA), Anderson; Molly (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), 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), 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), 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/669,036
Filed: November 5, 2018

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
29594343 Feb 17, 2017 D832836
29538661 Feb 21, 2017 D779485

Current U.S. Class: D14/345
Current International Class: 1402
Field of Search: ;D14/138AA,138AB,138AC,138AD,138C,138G,248,315-318,341-347,371,374,440,447 ;D6/308,310 ;D10/125-128,123,114.6,106.94,106.92,106.5-106.6,104.1,98,79,70,65,50,46,40-41,30-39 ;D18/6-7 ;D19/26,59-60 ;D21/324,329-330,332

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Primary Examiner: Fox; Barbara
Assistant Examiner: Kwon; Aram
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Description



FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a cover showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a side view of the cover shown in an environment of use in an alternate configuration;

FIG. 9 is another side view of the cover shown in an environment of use in another alternate configuration;

FIG. 10 is another side view of the cover shown in an environment of use in another alternate configuration; and,

FIG. 11 is another side view of the cover shown in an environment of use in another alternate configuration.

The tablet shown in broken lines in FIGS. 8-11 depicts environment that forms no part of the claimed design. All other broken lines depict portions of the cover that form no part of the claimed design.

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