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Handsfree carrying case for a handset

Granted 30 Jan 2007 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Microsoft Corporation · originally Nokia

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Inventors: Valtteri Eroma, Sami Lehtovaara · Examiner: Charles A. Rademaker · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/210,068
filed 27 Jul 2004
Publication
Not published
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US D535986
granted 30 Jan 2007

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Description

1 parts
›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a handsfree carrying case for a handset showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a perspective front view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective rear view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a perspective front view thereof with a cover portion shown in an open position; and,

FIG. 10 is a perspective view thereof the opposite direction with a cover portion shown in an open position.

The broken line showing of environmental structures in FIGS. 9 and 10 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/253D32/18

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Examiner
Charles A. Rademaker
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D521401-SS123 May 200627 Jul 2004grantedFitness monitor
USthis patentUS-D535986-SS130 Jan 200727 Jul 2004grantedHandsfree carrying case for a handset
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AUAU-300461-SS17 Jan 200529 Jul 2004publishedFitness monitor
CACA-107838-SS13 Sep 200529 Jul 2004grantedFitness monitor
TWTW-D106560-SS21 Sep 200526 Jul 2004publishedFitness monitor
TWTW-D106629-S1S121 Sep 200526 Jul 2004publishedHandsfree carring case for a handset

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