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Speaker unit

Granted 18 Nov 2008 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Richard P. Howarth, Rico Zorkendorfer, Duncan Robert Kerr, Steve Jobs +10 · Examiner: Nanda Bondade · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/296,896
filed 30 Oct 2007
Publication
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US D580912
granted 18 Nov 2008

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a speaker unit in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a front view thereof with the speaker cover removed.

The broken lines illustrating the speaker unit are included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/214

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Examiner
Nanda Bondade
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