Cover
Granted 15 Nov 2011 · 2 office actions
Assignee: Apple Inc.
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Inventors: Douglas B. Satzger, Eugene Antony Whang, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Richard P. Howarth +12 · Examiner: Philip S Hyder · AU 2917 · TC 2900
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By way of example, an environment in which the claimed design may also be used is shown and described in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 29/284,186, now U.S. Design Pat. No. D597,521 and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 29/284,187, now U.S. Design Pat. No. D602,014 which are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference thereto. All of the material from application Ser. Nos. 29/284,186 and 29/284,187 that is essential to the claimed design is included herein. Any material in application Ser. Nos. 29/284,186 and 29/284,187 which is not present herein forms no part of the claimed design.
FIG. 1 is a 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 rear perspective view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a side view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of another embodiment of a cover showing our new design;
FIG. 9 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 10 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 11 is a rear perspective view thereof;
FIG. 12 is a side view thereof;
FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,
FIG. 14 is a top plan view thereof.
The cover can, for example, act as a sleeve, case, label, or skin for an electronic device such as a media player, media storage device, cellular phone, PDA, smart phone, computer and/or the like.
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