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Earbud with boom microphone

Granted 9 Sep 2014 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Bank of America Corporation · originally Bose Corporation

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Inventors: Kevin M. Krauss, Daniel M. Gauger, Jr. · Examiner: Paula Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/467,378
filed 18 Sep 2013
Publication
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US D712874
granted 9 Sep 2014

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an earbud with boom microphone as seen from the front, bottom, and left side, the cord is drawn broken away for indeterminate length;

FIG. 2 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top end view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom end view thereof.

The figures show an earbud configured for use in the right ear. A mirror-image design could similarly be applied to an earbud configured for use in the left ear. The dotted line portions of the drawings represent environmental structure only and do not form part of the claimed design.

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D14/206D14/225

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