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Housing frame for an electronic device

Granted 3 Aug 2021 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Lee E. Hooton, Duncan Robert Kerr, Rico Zorkendorfer, Jeremy Bataillou +25 · Examiner: Austin Murphy · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/746,916
filed 18 Aug 2020
Publication
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US D926766
granted 3 Aug 2021

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of a housing frame for an electronic device showing the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures show portions of the housing frame for an electronic device that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/439

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