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Charging case for wireless earbuds

Granted 5 Oct 2021 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Google · originally Alphabet Inc.

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Inventors: Idil Girard, Maj Isabelle Olsson, Benjamin Caleb Carroll, Gina Reimann +4 · Examiner: Kendra Leslie Hamilton · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/709,192
filed 11 Oct 2019
Publication
Not published
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US D932428
granted 5 Oct 2021

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Description

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›This application is related to application Ser. No…

This application is related to application Ser. No. 29/709,173, entitled Wireless Earbud, and application Ser. No. 29/709,177, entitled Charging Case, both filed on Oct. 11, 2019, the disclosures all of which are incorporated herein by reference.

FIG. 1 is a top, front, right side perspective view of a first embodiment of a charging case for wireless earbuds, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top, front, right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top, front, right side perspective view of a second embodiment of a charging case for wireless earbuds, showing our new design;

FIG. 10 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a top, front, right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a top, front, right side perspective view of a third embodiment of a charging case for wireless earbuds, showing our new design;

FIG. 18 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 20 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 22 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 23 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 24 is a top, front, right side perspective view thereof.

The broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the charging case for wireless earbuds that form no part of the claimed design. The portions shown in a pattern of stipple illustrate areas of contrasting appearance.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/108D3/294

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Examiner
Kendra Leslie Hamilton
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D932428-SS15 Oct 202111 Oct 2019grantedCharging case for wireless earbuds
USUS-D987564-SS130 May 20232 Sep 2021grantedCharging case and wireless earbuds assembly
JPJP-1674346-SS7 Dec 202010 Apr 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1675459-SS21 Dec 202010 Apr 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1683665-SS19 Apr 202110 Apr 2020grantedno title held
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CACA-194471-SS29 Jun 20229 Apr 2020grantedCharging case with wireless earbuds
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