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Notebook computer housing

Granted 27 May 2014 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Google · originally Alphabet Inc.

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Inventors: Felix Alvarez Rivera, Kenneth McAlpine, James Tanner, Lawrence Lam +2 · Examiner: Freda S Nunn · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/436,488
filed 6 Nov 2012
Publication
Not published
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US D705772
granted 27 May 2014

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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 notebook computer housing shown in a closed configuration according to a first embodiment of our design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom-back perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front perspective view of a notebook computer housing according to the first embodiment shown in an open configuration;

FIG. 10 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a bottom-back perspective view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a front perspective view of a notebook computer housing shown in a closed configuration according to a second embodiment of our design;

FIG. 18 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 20 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 22 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 23 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 24 is a front perspective view of a notebook computer housing according to the second embodiment shown in an open configuration;

FIG. 25 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 26 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 27 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 28 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 29 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 30 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 31 is a front perspective view of a notebook computer housing shown in a closed configuration according to a third embodiment of our design;

FIG. 32 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 33 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 34 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 35 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 36 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 37 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 38 is a bottom-back perspective view thereof;

FIG. 39 is a front perspective view of a notebook computer housing according to the second embodiment shown in an open configuration;

FIG. 40 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 41 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 42 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 43 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 44 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 45 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 46 is a bottom-back perspective view thereof;

FIG. 47 is a front perspective view of a notebook computer housing according to a fourth embodiment of our design;

FIG. 48 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 49 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 50 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 51 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 52 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 53 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 54 is a front perspective view of a notebook computer housing according to a fifth embodiment of our design;

FIG. 55 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 56 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 57 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 58 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 59 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 60 is a bottom view thereof.

Broken lines are environmental only and form no part of the claimed design.

The pairs of closely adjacent, spaced jagged broken lines in the drawings form no part of the claimed design and the portions between such pairs of jagged broken lines are broken away to disclose indeterminate length. Portions of the design that may be visible between the jagged lines have been removed for clarity.

The un-outlined stipple-filled areas appearing on the rear of the notebook computer housing in FIGS. 33 , 36 - 38 , 41 and 45 - 46 represent a location in which an unclaimed graphical element can be included on the notebook computer housing and are used to show the position of such areas relative to associated features of the notebook computer housing in the various configurations thereof.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/315

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Pendency
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567 days filing → grant
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Examiner
Freda S Nunn
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