Playback device
Granted 20 Jun 2017 · 2 office actions
Assignee: Sonos
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Inventors: Roger Swales, Niels van Hoof, Mieko Kusano, Tadeo T. Toulis +3 · Examiner: Prabhakar Deshmukh · AU 2912 · TC 2900
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A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains or may contain material which is subject to copyright protection by Sonos, Inc. The copyright owner has no objection to the photocopy reproduction by anyone of the patent document for the patent disclosure in exactly the form it appears in the USPTO patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.
FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of a playback device showing our new design, shown without environment.
FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof, shown in an environmental use.
FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof, shown in another environmental use.
FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof, shown in another environmental use.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view thereof, shown in further another environmental use.
FIG. 6 is a front elevational view thereof, shown in another environmental use.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view thereof, shown in still another environmental use.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view thereof, shown in further environmental use.
FIG. 9 is a top plan view of FIG. 8 .
FIG. 10 is a perspective view thereof, shown in another additional environmental use.
FIG. 11 is an enlarged perspective view of a second embodiment of a playback device, shown without environment.
FIG. 12 is a perspective view thereof, shown in an environmental use.
FIG. 13 is a perspective view thereof, shown in another environmental use.
FIG. 14 is a perspective view thereof, shown in another environmental use.
FIG. 15 is a top plan view of FIG. 14 .
FIG. 16 is a perspective view thereof, shown in another environmental use.
FIG. 17 is a top plan view thereof, shown in another environmental use.
FIG. 18 is an enlarged perspective view of a third embodiment of a playback device, shown without environment.
FIG. 19 is a front elevational view thereof, shown in an environmental use.
FIG. 20 is a front elevational view thereof, shown in another environmental use.
FIG. 21 is a front elevational view thereof, shown in another environmental use.
FIG. 22 is a perspective view of FIG. 21 .
FIG. 23 is a front elevational view thereof, shown in another environmental use.
FIG. 24 is a perspective view of FIG. 23 .
FIG. 25 is a perspective view thereof, shown in another environmental use.
FIG. 26 is a top plan view of FIG. 25 .
FIG. 27 is a perspective view thereof, shown in another environmental use.
FIG. 28 is a front elevational view of FIG. 27 .
FIG. 29 an enlarged perspective view of a fourth embodiment of a playback device, shown without environment.
FIG. 30 is a front elevational view thereof, shown in an environmental use.
FIG. 31 is a perspective view of FIG. 30 .
FIG. 32 is an enlarged perspective view of a fifth embodiment of a playback device, shown without environment.
FIG. 33 is a front elevational view thereof, shown in an environmental use.
FIG. 34 is a perspective view of FIG. 33 .
FIG. 35 is a perspective view thereof, shown in another environmental use.
FIG. 36 is a top plan view of FIG. 35 .
FIG. 37 is an enlarged perspective view of a sixth embodiment of a playback device, shown without environment.
FIG. 38 is a front plan view thereof, shown in an environmental use.
FIG. 39 is a perspective view of FIG. 38 .
FIG. 40 is a front plan view thereof, shown in another environmental use.
FIG. 41 is a perspective view of FIG. 40 .
FIG. 42 is an enlarged perspective view of a surface ornamentation for use with a playback device in accordance with a seventh embodiment of the invention, shown without environment.
FIG. 43 is an enlarged perspective view of a seventh embodiment of a playback device, shown without environment.
FIG. 44 is an enlarged perspective view of a eight embodiment of a playback device, shown without environment; and,
FIG. 45 is an enlarged perspective view of a ninth embodiment of a playback device, shown without environment.
The broken lines indicate environment and form no part of the claimed design.
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| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USthis patent | US-D789991-S | S1 | 20 Jun 2017 | 13 Aug 2014 | granted | Playback device |
| US | US-D927549-S | S1 | 10 Aug 2021 | 5 May 2017 | granted | Playback device |
| US | US-D1060428-S | S1 | 4 Feb 2025 | 27 Jul 2021 | granted | Playback device |
| JP | JP-1546372-S | S | 22 Mar 2016 | 13 Feb 2015 | granted | no title held |
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