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Granted 10 May 2022 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: M. Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Molly Anderson, Christopher J. Stringer +16 · Examiner: Barbara Fox · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/669,036
filed 5 Nov 2018
Publication
Not published
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US D951246
granted 10 May 2022

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a cover showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a side view of the cover shown in an environment of use in an alternate configuration;

FIG. 9 is another side view of the cover shown in an environment of use in another alternate configuration;

FIG. 10 is another side view of the cover shown in an environment of use in another alternate configuration; and,

FIG. 11 is another side view of the cover shown in an environment of use in another alternate configuration.

The tablet shown in broken lines in FIGS. 8-11 depicts environment that forms no part of the claimed design. All other broken lines depict portions of the cover that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/345

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