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Earphone

Granted 24 Mar 2020 · no office action yet

Assignee: Apple Inc.

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Inventors: Duncan Robert Kerr, Julian Hoenig, Jody Akana, Matthew Dean Rohrbach +13 · Examiner: Darlington Ly · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/678,501
filed 29 Jan 2019
Publication
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US RE47915
granted 24 Mar 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an earphone showing my new design.

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the earphone of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the earphone of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of an earphone showing my new design.

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 8 .

FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 8 .

FIG. 11 is a left side elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 8 .

FIG. 12 is a right side elevational view of the earphone of FIG. 8 .

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of the earphone of FIG. 8 ; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view of the earphone of FIG. 8 .

Portions of FIGS. 1 to 14 that are shown as broken lines are for illustrative purpose only and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/223

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