US D1,145,746 S1Grant
Earphone
Issue Date:2026-09-01
•1 Claims
•5 Drawing Sheets
Abstract
Metadata
Assignee
- Apple Inc.
Inventors
- Ryan Ott
- Robert Boyd
- Duy P. Le
- Jeffrey Scott Croyle
- Matthew Phillip Casebolt
- Matthew Vincent Costello
- James Swasey
- Guillaume Raoult
- Christopher Kuh
- Robert Brunner
Application Information
Application Number:US 29/968,874
Filing Date:2024-10-18
Priority Date:2020-12-23
Art Unit:2951
Classifications
Field of Search:
H04R 1/08H04R 1/10H04R 1/105H04R 1/1016H04R 1/1033H04R 1/1066H04R 5/033H04R 5/0335H04R 25/00
Patent Drawings (5 sheets)
Description
[0001] FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of an earphone showing the claimed design;
[0002] FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view thereof;
[0003] FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;
[0004] FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;
[0005] FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;
[0006] FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;
[0007] FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,
[0008] FIG. 8 is a top view thereof.
[0009] The broken lines in the figures show portions of the earphone that form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
CLAIM
The ornamental design for an earphone as shown and described.
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