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D578110
Priority
Aug 24 2005
Filed
Oct 22 2007
Issued
Oct 07 2008
Expiry
Oct 07 2022
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We claim the ornamental design for a docking station, substantially as shown and described.
This application is related to: U.S. Design patent application No. 29/237,233, and entitled “Docking Station” which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Various examples of dock insert embodiments are shown and described in in (i) U.S. Design patent application No. 29/237,097, entitled “Dock Insert”; (ii) U.S. Design patent application No. 29/237,111 entitled “Dock Insert”; and (iii) U.S. Design patent application No. 29/237,112 entitled “Dock Insert”, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a docking station embodying our new design.
FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the docking station.
FIG. 3 is a top view for the docking station.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary perspective view of how a docking system can incorporate the docking station with a dock insert.
FIGS. 5–8 are exemplary top views of a docking system that incorporates different dock inserts into the docking station; and,
FIG. 9 is an exemplary perspective view of the docking station integrated into an electronic device such as a portable music player (e.g., boom box).
The broken lines immediately adjacent the shaded areas represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other broken lines are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.
Andre, Bartley K. , Coster, Daniel J. , De Iuliis, Daniele , Howarth, Richard P. , Ive, Jonathan P. , Kerr, Duncan Robert , Nishibori, Shin , Rohrbach, Matthew Dean , Stringer, Christopher J. , Whang, Eugene Antony , Satzger, Douglas B. , Zorkendorfer, Rico , Seid, legal representative, Vincent Keane
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