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D579923
Priority
Jan 05 2007
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Jan 05 2007
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Nov 04 2008
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Nov 04 2022
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We claim the ornamental design for an ear piece, substantially as shown and described.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an ear piece in accordance with the present design. The ear piece can, for example, be a wireless ear piece for use with a cellular phone (e.g., Bluetooth).
FIG. 2 is a front view for the ear piece.
FIG. 3 is a rear view for the ear piece.
FIG. 4 is a top view for the ear piece.
FIG. 5 is a bottom view for the ear piece.
FIG. 6 is a right side view of the for the ear piece; and,
FIG. 7 is a left side view for the ear piece.
The features shown in broken lines in the various Figures are for illustrating environmental structure and 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 , Russell-Clarke, Peter , Stringer, Christopher J. , Whang, Eugene Antony , Satzger, Douglas B. , Seid, Calvin Q. , Zorkendorfer, Rico
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