Patent
   D596616
Priority
Sep 05 2008
Filed
Sep 05 2008
Issued
Jul 21 2009
Expiry
Jul 21 2023
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
90
41
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The ornamental design for an earphone, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an earphone showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines in the Figures show environment only and form no part of the claimed design. The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

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., Zorkendorfer, Rico

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