Patent
   D601134
Priority
Feb 10 2009
Filed
Feb 10 2009
Issued
Sep 29 2009
Expiry
Sep 29 2023
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for an earbud for a communications headset, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a front-top-right perspective view of an earbud for a communications headset showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof; the left side view is a mirror image;

FIG. 5 is a front side view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a back side view thereof.

Yang, Joseph W, Sheperd, Stann N, Elabidi, Diane

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