Patent
   D639279
Priority
Sep 05 2008
Filed
May 19 2010
Issued
Jun 07 2011
Expiry
Jun 07 2025
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for an earphone, as shown and described.

This application is also related to U.S. application Ser. No. 29/336,806, filed May 8, 2009, which is a divisional application of U.S. application Ser. No. 29/324,197, filed Sep. 8, 2008, now U.S. Pat. No. D599,330, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 29/324,132, filed Sep. 5, 2008, now U.S. Pat. No. D596,616. The disclosures of these applications are incorporated herein in their entireties by reference thereto.

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 front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

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

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the earphone which 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., Zorkendorfer, Rico

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