US 11,713,175 B2
Packaging
Bartley K Andre, Menlo Park, CA (US); Daniel J. Coster, San Francisco, CA (US); Daniele De Iuliis, San Francisco, CA (US); Richard P. Howarth, San Francisco, CA (US); Jonathan P. Ive, San Francisco, CA (US); Steve P. Jobs, Palo Alto, CA (US); Duncan Robert Kerr, San Francisco, CA (US); Shin Nishibori, Kailua, HI (US); Matthew Dean Rohrbach, San Francisco, CA (US); Peter Russell-Clarke, San Francisco, CA (US); Douglas B. Satzger, Menlo Park, CA (US); Calvin Q. Seid, Palo Alto, CA (US); Christopher J. Stringer, Woodside, CA (US); Eugene Antony Whang, San Francisco, CA (US); and Rico Zorkendorfer, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/482,497.
Application 13/007,292 is a division of application No. 11/849,176, filed on Aug. 31, 2007, granted, now 7,878,326, issued on Feb. 1, 2011.
Application 15/482,497 is a continuation of application No. 13/007,292, filed on Jan. 14, 2011, abandoned.
Application 13/007,292 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/364,391, filed on Jun. 23, 2010, granted, now D635853, issued on Apr. 12, 2011.
Application 29/364,391 is a continuation of application No. 29/284,343, filed on Sep. 5, 2007, granted, now D621256, issued on Aug. 10, 2010.
Application 11/849,176 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/281,505, filed on Jun. 25, 2007, granted, now D596485, issued on Jul. 21, 2009.
Application 29/281,505 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/265,952, filed on Sep. 11, 2006, granted, now D558572, issued on Jan. 1, 2008.
Application 29/265,952 is a continuation of application No. 29/265,951, filed on Sep. 11, 2006, granted, now D558571, issued on Jan. 1, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2017/0210535 A1, Jul. 27, 2017
Int. Cl. B65D 77/26 (2006.01); B65D 25/10 (2006.01); B65D 25/54 (2006.01); B65D 77/20 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 77/26 (2013.01) [B65D 25/10 (2013.01); B65D 25/54 (2013.01); B65D 77/20 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1091 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
2. An earpiece with packaging for containing and displaying the earpiece, the earpiece with packaging comprising:
a base;
a lid disposed on the base, the lid and base together forming an interior cavity, wherein the lid has a transparent portion;
an earpiece disposed within the cavity and visible through the transparent portion; and
an earpiece holder supported by the base, the earpiece holder comprising:
a tray; and
a retaining mechanism in the form of an impression in the tray, wherein the impression includes an elongated portion extending from a wider portion to conform to a shape of the earpiece such that the impression retains the earpiece in position within the packaging such that the earpiece protrudes from the impression.