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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeremy C. Franklin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ming Leong, Saratoga, CA (US);
Kristina A. Babiarz, San Jose, CA (US);
Amy Qian, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin David Gibbs, San Carlos, CA (US);
Eugene C. Cheung, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Transparent articles for use as outer surfaces of electronic devices and methods therefor are disclosed. A transparent cover can be provided over a display of portable electronic device to provide a protective outer cover over the display. The transparent cover can include material to mark, mask or color a portion of the transparent cover, such portion thereupon becoming opaque. The material can be provided in a recessed portion of an inner surface of the transparent cover, such portion being a portion of the transparent cover that is not over a usable portion of the display. The electronic device can, for example, be a portable electronic device.