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(12) United States Design Patent (10) Patent No.:                                                                                               US D768,539 S
       Lee                                                                                                    (45) Date of Patent:                      Oct. 11, 2016
(54) AERIAL VEHICLE                                                                                        2015,0051755 A1*      2, 2015 Erhart .................... A63H 27/12
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(71) Applicant: GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)                                                            2015/0060606 A1* 3/2015 Wang .................... B642.92.
                                                                                                           2015/O129711 A1*      5, 2015 Caubel .................... B64C 27/08
(72) Inventor: Seung Heon Lee, Cupertino, CA (US)                                                                                                                        244f1723
                                                                                                           2015/0210388 A1*      7, 2015 Criado .................... B64C 39,10
(73) Assignee: GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)                                                             2015,0259066 A1*      9, 2015 Johannesson ........... B64C 27/08
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(**) Term:             15 Years                                                                            2015,0321755 A1* 11/2015 Martin .................... B64C 27.50
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(21) Appl. No.: 29/535,225                                                                                 2015/0336670 A1* 11/2015 Zhang ....................... B64C 1.00
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(22) Filed:            Aug. 4, 2015                                                                        2016/0001879 A1        1/2016 Johannesson ........... B64C 27.50
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(51) LOC (10) Cl. ............................................... 12-07                                    2016/0031275 A1       2/2016 Monroe ................ B6OF 3/OOO7
(52) U.S. Cl.
     USPC ........................................                D12/16.1, D21/.441
                                                                                                           2016.0068261 A1* 3, 2016 Niederb
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(58) Field of Classification Search
        USPC .............. D12/16.1, 319-345; D21/436, 438,                                                               OTHER PUBLICATIONS
                           D21/440, 442, 443, 446–451, 453, 441
        CPC ................ B64C 39/024; B64C 27/32: B64C                                                Drone by GoPro found online Apr. 27, 2016 http://dronegopro.
                 2201/024; B64C 27/12: B64C 39/00; B64C                                                   org/.*
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        See application file for complete search history.                                                 * cited by examiner
(56)                       References Cited                                                               Primary Examiner — Robert M Spear
                                                                                                          Assistant Examiner — Marissa J Cash
                  U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS                                                                   (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Fenwick & West LLP
       D189,462 S * 12/1960 Vogt............................. D12,329
       D197,038 S * 12, 1963 Howard ....................... D12/329                                       (57)                       CLAM
       D465,196 S * 1 1/2002 Dammar ...................... D12,328                                        The ornamental design for an aerial vehicle, as shown and
       D628,658    S   *   12/2010    Wurm .......................... D21/442                             described.
       D691,514    S   *   10/2013    Wang ...                  ... D12/16.1
       D710,452    S   *    8/2014    Barajas .                 ... D12/16.1
       D710,453    S   *    8/2014    Barajas ...                     D12/16.1                                                  DESCRIPTION
       D710,454    S   *    8/2014    Barajas ...               ... D12/16.1
       8,967,029 B1* 3/2015 Calvert ................... F41H 13 OO                                        FIG. 1 is a front, top and left side perspective view of a first
       8,973,861 B2* 3, 2015 Zh.                        Asia,17,                                          embodiment of an aerial vehicle;
        - -                              Oll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     244f1723     FIG. 2 is a rear, top and right side perspective view of the
       9,061,763 B1* 6/2015 Christensen ........... A63H 7/28                                             first embodiment of the aerial vehicle:
       9,099,902 B2* 8/2015 Chen ............       HO2K 5,225                                            FIG. 3 is a front, bottom and right side perspective view of
       D741,751 S * 10/2015 Klaptocz                                                       ... D12/16.1   the first embodiment of the aerial vehicle;
       D741,779 S * 10/2015 Hsiao .......................... D12/16.1
 2014/0263823 A1* 9/2014 Wang .................... B64C 39,028                                            FIG. 4 is a rear, bottom and left side perspective view of the
                                                        244f1723                                          first embodiment of the aerial vehicle:
 2014/0339355 A1* 11/2014 Olm ........................ B64C 27/08                                         FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of the first embodiment of
                                                                                             244f1723     the aerial vehicle:
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FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view of the first embodiment of       FIG. 18 is a right side elevational view of the second
the aerial vehicle:                                                embodiment of the aerial vehicle with folded propeller arms,
FIG. 7 is a left side elevational view of the first embodiment     folded landing gear, and without propellers;
of the aerial vehicle:                                             FIG. 19 is a top plan view of the second embodiment of the
FIG. 8 is a right side elevational view of the first embodi        aerial vehicle with folded propeller arms, folded landing
ment of the aerial vehicle;                                        gear, and without propellers;
FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the first embodiment of the aerial    FIG. 20 is a bottom plan view of the second embodiment of
                                                                   the aerial vehicle with folded propeller arms, folded landing
vehicle:                                                           gear, and without propellers;
FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view of the first embodiment of the       FIG. 21 is a front, top and left side perspective view of the
aerial vehicle:                                                    third embodiment of an aerial vehicle:
FIG. 11 is a front, top and left side perspective view of the      FIG. 22 is a rear, top and right side perspective view of the
second embodiment of the aerial vehicle with folded pro            third embodiment of the aerial vehicle;
peller arms, folded landing gear, and without propellers;          FIG. 23 is a front, bottom and right side perspective view of
FIG. 12 is a rear, top and right side perspective view of the      the third embodiment of the aerial vehicle;
second embodiment of the aerial vehicle with folded pro            FIG. 24 is a rear, bottom and left side perspective view of the
peller arms, folded landing gear, and without propellers;          third embodiment of the aerial vehicle;
                                                                   FIG. 25 is a front elevational view of the third embodiment
FIG. 13 is a front, bottom and right side perspective view of      of the aerial vehicle:
the second embodiment of the aerial vehicle with folded            FIG. 26 is a rear elevational view of the third embodiment
propeller arms, folded landing gear, and without propellers;       of the aerial vehicle:
FIG. 14 is a rear, bottom and left side perspective view of the    FIG. 27 is a left side elevational view of the third embodi
second embodiment of the aerial vehicle with folded pro            ment of the aerial vehicle;
peller arms, folded landing gear, and without propellers;          FIG. 28 is a right side elevational view of the third embodi
FIG. 15 is a front elevational view of the second embodi           ment of the aerial vehicle;
ment of the aerial vehicle with folded propeller arms, folded      FIG. 29 is a top plan view of the third embodiment of the
landing gear, and without propellers;                              aerial vehicle; and,
FIG. 16 is a rear elevational view of the second embodiment        FIG. 30 is a bottom plan view of the third embodiment of the
of the aerial vehicle with folded propeller arms, folded           aerial vehicle.
landing gear, and without propellers;                              The broken line showing of propellers depicts environment
FIG. 17 is a left side elevational view of the second              and forms no part of the claim.
embodiment of the aerial vehicle with folded propeller arms,
folded landing gear, and without propellers;                                         1 Claim, 30 Drawing Sheets
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