Watch band or other wearable strap with tear away safety feature

A watch band, comprising:

• a wearable strap configured to be worn about a member of a living body, wherein the wearable strap includes watch case attachments and has:
• a length about the member along a longest dimension of the wearable strap;
• two edges;
• a width orthogonal to the length and extending between the two edges;
• a thickness between an inner surface to be worn toward to the body and an outer surface to be worn away from the living body;
• and
• a tear away region formed across the width of the wearable strap, wherein in the tear away region the wearable strap has:
• a width consistent with adjoining portions of the wearable strap;
• and
• multiple recesses formed in the inner surface and extending only partially through the thickness of the wearable strap, wherein at least one of the multiple recesses extends to one of the two edges of the wearable strap, wherein the multiple recesses are linearly aligned between the two edges and each separated from another of the multiple recesses by a land at which the wearable strap has a thickness consistent with adjoining portions of the wearable strap, such that the tear away region has a lesser cross-sectional area-and a lower ultimate tensile strength than the adjoining portions of the wearable strap.

A product of manufacture, comprising:

• a wearable strap configured to be worn about a member of a living body, wherein the wearable strap has:
• a length about the member along a longest dimension of the wearable strap;
• two edges;
• a width orthogonal to the length and extending between the two edges;
• a thickness between an inner surface to be worn toward to the body and an outer surface to be worn away from the living body;
• and
• first and second parts that are selectively separable and coupleable by a buckle of the first part;
• the second part has multiple adjustment holes;
• and
• multiple tear away regions each formed across the width of the wearable strap at a respective one of the adjustment holes, wherein at each of the tear away regions the wearable strap has:
• a width consistent with adjoining portions of the wearable strap;
• and
• a lesser cross-sectional area-than adjoining portions of the wearable strap, such that the tear away region has a lower ultimate tensile strength than the adjoining portions of the wearable strap.