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US 10,809,666 B2Granted
Low-profile band latch mechanism
AssigneeFitbit, Inc.
InventorsPatrick James Markan, Jeffrey Andrew Fisher, Benjamin Patrick Robert Jean Riot, Yu Chuan Kang, Stephen Ronald Smilovitz
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Abstract
A low-profile band latch mechanism that is configured to connect a wristband to a fitness tracker or other wrist-wearable device is provided.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a receptacle portion for a strap of a wrist-wearable device, the receptacle portion including:
- a first mating surface configured to butt up against a corresponding second mating surface of an insertion portion with which the receptacle portion is configured to connect;
- and
- a receptacle having a first root surface, a first end surface, and a first base surface, wherein:
- the first root surface faces towards the first base surface,
- the first base surface faces towards the first root surface, and
- the first root surface and the first base surface are interposed between the first mating surface and the first end surface;
- one or more anti-rotation features, wherein:
- at least one of the one or more anti-rotation features protrudes from the first end surface towards the first mating surface, and
- each of the at least one of the one or more anti-rotation features has a corresponding first contact surface that faces towards the first base surface and is separated from the first base surface by a first gap;
- and
- one or more recesses in the first base surface.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an insertion portion for a wrist-wearable device, the insertion portion including:
- a first mating surface configured to butt up against a corresponding second mating surface of a receptacle portion with which the insertion portion is configured to connect;
- the insertion portion includes a protrusion with a first base surface, a first root surface, and a first end surface;
- the first root surface faces away from the first base surface;
- the first base surface faces away from the first root surface;
- the first root surface and the first base surface are interposed between the first mating surface and the first end surface;
- the protrusion includes one or more anti-rotation recesses;
- at least one of the one or more anti-rotation recesses extends into the first end surface and has a first contact surface facing away from the first base surface;
- a button that has one or more teeth and is transitionable between a first configuration and a second configuration;
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- one or more springs that are configured to urge the button into the first configuration, wherein:
- the one or more teeth, when the button is in the first configuration, are proud of the first base surface, and
- the one or more teeth, when the button is in the second configuration, are at least partially withdrawn into the insertion portion as compared with the first configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.