US 2014/0196539 A1 · INTERCHANGEABLE CASES FOR BIOMETRIC MONITORING DEVICES

Abstract

A biometric monitoring device and multiple carrying cases for same are provided. In some implementations, the case may be made from a flexible viscoelastic material and the biometric monitoring device may be slipped into a receptacle in the case through an opening in the case; the opening may become distended during the insertion of the biometric monitoring device. In some implementations, the case may feature a display window that, in combination with materials of the biometric monitoring device, may mask a display of the biometric monitoring device from view when the display is off and may allow the display to be seen when the display is displaying content.

Claims30

Dependent claims

A wearable biometric tracking system, the wearable biometric tracking system comprising:

a biometric monitoring device;
and
a wearable case, the wearable case including:
a body;
a cavity within the body, the cavity sized to receive the biometric tracking device and to hold the biometric tracking device substantially fixed with respect to the body when the biometric tracking device is fully inserted into the cavity,
an opening in the body leading to the cavity, and
a hole that passes through the body, the hole positioned such that a keyring may pass through the hole or such that a lanyard may be threaded through the hole.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/213,336Filed 14 Mar 2014

Priority

30 Sep 2010

Published

17 Jul 2014

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification52 codes

A61B 5/683
Specially adapted to be attached to or worn on the body surface: means for maintaining contact with the body
A43B 3/44
With electrical or electronic arrangements: with sensors, e.g. for detecting contact or position
A45C 11/00
Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups a45c1/00-a45c9/00
A61B 5/0002
Measuring for diagnostic purposes ; Identification of persons: remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals…

Family

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