US 2019/0376646 A1Published application

Head mounted display mounting assembly

AssigneeRealWear, Inc.

InventorsStephen A. Pombo, Kenneth Hepburn

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Abstract

A head mounted display mounting assembly for casual headwear is provided. The assembly comprises a resilient support band that is employed to secure a head-mounted display unit to a piece of casual headwear worn by a user. The head mounted display mounting assembly can be supported by pre-existing structures (e.g., sweat band) of a piece of casual headwear, and further supported and/or secured to temple regions of the casual headwear. Once seated within and secured to the piece of casual headwear, the head-mounted display unit can be secured to the head mounted display mounting assembly, providing a comfortable and integrated wearable experience for the user.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A head mounted display mounting assembly for casual headwear, comprising:

a resilient support band having an elongate shape that presents a first face and a second face opposite the first face, a top, a bottom opposite the top, a first portion and a second portion extending in opposing directions away from a central portion of the resilient support band;
a first mounting element secured to the first portion of the resilient support band and presenting a first set of mounting fasteners that extend transversely away from the first face;
and
a second mounting element secured to the second portion of the elongate shape and presenting a second set of mounting fasteners that extend transversely away from the first face,
wherein the resilient support band is adapted to be flexed into a semi-circular configuration for insertion into an interior pocket of the casual headwear piece such that each of the first and second sets of mounting fasteners protrudes through a respective opening presented on a respective temple region of a casual headwear piece, the inserted resilient support band being further adapted to removably secure a head mounted display unit to the casual headwear piece via the protruding first and second set of mounting fasteners.

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A head mounted display mounting assembly for casual headwear, comprising:

a resilient support band having an elongate shape that presents a first face and a second face opposite the first face, the elongate shape having a first portion and a second portion extending in opposing directions away from a central portion of the resilient support band,
each of the first and second portions having a corresponding collar protrusion that presents a first set of holes aligned at a respective angle away from the central portion of the resilient support band;
and
a pair of mounting elements that each includes a mounting plate, a set of mounting plate fasteners, and a set of mounting plate nuts, the mounting plate presenting a second set of holes that corresponds to either of the presented first sets of holes,
wherein the resilient support band is adapted to be flexed into a semi-circular configuration for insertion into an interior pocket of a casual headwear piece such that the first set of holes, for each of the first and second portions, are positioned at a respective temple region of the casual headwear piece, and
wherein the pair of mounting plates is adapted to be secured to both the casual headwear piece and the resilient support band with the sets of mounting plate fasteners, the secured pair of mounting plates being adapted to removably secure a head mounted display to the casual headwear piece.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/004,030Filed 8 Jun 2018
Published: 12 Dec 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

A42B 1/247
With means for attaching articles thereto, e.g. memorandum tablets or mirrors: means for attaching eyewear
F16M 13/04
Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles ; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles: for supporting on, or holding steady…
A42B
Hats
F16M
Frames, casings or beds of engines, machines or apparatus, not specific to

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