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US 2019/0379961 A1Published application
Multi-position strap anchor
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorEdwin Brad PHAM
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Abstract
This disclosure describes a multi-position strap anchor that is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the strap anchor may be less accessible to attach to a strap, and in the second position, the strap anchor may be more accessible to attach to a strap.
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A multi-position strap anchor for attachment to a strap, the multi-position strap anchor comprising:
- a frame and a strap anchor that are slidably coupled to one another, such that the frame and the strap anchor reciprocatingly adjust with respect to one another between a first configuration and a second configuration;
- a magnet coupled to either the frame or the strap anchor and including a first magnetic surface and a second magnetic surface;
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- a magnet-receiving slot that is constructed into the strap anchor, if the magnet is coupled to the frame, and that is constructed into the frame, if the magnet is coupled to the strap anchor,
- wherein the magnet-receiving slot includes a first magnetized surface and a second magnetized surface,
- wherein the magnet is positioned in the magnet-receiving slot and between the first magnetized surface and the second magnetized surface,
- wherein the multi-position strap anchor includes the first configuration in which the strap anchor is in a first position relative to the frame, the first magnetic surface is positioned a first distance apart from the first magnetized surface, the second magnetic surface is positioned a second distance apart from the second magnetized surface, and the first distance is shorter than the second distance, and
- wherein the multi-position strap anchor includes the second configuration in which the strap anchor is in a second position relative to the frame, the first magnetic surface is positioned a third distance apart from the first magnetized surface, the second magnetic surface is positioned a fourth distance apart from the second magnetized surface, and the third distance is longer than the fourth distance.
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A multi-position strap anchor for attachment to a strap, the multi-position strap anchor comprising:
- a frame comprising a strap-anchor reciprocation channel;
- a strap anchor movably retained in the strap-anchor reciprocation channel, such that the strap anchor reciprocatingly adjusts with respect to the frame between a first configuration and a second configuration;
- a magnet coupled to the frame and including a first magnetic surface and a second magnetic surface;
- the strap anchor including an anchor carriage coupled to a strap connector, the anchor carriage including a magnet-receiving slot,
- wherein the anchor carriage includes a first magnetized surface and a second magnetized surface that form a perimeter at least partially around the magnet-receiving slot,
- wherein the magnet is positioned in the magnet-receiving slot and between the first magnetized surface and the second magnetized surface,
- wherein the multi-position strap anchor includes the first configuration in which the first magnetic surface is positioned a first distance apart from the first magnetized surface, the second magnetic surface is positioned a second distance apart from the second magnetized surface, and the first distance is shorter than the second distance, and
- wherein the multi-position strap anchor includes the second configuration in which the first magnetic surface is positioned a third distance apart from the first magnetized surface, the second magnetic surface is positioned a fourth distance apart from the second magnetized surface, and the third distance is longer than the fourth distance.
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A headset comprising:
- a first shell component and a second shell component;
- a multi-position strap anchor coupled between the first shell component and the second shell component, the multi-position strap anchor comprising:
- a frame attached to the first shell component, wherein the frame and the first shell component at least partially enclose a strap-anchor reciprocation channel;
- a strap anchor retained in the strap-anchor reciprocation channel and between the frame and the first shell component;
- a magnet coupled to the frame, the first shell component, or to both the frame and the first shell component, the magnet including a first magnetic surface and a second magnetic surface;
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- the strap anchor including a first magnetized surface and a second magnetized surface that form a perimeter at least partially around a magnet-receiving slot, wherein the magnet is positioned in the magnet-receiving slot and between the first magnetized surface and the second magnetized surface;
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- a strap that attaches to the multi-position strap anchor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.