Retractable In-Device Strap
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsShafae Ali, Ivan France, Curtis Aumiller
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a retractable strap that is attached at a first strap end to an internal portion of a human-interface-device (HID) controller that includes at least one of an extended reality (XR) controller or a mouse controller. The apparatus includes strap exit point is located on an exterior surface of the HID controller and an anchor on a portion of the HID controller, the anchor configured to removably secure a second strap end to the HID controller, so that the strap and HID controller form a closed loop when the second strap end is secured to the anchor, and the strap and HID controller do not form a closed loop when the second strap end is not secured to the anchor.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a retractable strap that is attached at a first strap end to an internal portion of a human-interface-device (HID) controller comprising at least one of (1) an extended reality (XR) controller or (2) a mouse controller;
- a strap exit point located on an exterior surface of the HID controller;
- and
- an anchor on a portion of the HID controller, the anchor configured to removably secure a second strap end to the HID controller, wherein the strap and HID controller form a closed loop when the second strap end is secured to the anchor, and wherein the strap and HID controller do not form a closed loop when the second strap end is not secured to the anchor.
A method comprising:
- extracting a retractable strap from an interior of a human-interface-device (HID) controller comprising at least one of an extended reality (XR) controller or a mouse controller, the retractable strap being attached at a first strap end to an internal portion of the HID controller and exiting the interior of the HID controller through a strap exit point;
- looping the retractable strap around a hand or wrist area of a user;
- and
- affixing a second end of the retractable strap to an anchor on a portion of the HID controller configured to removably secure the second strap end to the HID controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.