US 11,666,105 B2
Wearable article with removable module
Brendan Donohoe, Portland, OR (US); Keith Folske, Wilsonville, OR (US); Brian L. Kash, Portland, OR (US); and Kevin Steward, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/951,743.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/484,732, filed on Apr. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/484,739, filed on Apr. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2018/0295896 A1, Oct. 18, 2018
Int. Cl. G08B 23/00 (2006.01); A41D 1/00 (2018.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 1/002 (2013.01) [A61B 5/02055 (2013.01); A61B 5/681 (2013.01); A61B 5/6807 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/6805 (2013.01); A61B 5/6806 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0204 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing comprising:
a receptacle having a plurality of walls defining a chamber and having an opening through at least one of the walls providing access to the chamber, such that the receptacle is configured to removably receive an electronic module within the chamber by insertion of the electronic module through the opening;
an interface comprising a plurality of electrical contacts exposed within the chamber and configured for removable electronic connection to a connector of the electronic module when the electronic module is received in the chamber;
a carrier connected to the receptacle and configured to support the contacts of the interface to be exposed within the chamber; and
a magnet connected to the housing and configured such that a magnetic field of the magnet penetrates the chamber, wherein the magnet is mounted between the carrier and one of the walls of the receptacle, such that the carrier and the receptacle engage the magnet to retain the magnet in place,
wherein the carrier includes a recess and the magnet is mounted within the recess adjacent to the chamber.