US 11,666,124 B2
Watch band with braided strands
Timothy S. Lui, San Jose, CA (US); Osamu Yabe, Mountain View, CA (US); Zebinah P. Masse, San Jose, CA (US); Clayton J. McCoy, San Francisco, CA (US); Benjamin A. Stevenson, Oakland, CA (US); and Hsiang Hung Chen, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/844,942.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/906,638, filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,172, filed on Apr. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0323315 A1, Oct. 15, 2020
Int. Cl. A44C 5/14 (2006.01); A44C 5/00 (2006.01); D04C 1/06 (2006.01); G04B 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 5/145 (2013.01) [A44C 5/0053 (2013.01); A44C 5/0069 (2013.01); A44C 5/147 (2013.01); D04C 1/06 (2013.01); G04B 37/0008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watch comprising:
a watch body comprising:
a housing;
a channel;
a recess; and
a button within the recess; and
a watch band comprising:
a band portion;
an attachment element for insertion into the channel; and
a locking mechanism moveable within the attachment element, wherein, as the attachment element is partially inserted into the channel, the housing is configured to engage a sloped surface of the locking mechanism to move the locking mechanism into the attachment element, and wherein, as the locking mechanism is within the recess, the housing is configured to engage a lateral surface of the locking mechanism to limit movement of the attachment element within the channel.