US 11,668,026 B2
Fabric items with electrical components
Peter F. Coxeter, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Didio V. Gomes, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Benjamin J. Grena, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Steven J. Keating, Sunnyvale, CA (US); David M. Kindlon, Felton, CA (US); Maurice P. May, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Daniel A. Podhajny, San Jose, CA (US); Andrew L. Rosenberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Daniel D. Sunshine, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 17, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/415,486.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/733,461, filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0087823 A1, Mar. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. D03D 1/00 (2006.01); D02G 3/44 (2006.01); H05K 1/03 (2006.01); H05K 3/34 (2006.01)
CPC D03D 1/0088 (2013.01) [D02G 3/441 (2013.01); H05K 1/038 (2013.01); H05K 3/34 (2013.01); H05K 2201/029 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fabric-based item comprising:
a first layer of fabric;
a second layer of fabric intertwined with the first layer of fabric, wherein the first and second layers of fabric at least partially surround a pocket; and
an electrical component mounted in the pocket, wherein the first layer of fabric has cut edges surrounding an opening that passes through the first layer of fabric without passing through the second layer of fabric, wherein the opening and the cut edges extend over an upper surface of the electrical component.