US 11,714,453 B1
Nosepiece for head-mountable device
Claire E. Dalke, Foster City, CA (US); Paul X. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US); and Liam R. Martinez, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/326,193.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/042,471, filed on Jun. 22, 2020.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/163 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1637 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mountable device comprising:
a frame having an outer side and an inner side;
a display element supported by the frame; and
a nosepiece coupled to the inner side of the frame, the nosepiece comprising:
a pair of posts; and
a bridge element having end portions each being rotatably coupled to a corresponding one of the posts, the end portions each being slidable across the corresponding one of the posts, wherein the end portions form channels through which the posts extend, wherein the channels are sized to allow the end portions to move with respect to each other as the channels change their positions with respect to the posts.