US 11,719,944 B2
Swappable strap for a head-mounted display system
Peter Wesley Bristol, Seattle, WA (US); Shane Michael Ellis, Bellevue, WA (US); Joseph Patrick Sullivan, Seattle, WA (US); Joel Bernard Jacobs, Seattle, WA (US); and Glen Jason Tompkins, Woodinville, WA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/733,527.
Prior Publication US 2021/0211640 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); H04N 13/332 (2018.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0176 (2013.01) [H04N 13/332 (2018.05); H04R 1/105 (2013.01); H04R 1/1008 (2013.01); H04R 1/1058 (2013.01); H04R 5/0335 (2013.01); H04N 2213/001 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mounted display system comprising:
a body having a right side and a left side;
a display device coupled to the body such that, when the head-mounted display system is donned by a user, the display device is positioned to display content to the user;
a right side arm comprising an upper end coupled to the right side of the body and a lower end that extends toward a back of the right side of the body;
a left side arm comprising an upper end coupled to the left side of the body and a lower end that extends toward a back of the left side of the body; and
a swappable strap comprising:
a right strap piece assembly detachably coupled to the right side arm by a lip of an outer edge of the right strap piece assembly that fits over and around both the upper and lower ends of the right side arm;
a left strap piece assembly detachably coupled to the left side arm by a lip of an outer edge of the left strap piece assembly that fits over and around both the upper and lower ends of the left side arm.