US 11,786,361 B2
Haptic optic management system utilizing a squid clip
Matthew Braden Flowers, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); Andrew Thomas Schieber, Tustin, CA (US); Sudarshan B. Singh, Euless, TX (US); and Marcus Antonio Souza, Costa Mesa, CA (US)
Assigned to Alcon Inc., Fribourg (CH)
Filed by Alcon Inc., Fribourg (CH)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/705,290.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/777,801, filed on Dec. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0179101 A1, Jun. 11, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 2/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/16 (2013.01) [A61F 2/1662 (2013.01); A61F 2002/1682 (2015.04); A61F 2002/1689 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A haptic optic management system, comprising:
a housing, wherein:
the housing comprises openings in a side of the housing,
the openings comprise a central slit and a pair of slits, and
the central slit is disposed between the pair of slits;
a plate, wherein:
the plate is disposed within the housing; and
a clip that engages the plate in the housing, wherein:
the clip extends through the openings into a through bore in the housing,
the clip comprises a clip body and a plurality of legs that extend from the clip body into the housing,
the plurality of legs comprises outer support legs that extend through the pair of slits in the housing to hold the plate in position and inner legs that extend through the central slit, and
at least a portion of the plurality of legs are configured to compress closer together when an external force is applied to the clip body.