US 12,201,196 B2
Attachment system for watchband
William C. Lukens, San Francisco, CA (US); Colin M. Ely, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Adam T. Clavelle, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/184,465.
Application 17/184,465 is a continuation of application No. 15/986,540, filed on May 22, 2018, granted, now 10,973,285.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/516,043, filed on Jun. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0177108 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. A44C 5/14 (2006.01); G04B 37/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 5/147 (2013.01) [G04B 37/1486 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watch housing comprising:
a main body having a first channel on a first side of the main body for receiving a first watchband portion and a second channel on a second side of the main body, opposite the first side, for receiving a second watchband portion, the main body defining a first housing opening and a second housing opening, the main body comprising a sensor;
a rear cover attached to the main body and extending continuously from the first side of the main body to the second side of the main body, the rear cover comprising:
a first cover opening;
a second cover opening; and
a window between the first cover opening and the second cover opening, the window being configured to transmit light through the rear cover to the sensor; and
a button moveable within the first housing opening of the main body and the first cover opening of the rear cover, wherein the button forms a first surface facing away from the first channel and a second surface, opposite the first surface, facing toward the first channel, the button being monolithic between the first surface and the second surface.