US 12,248,152 B1
Adjustable head securement for head-mountable device
Paul X Wang, Cupertino, CA (US); Scott M. Leinweber, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and John S. Camp, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,199.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/186,724, filed on May 10, 2021.
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0176 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mountable device comprising:
a frame; and
a display element supported by the frame;
a head securement element comprising:
a body extending from the frame;
a deformable region configured to be adjacent to an ear of a user while the head-mountable device is worn on a head of the user;
a biasing element extending through the body and being configured to transition between:
an extended configuration, in which the biasing element urges the deformable region away from the body; and
a retracted configuration, in which the biasing element urges the deformable region toward the body.