US 12,256,789 B2
Tactile stimulus providing apparatus
Ki Uk Gwak, Daejeon (KR); and Young Joo Jo, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to BHAPTICS INC., Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 18/256,151
Filed by BHAPTICS INC., Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/018596
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/124806, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0173698 (KR), filed on Dec. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032617 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A41D 1/00 (2018.01); A41D 1/04 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 1/005 (2013.01) [A41D 1/04 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01); A41D 2300/322 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tactile stimulus providing apparatus in a form of a vest, comprising:
a first front panel including first actuators arranged between a first side of the first front panel and a second side of the first front panel;
a second front panel including second actuators arranged between a first side of the second front panel and a second side of the second front panel;
a rear panel including third actuators and connected to the first front panel and the second front panel;
a first shoulder strap which connects the first front panel and the rear panel;
a first cover layer which covers a part of the first shoulder strap;
a first wire extending between the first shoulder strap and the first cover layer and electrically connected to at least one of the first actuators or the third actuators; and
a first shoulder adjuster and a second shoulder adjuster which are positioned on the first shoulder strap and are detachably attached to each other,
wherein the first cover layer is formed of a softer material than that of the first shoulder strap,
wherein the first shoulder adjuster and the second shoulder adjuster are spaced apart from each other with the first cover layer interposed therebetween, and
wherein, when the first shoulder adjuster and the second shoulder adjuster are attached to each other, a free space allowing a movement of the first wire is formed between the first shoulder strap and the first cover layer.