US 12,256,812 B1
Watch band for a smart watch
Kathryn P. Crews, Menlo Park, CA (US); Peter F. Coxeter, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Yiwei Tao, Cupertino, CA (US); Shantanu R. Ranade, Mountain View, CA (US); Christopher I. Edwards, Odenton, MD (US); David M. Kindlon, Felton, CA (US); and Linda D. Benavente-Notaro, Sherman Oaks, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/481,167.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/127,954, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Int. Cl. A44C 5/14 (2006.01); G04B 37/14 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 5/14 (2013.01) [G04B 37/1486 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watch band for use with a smart watch, the watch band comprising:
a band body configured to couple to the smart watch, the band body comprising a woven material configured to conform around a portion of a user's body;
a light emitting diode embedded within opposing layers of the band body that are on opposite sides of the light emitting diode, each of the opposing layers including respective warp threads and respective weft threads woven with the respective warp threads, wherein the light emitting diode is configured to emit light through the woven material of the band body; and
a flexible conductor extending from the light emitting diode about sides of the respective weft threads of each of the opposing layers that are opposite the light emitting diode, wherein the flexible conductor is woven into the band body in a warp direction of the band body.