US 11,944,167 B2
Wristbands with magnetic coupling
Zaki Moustafa, Palo Alto, CA (US); Qigen Ji, Fairfield, CA (US); Caitlin M. McLain, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Clayton J. McCoy, San Francisco, CA (US); Hao Zhu, San Jose, CA (US); Hsiang Hung Chen, New Taipei (TW); Stephen E. Dey, San Francisco, CA (US); and Fernando F. Cunha, Ormond Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/989,566.
Application 17/989,566 is a continuation of application No. 16/880,673, filed on May 21, 2020, granted, now 11,553,766.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/851,532, filed on May 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0078725 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A44C 5/00 (2006.01); A41D 20/00 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 5/0007 (2013.01) [A41D 20/00 (2013.01); A44D 2203/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wristband for securing a watch to a user, the wristband comprising:
multiple magnets;
a support structure extending between opposing pairs of the magnets;
a connector positioned at an end of the wristband, the connector being configured to connect the wristband to a side of a watch housing, the connector comprising a first part on a first side of the support structure and a second part on a second side of the support structure, the first part and the second part being joined directly to each other with a portion of the support structure secured between the first part and the second part; and
a cover surrounding the magnets, the support structure, and at least a portion of the connector.