US 12,292,577 B2
Positioning, stabilising, and interfacing structures and system incorporating same
Aaron Samuel Davidson, Sydney (AU); Ian Andrew Law, Sydney (AU); and Riley Joel Moore, Sydney (AU)
Assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd, Bella Vista (AU)
Appl. No. 18/556,027
Filed by RESMED PTY LTD, Bella Vista (AU)
PCT Filed Apr. 19, 2022, PCT No. PCT/AU2022/050350
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 18, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/221907, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021901149 (AU), filed on Apr. 19, 2021; application No. 2021901408 (AU), filed on May 12, 2021; application No. 2021901671 (AU), filed on Jun. 4, 2021; application No. 2021901993 (AU), filed on Jun. 30, 2021; application No. 2021901994 (AU), filed on Jun. 30, 2021; application No. 2021902184 (AU), filed on Jul. 16, 2021; application No. 2021902827 (AU), filed on Aug. 31, 2021; application No. 2021902861 (AU), filed on Sep. 3, 2021; application No. 2021903158 (AU), filed on Oct. 1, 2021; application No. 2021903200 (AU), filed on Oct. 6, 2021; application No. 2021903996 (AU), filed on Dec. 10, 2021; application No. PCT/AU2022/050043 (WO), filed on Jan. 28, 2022; and application No. PCT/AU2022/050045 (WO), filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0210709 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0176 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mounted display system, comprising:
a head-mounted display unit comprising a display, the head-mounted display unit comprising an interfacing structure constructed and arranged to be in opposing relation to the user's face in use; and
a positioning and stabilising structure structured and arranged to hold the head-mounted display unit in an operable position on the user's head in use,
wherein the interfacing structure comprises a face engaging portion configured to engage the user's face in use, the face engaging portion being flexible and resilient and comprising:
a pair of cheek portions configured to engage the user's cheeks in use, and
a pair of medial support portions, each medial support portion located medially of a respective one of the cheek portions and configured to provide support for the respective cheek portion;
wherein the face engaging portion comprises at least one face engaging flange, the face engaging flange forming one or more loop portions each having an at least partially enclosed cross section, wherein the face engaging flange is shaped to form an at least partially enclosed loop in cross section to form each of the one or more loop portions, and
wherein the at least one face engaging flange of the face engaging portion forms a pair of closed loop portions on respective lateral sides of the face engaging portion, each closed loop portion having an enclosed cross section.