US 11,986,067 B2
Strap for a wearable device
Ammar Al-Ali, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US); Chad A. DeJong, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Stephen Scruggs, Newport Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to Masimo Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Masimo Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/404,838.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/068,256, filed on Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/067,622, filed on Aug. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0053892 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A44C 5/02 (2006.01); A44C 5/00 (2006.01); A44C 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 5/107 (2013.01) [A44C 5/0061 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A strap for a wearable device configured to secure to a wrist of a user, the wearable device configured to measure one or more physiological parameters of the user, the strap comprising:
a base comprising an integral structure made of a first material, the base further comprising:
a first end configured to connect to a portion of the wearable device;
a second end opposite the first end;
a length extending between the first and second ends, wherein the base is configured to bend along the length to allow the strap to wrap around at least a portion of the user's wrist when in use;
a width extending between opposite sides of the base;
a plurality of openings spaced from one another along the length; and
a plurality of stems, each of the plurality of stems positioned between two of said plurality of openings and extending generally in a direction of the width; and
a plurality of pairs of channels positioned around the plurality of stems, each of the plurality of pairs of channels comprising:
a first channel positioned partially around one of the plurality of stems such that the first channel surrounds less than an entirety of the one of the plurality of stems, wherein the first channel comprises a second material; and
a second channel positioned partially around the one of the plurality of stems such that the second channel surrounds less than said entirety of the one of the plurality of stems, wherein the second channel comprises the second material;
wherein the first and second channels are secured to one another around the one of the plurality of stems such that portions of the first and second channels overlap one another;
wherein the second material of the first and second channels is less pliable than the first material of the base.