US 11,998,091 B2
Watch band with braided strands
Timothy S. Lui, San Jose, CA (US); Osamu Yabe, Mountain View, CA (US); Zebinah P. Masse, San Jose, CA (US); Clayton J. McCoy, San Francisco, CA (US); Benjamin A. Stevenson, Oakland, CA (US); and Hsiang Hung Chen, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/143,546.
Application 18/143,546 is a continuation of application No. 16/844,942, filed on Apr. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,666,124.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/906,638, filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,172, filed on Apr. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270215 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. A44C 5/14 (2006.01); A44C 5/00 (2006.01); D04C 1/06 (2006.01); G04B 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 5/145 (2013.01) [A44C 5/0053 (2013.01); A44C 5/0069 (2013.01); A44C 5/147 (2013.01); D04C 1/06 (2013.01); G04B 37/0008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watch band comprising:
strands braided together to form:
an end section for residing within a channel formed in a housing of a watch; and
an extension section extending away from the end section;
an intermediate element;
a plate element, wherein at least a portion of the end section is positioned between the intermediate element and the plate element; and
an attachment element for engaging the channel of the housing of the watch, wherein at least a portion of the end section, the intermediate element, and the plate element are within the attachment element.