US 12,339,463 B2
Device with a removable cushion
Erin M Bosch, San Jose, CA (US); Paul X Wang, Cupertino, CA (US); and Benjamin A Shaffer, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/442,519.
Application 18/442,519 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2022/041897, filed on Aug. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/242,422, filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0184121 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0176 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mounted device, comprising:
a head-mounted support structure comprising a rigid structure, a flexible structure, and support structures that couple the flexible structure to the rigid structure, wherein the flexible structure at least partially defines a central opening;
left and right optical assemblies configured to display images, wherein the left and right optical assemblies are coupled to the head-mounted support structure; and
a removable cushion that is configured to be selectively attached to the flexible structure, wherein the removable cushion at least partially surrounds the central opening, the removable cushion has first portions having a first rigidity and second portions having a second rigidity lower than the first rigidity, and at least one of the second portions is interposed between at least two of the first portions.