US 11,768,518 B1
Head securement for head-mountable device
Yoonhoo Jo, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Paul X. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US); Heidi Williamson, San Francisco, CA (US); and Trevor J Ness, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/372,336.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/065,411, filed on Aug. 13, 2020.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/163 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0176 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mountable device comprising:
an HMD module comprising:
a frame having a frame inner side and a frame outer side;
a display element supported by the frame;
an HMD module attachment element on the frame inner side; and
extensions extending from the frame comprising engagement pins;
a light seal module comprising:
a chassis having a chassis inner side and a chassis outer side; and
a light seal module attachment element on the chassis outer side, the light seal module attachment element being configured to releasably engage the HMD module attachment element; and
a head securement element extending from the chassis inner side of the light seal module, the head securement element comprising:
a pair of arms, each of the arms comprising a head securement element attachment element coupled to the light seal module, each of the arms defining a channel therein, each of the channels receiving a corresponding one of the engagement pins to guide movement of the head securement element to be toward or away from the HMD module; and
a band having ends coupled to the arms, the band being configured to extend around a head, each of the channels of the arms being positioned between a corresponding head securement element attachment element and a corresponding end of the band.