US 12,449,841 B2
Devices with detachable headbands
Toria F. Yan, San Jose, CA (US); Ryan M. David, San Francisco, CA (US); Ryan Fernandez, San Francisco, CA (US); Tingqing Liao, Shenzhen (CN); Yunhe Huang, Pleasanton, CA (US); Bingda Liu, Shenzhen (CN); Hao Zhu, San Jose, CA (US); Lauren D. Gerardi, Redwood City, CA (US); Benjamin A. Shaffer, San Jose, CA (US); Robert V. Tang, San Francisco, CA (US); Richard P. Howarth, San Francisco, CA (US); Nicolas Lylyk, Los Gatos, CA (US); Thomas Richard Routh, Pemberton (CA); Alex Warburton, Squamish (CA); Uwe Michael Homm, Squamish (CA); James Russell Griffin, Squamish (CA); Michael Scott Pritchett, Pemberton (CA); Kathryn Lorraine Pritchett, Pemberton (CA); and Sion Gwynn, Whistler (CA)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/870,647.
Prior Publication US 2024/0028072 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); A41D 20/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/163 (2013.01) [A41D 20/00 (2013.01); G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); G06F 1/1607 (2013.01); G06F 1/1679 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0154 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A headband system operable with a head-mounted device having displays configured to display images to eye boxes, the headband system comprising:
a headband having an opening and a strap;
a head-mounted device housing structure having a post configured to be received within the opening;
a latch having a latch member configured to move between an open position in which the latch member does not engage the post and a closed position in which the latch member engages the post and secures the headband to the head-mounted device housing structure, wherein the latch comprises a magnetic biasing mechanism with a first magnet on the post that is configured to magnetically attract a second magnet on the latch member to bias the latch member towards the post when the latch member is in the closed position; and
a third magnet on the strap that is configured to magnetically attract the first magnet to pull the post into the opening.