US 12,133,743 B2
Fabric-based items with stretchable bands
Steven J. Keating, Calgary (CA); Daniel D. Sunshine, Austin, TX (US); Benjamin J. Grena, San Francisco, CA (US); Daniel A. Podhajny, Morgan Hill, CA (US); Jerzy S. Guterman, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jessica J. Lu, Menlo Park, CA (US); and David M. Kindlon, Felton, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,733.
Application 17/900,733 is a continuation of application No. 17/088,457, filed on Nov. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,484,264.
Application 17/088,457 is a continuation of application No. 16/140,419, filed on Sep. 24, 2018, granted, now 10,849,557, issued on Dec. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,505, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0000435 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/80 (2018.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/113 (2006.01); A61B 5/25 (2021.01); D02G 3/44 (2006.01); D03D 1/00 (2006.01); D03D 7/00 (2006.01); D03D 15/56 (2021.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01)
CPC A61B 5/6831 (2013.01) [A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/02141 (2013.01); A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/02444 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 5/113 (2013.01); A61B 5/25 (2021.01); A61B 5/6804 (2013.01); A61B 5/6805 (2013.01); A61B 5/6823 (2013.01); D02G 3/441 (2013.01); D03D 1/0088 (2013.01); D03D 7/00 (2013.01); D03D 15/56 (2021.01); H04B 1/385 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); A61B 5/021 (2013.01); A61B 5/681 (2013.01); A61B 5/6824 (2013.01); A61B 2503/10 (2013.01); A61B 2503/12 (2013.01); A61B 2505/07 (2013.01); A61B 2505/09 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0468 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/125 (2013.01); A61B 2562/164 (2013.01); D10B 2331/02 (2013.01); D10B 2331/10 (2013.01); D10B 2401/18 (2013.01); D10B 2509/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wristwatch device, comprising:
a housing; and
a fabric band coupled to the housing, wherein the fabric band comprises conductive strands that are coupled to the housing, the conductive strands form wireless transceiver circuitry, the conductive strands convey communication signals between the fabric band and the housing, and the fabric band further comprises a display that includes an array of pixels.