US 12,147,053 B2
Removable facial interface
Erin M. Bosch, San Jose, CA (US); Darshan R. Kasar, San Francisco, CA (US); Timon A. Wright, San Francisco, CA (US); Nicholas R. Trincia, San Francisco, CA (US); Jonathan M. Anderson, San Francisco, CA (US); Liam R. Martinez, San Francisco, CA (US); Ian A. Guy, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Paul X. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US); Samuel G. Smith, San Francisco, CA (US); Jeffrey A. Griffis, San Carlos, CA (US); and Andrew Gallaher, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/470,408.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/376,743, filed on Sep. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0103287 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0176 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mountable device (HMD) comprising:
a display;
a facial interface frame at least partially surrounding the display;
a removable facial interface attached to the facial interface frame and configured to contact a user's face, the facial interface frame disposed between the removable facial interface and the display;
a first attachment mechanism attached to one of the facial interface frame or the removable facial interface; and
a second attachment mechanism attached to the other of the facial interface frame or the removable facial interface, the removable facial interface attached to the facial interface frame by the first attachment mechanism and the second attachment mechanism.