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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Cox, Seattle, WA (US);
Genevieve Walker, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); A41D 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/014 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); A41D 19/0024 (2013.01); G02B 27/01 (2013.01); G06F 2203/013 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed apparatus may include (1) a deformable material that is dimensioned to conform to a body part of a user and configured to stretch in at least one direction, (2) a transducer coupled to the deformable material, (3) a conduit that extends along the deformable material in the at least one direction and that couples the transducer to a control system, and (4) stitching in the deformable material that restricts the deformable material from stretching farther than the conduit is configured to extend. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.