The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022

Filed:

May. 12, 2020
Applicant:

Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Evan Matthew Pezent, Redmond, WA (US);

Priyanshu Agarwal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Hrvoje Benko, Seattle, WA (US);

Nicholas Colonnese, Kirkland, WA (US);

Ali Israr, Bothell, WA (US);

Shea Jonathan Robinson, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/014 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed wearable apparatus may include (1) a device dimensioned to fit about a body part of a user, (2) a tensioning mechanism that harnesses to the device in a manner that is relative to the fit of the device about the body part of the user, and (3) an actuator couples to the tensioning mechanism that, when actuated, causes substantially tangential movement of the tensioning mechanism relative to a surface of the body part to produce substantially orthogonal movement of the device relative to the surface of the body part. Various other methods, systems, and/or computer-readable media are also disclosed.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…