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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Camille I Henrot, San Francisco, CA (US);
Linda D Benavente-Notaro, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Weibing Gong, San Jose, CA (US);
Benjamin A Shaffer, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert V Tang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jenna L Withrow, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xueqin Xu, Shenzhen, CN;
Yan Wang, Hangzhou, CN;
Zhe Cheng, Suzhou, CN;
Haoyu Li, Shenzhen, CN;
Tsung-Wen Su, Tainan, TW;
Le Zhao, Shenzhen, CN;
Charlotte M Baravian, Campbell, CA (US);
Yiwei Tao, Campbell, CA (US);
Alex Warburton, Squamish, CA;
Emma Wardell, Pemberton, CA;
James Griffin, Pemberton, CA;
Andrew Campbell, Pemberton, CA;
Thomas Richard Routh, Pemberton, CA;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A protective cover for a head-mounted device may include a cover layer and a ribbed fabric sidewall that together form a recess for receiving the head-mounted device. The cover layer may include a foam layer and a stiffener wrapped in fabric layers and may be configured to cover and protect an external display in the head-mounted device. The ribbed fabric sidewall may include a knit fabric layer and knit ribs on opposing sides of the knit fabric layer. The ribbed fabric sidewall may have a button receiving region and a pull tab region that are modified relative to other regions of the ribbed fabric sidewall by including fewer ribs, unfilled ribs, or ribs of different heights. A pull tab may hide a seam in the ribbed fabric sidewall. The seam may be formed from a filled pocket that provides a plush surface under the pull tab.