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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Fitbit, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Manuel Martinez, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Hans Berlinger, San Francisco, CA (US);
Keeline Burdick Wilcox, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Joseph Francisco, Fremont, CA (US);
Andrew Cole Axley, Oakland, CA (US);
James Park, Berkeley, CA (US);
Eric Nathan Friedman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shelten Gee Jao Yuen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Fitbit, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A biometric monitoring device and multiple carrying cases for same are provided. In some implementations, the case may be made from a flexible viscoelastic material and the biometric monitoring device may be slipped into a receptacle in the case through an opening in the case; the opening may become distended during the insertion of the biometric monitoring device. In some implementations, the case may feature a display window that, in combination with materials of the biometric monitoring device, may mask a display of the biometric monitoring device from view when the display is off and may allow the display to be seen when the display is displaying content.