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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2014
Garmin Switzerland Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Adam W. Roush, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Robert M. Kalis, Overland Park, KS (US);
Garmin Switzerland GmbH, , CH;
Abstract
A fitness monitor having a unitary wristband configured to receive a module, such as an electronics module, is disclosed. In one or more implementations, the fitness monitor comprises a module, such as an electronics module, that includes a housing having a first thickness. The fitness monitor also comprises a unitary wristband configured to be worn about a wrist of a user. The unitary wristband includes a housing receiving structure configured to receive the housing of the module so that the combination of the housing receiving structure and the housing has a second thickness, where the second thickness is at least substantially equal to the first thickness. In embodiments, the housing of the monitor may further have a first width, and the combination of the housing receiving structure and the housing may have a second width, where the second width is at least substantially equal to the first width.