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Support member for wearable device

  • US 9,977,249 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/2017
  • Issued: 05/22/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A support member for a wearable device comprising:

  • a first contact portion that is configured to come into contact with one of a right or a left temporal region of a head of a user;

    a second contact portion that is configured to come into contact with an other of the right or the left temporal region of the head;

    a frame portion that is configured to be interposed along a frontal region of the head of the user between the first contact portion and the second contact portion;

    a first connection portion that is configured to connect the first contact portion and the frame portion to each other; and

    a second connection portion that is configured to connect the second contact portion and the frame portion to each other,wherein the first connection portion has a first extension portion which is configured to extend toward a front of the user from the first contact portion along the one of the right or the left temporal region of the head of the user, and a first dividing portion which is configured to be located forward from an ear of the user and which is configured to connect the first extension portion and the frame portion to each other so as to form a first frame extension portion configured to extend toward a rear of the user from the frame portion, and in a top view, the first extension portion and the first frame extension portion each extend from the first dividing portion with the first extension portion being inside the first frame extension portion in a direction towards the head of the user so that the first extension portion and the first frame extension portion are offset from each other in the direction towards the head of the user as the first extension portion and the first frame extension portion extend from the first dividing portion toward the rear of the user,wherein the second connection portion has a second extension portion which is configured to extend toward the front of the user from the second contact portion along the other of the right or the left temporal region of the head of the user, and a second dividing portion which is configured to be located forward from the ear of the user and which is configured to connect the second extension portion and the frame portion to each other so as to form a second frame extension portion configured to extend toward the rear of the user from the frame portion, and in the top view, the second extension portion and the second frame extension portion each extend from the second dividing portion with the second extension portion being inside the second frame extension portion in the direction towards the head of the user so that the second extension portion and the second frame extension portion are offset from each other in the direction towards the head of the user as the second extension portion and the second frame extension portion extend from the second dividing portion toward the rear of the user, andwherein one or more of the first frame extension portion and the second frame extension portion includes a support portion which is configured to support a wearable device.

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