Apple may be planning a new, more comfortable, securement strap for the Vision Pro as evidenced by a newly granted patent for, well, an “Electronic Device Securement Strap.”
About the patent
In the patent Apple notes that, typically, securement straps, bands, arms, or other securement mechanisms connected to the display component of a device such as the Vision Pro can extend at least partially around the user’s head and exert a force inward against the head to secure the display in front of the user’s eyes. These securement straps exert enough force to press the display against the user’s face, including against the user’s cheeks, nose, and forehead, to secure the display in front of the user’s eyes and maintain that position during use while the user may move around or jostle the device.
However, during periods of extended use — for example while watching a movie or playing a game with the head-mountable device for minutes or hours at a time, the force exerted by the securement mechanism, and thus by the display component against the face of the user, can become uncomfortable.
Forces applied to the user by the device, especially on the front of the user’s head/face and the back of the user’s head, where the securement strap or other securement mechanism produces the force of the display component on the face, can create uneven pressure concentrations that can exacerbate the discomfort of the user.
Apple’s patent involves devices and systems for securing wearable electronic devices, including head-mountable devices, to a user without causing discomfort and pain with extended use.
Summary of the patent
Here’s Apple’s abstract of the patent: “A securement band for a head-mountable device can include a variable length strap, a first load spreader connected to the variable length strap, and a second load spreader connected to and separated from the first load spreader by the variable length strap. The first and second load spreaders can be fixed in length. The variable length strap can include elastic material and the first and second load spreaders can be rigid.”
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