Interchangeable cases for biometric monitoring devices

US8776418B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• FITBIT, LLC · US

Inventors

• Mark Manuel Martinez · San Francisco, US
• Michael Hans Berlinger · San Francisco, US
• Keeline Burdick Wilcox · Mountain View, US
• Michael Joseph Francisco · Fremont, US
• Andrew Cole Axley · San Francisco, US
• James Park · Berkeley, US
• Eric Nathan Friedman · San Francisco, US
• Shelten Gee Jao Yuen · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 13, 2013
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 13, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09F3/14
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.