Wearable device having athletic functionality

US8814754B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NIKE, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Aaron B. Weast · Portland, US
• Jamian R. Cobbett · Portland, US
• Kwamina Crankson · Portland, US
• Michael Dryden · Carpentersville, US
• Gwen Sullivan · Portland, US
• Caroline Petra Annette Bleeker · Portland, US
• Alex Mestas · Portland, US
• Suniti Nina Walia · Portland, US
• Allison Gourley · Portland, US
• Kristopher L. Homsi · Portland, US
• Demi Raven · Seattle, US
• James Zipperer · Seattle, US
• Edward S. Lowe · Seattle, US
• Tara Greer · New York, US
• Stephen Kob · Brooklyn, US
• Maria Ioveva · San Francisco, US
• Marchetti Cesar · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 1, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 26, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 1, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/1438
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A wearable device assembly has a housing supporting a controller, display and indicator system thereon. The controller has at least one sensor wherein activity of a user wearing the device is detected. The controller selectively illuminates the indicator system to indicate a level of activity of the user.