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Attachment mechanism

Granted 17 Dec 2019 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Fitbit · originally Alphabet Inc.

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Inventors: Eric John Fairbanks, Ming-Sheng Ku, Dennis Jacob McCray, Chadwick John Harber +1 · Examiner: Wan Laymon · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/630,160
filed 19 Dec 2017
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US D869982
granted 17 Dec 2019

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top view of an…

FIG. 1 is a top view of an attachment mechanism of a band portion of a wearable fitness monitor.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the attachment mechanism of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a front view of the attachment mechanism of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a back view of the attachment mechanism of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a side view of the attachment mechanism of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is the other side view of the attachment mechanism of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is an isometric view of the attachment mechanism of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is an isometric view of the attachment mechanism of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 9 is an isometric view of the attachment mechanism of FIG. 1 mounted in a band.

Stipple shading is used in all of the accompanying Figures to convey surface contouring and not texture. The broken lines shown in the drawings illustrate portions of the attachment mechanism that form no part of the claimed design. Surfaces that do not include stipple shading and are bounded, at least in part, by broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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D11/94D24/167

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