Low-profile fitness tracker Patent Grant Vandenbussche , et al. [Fitbit, Inc.]

Low-profile fitness tracker

Vandenbussche , et al.

Patent Grant D843864

U.S. patent number D843,864 [Application Number D/625,052] was granted by the patent office on 2019-03-26 for low-profile fitness tracker. This patent grant is currently assigned to Fitbit, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Fitbit, Inc.. Invention is credited to Jonah Avram Becker, Chadwick John Harber, Brian Dennis Paschke, Gregoire Ludovic Vincent Vandenbussche.

United States Patent	D843,864
Vandenbussche , et al.	March 26, 2019

Low-profile fitness tracker

Claims

CLAIM We claim the ornamental design for a low-profile fitness tracker, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Vandenbussche; Gregoire Ludovic Vincent (San Francisco, CA), Paschke; Brian Dennis (San Francisco, CA), Harber; Chadwick John (San Francisco, CA), Becker; Jonah Avram (San Francisco, CA)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Fitbit, Inc.	San Francisco	CA	US

Assignee:

Fitbit, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)

Appl. No.:

D/625,052

Filed:

November 7, 2017

Current U.S. Class:	D10/70; D10/38; D24/167; D14/344; D24/186; D10/97; D10/78
Current International Class:	1004
Field of Search:	;D10/30,31,32,38,39,70,78,97,98 ;D14/203.5,344 ;D24/167,186

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Primary Examiner: Davis; Antoine Duval
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Polson Intellectual Property Law, PC Polson; Margaret

Description

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a low-profile fitness tracker.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the low-profile fitness tracker of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a back view of the low-profile fitness tracker of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a top view of the low-profile fitness tracker of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the low-profile fitness tracker of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the low-profile fitness tracker of FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is an opposite side view of the low-profile fitness tracker of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is an off-angle view of the low-profile fitness tracker of FIG. 1.

FIG. 9 is a different off-angle view of the low-profile fitness tracker of FIG. 1.

FIG. 10 is yet another off-angle view of the low-profile fitness tracker of FIG. 1.

FIG. 11 is an isometric view of the low-profile fitness tracker of FIG. 1 in a band-closed configuration, such as is formed when the ends of the band are fastened together, as shown; the band portions of the low-profile fitness tracker are made from a flexible material, allowing them to be flexed into the configuration shown in order to be worn.

FIG. 12 is an off-angle of the low-profile fitness tracker of FIG. 11 in the band-closed configuration; and,

FIG. 13 is a detail view of the low-profile fitness tracker of FIG. 6.

The low-profile fitness tracker depicted in the accompanying figures may be worn on a person's wrist. The low-profile fitness tracker may include two wristband straps that are flexible to allow the wristband straps to form a loop.

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 low-profile fitness tracker that form no part of the claimed design; dash-dot-dot boundary lines and rectangles indicate a transition between claimed and unclaimed subject matter. Surfaces that do not include stipple shading and are bounded, at least in part, by broken lines and/or dash-dot-dot boundary lines or rectangles form no part of the claimed design.

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