Band connector for a watch or a smart watch Patent Grant Kang , et al. A [Fitbit, Inc.]

Band connector for a watch or a smart watch

Kang , et al. A

Patent Grant D857011

U.S. patent number D857,011 [Application Number D/676,187] was granted by the patent office on 2019-08-20 for band connector for a watch or a smart watch. This patent grant is currently assigned to Fitbit, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Fitbit, Inc.. Invention is credited to Jeffrey Andrew Fisher, Yu Chuan Kang, Derek Jenchia Loh, Patrick James Markan, Benjamin Patrick Robert Jean Riot, Stephen Ronald Smilovitz.

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United States Patent	D857,011
Kang , et al.	August 20, 2019

Band connector for a watch or a smart watch

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a band connector for a watch or a smart watch, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Kang; Yu Chuan (Taipei, TW), Loh; Derek Jenchia (San Carlos, CA), Riot; Benjamin Patrick Robert Jean (San Francisco, CA), Fisher; Jeffrey Andrew (Mountain View, CA), Markan; Patrick James (San Francisco, CA), Smilovitz; Stephen Ronald (Belmont, CA)

Applicant:

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

Assignee:

Fitbit, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)

Appl. No.:

D/676,187

Filed:

January 9, 2019

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
29645397	Apr 25, 2018

Current U.S. Class:	D14/344; D24/186
Current International Class:	1402
Field of Search:	;D14/138r,144,341,344,358,388,218 ;D10/30-39,70,98 ;D11/3,4,26,93-94,78.1,79,86 ;D24/167,169,186-187,164

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Primary Examiner: Fox; Barbara
Assistant Examiner: Reed; Kristen E
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Polson Intellectual Property Law, PC Polson; Margaret

Description

This application is related to application Ser. No. 29/635,224 filed Jan. 29, 2018, which is incorporated entirely by reference herein for all purposes.

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a band connector for a watch or a smart watch.

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a right side elevation view of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a front side elevation view of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a back side elevation view of FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is a close-up side elevation view of the attachment surface of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is an isometric view of FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 is a cross sectional view taken along line 9-9 of FIG. 7 directionally upward.

FIG. 10 is a cross sectional view taken along line 10-10 of FIG. 7 directionally downward.

FIG. 11 is a cross sectional view taken along line 11-11 of FIG. 7.

FIG. 12 is a top, right side isometric view of a pair of band connectors for a watch or a smart watch exploded off the body of a watch.

FIG. 13 is a right side elevation view of FIG. 12.

FIG. 14 is a left side elevation view of FIG. 12.

FIG. 15 front side elevation view of FIG. 12, with band connectors displaced sideways for visibility.

FIG. 16 is a back side elevation view of FIG. 15.

FIG. 17 is a top plan view of FIG. 15.

FIG. 18 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 15.

FIG. 19 is a bottom, left side isometric view of FIG. 15.

FIG. 20 is a front isometric view of one of the band connector of FIG. 12.

FIG. 21 is a front elevation view of FIG. 20.

FIG. 22 is a back side elevation view of FIG. 20.

FIG. 23 is a left side elevation view of FIG. 20.

FIG. 24 is a right side elevation view of FIG. 20.

FIG. 25 is a top plan view of FIG. 20.

FIG. 26 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 20.

FIG. 27 is a front bottom isometric view of FIG. 20.

FIG. 28 is a cross section taken along line 28-28 of FIG. 20 directionally upward.

FIG. 29 is a cross section taken along line 29-29 of FIG. 9 directionally downward; and,

FIG. 30 is a cross section taken along line 30-30 of FIG. 9.

The features shown in broken lines in the drawing depict environmental subject matter only, and form no part of the claimed design. The dash dot dash lines represent unclaimed borders.

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