ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,863, issued on April 21, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Securement for an electronic device" was invented by Andrew Gallaher (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Aiden D. Mossop (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Samuel G. Smith (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device can include a band that having a bifurcated rear portion. The bifurcated rear portion can include an upper elongate structure and a lower elongate structure that extend between bifurcation points of the band. In one example, each of the upper and lower elongate structures includes an outer tube, one or more inner tubes at least partially disposed ...