US Patent Issued to Apple on April 7 for "Head-mountable device with connectable accessories" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,254, issued on April 7, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Head-mountable device with connectable accessories" was invented by Darshan R. Kasar (San Francisco), Leah M. Cohen (Dallas), Cameron A. Harder (San Francisco), John Raff (Menlo Park, Calif.), Paul X. Wang (Cupertino, Calif.) and David A. Kalinowski (Davis, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Head-mountable devices can include connection mechanisms that provide adjustable and exchangeable connections with other devices to enhance performance of the head-mountable device. Such connections can provide both mechanical engagement and operable communication between...