ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,966, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Hub station for wearable accessories" was invented by Ivan S. Maric (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Paul X. Wang (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hub stations for wearable accessories include accessory areas, some accessory areas including receptacles configured to receive and support the wearable accessories. The hub stations include hub indicators associated with respective receptacles or accessory areas. The hub indicators are configured to provide indications designating at least one of user information for, a charge level of, or an availability of ...