Head mounted device and head mounted system

Patent 7962972 Issued on June 21, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 29, 2025. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Application

No. 11240265 filed on 09/29/2005

US Classes:

2/421Including helmet-retention means

Examiners

Primary: Patel, Tejash

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP

Foreign Patent References

11-119148 JP 04/01/1999
11-298826 JP 10/01/1999

International Class

A42B 7/00

Abstract

Provided is a head mounted device that can be smoothly mounted onto a head. The head mounted device includes: a frame extending from a front head side to a back head side in a mounted state onto a head; and a head holding portion attached to the frame and provided with a pad pressed to the head; in which the head holding portion, in a non-mounted state in which the device is not mounted to the head, holds the pad such that the pad is opened toward a direction in which the head mounted device is mounted onto the head as compared to the mounted state onto the head.