Patently Apple first covered an Apple Watch patent about an "auto adjustment" band system in 2016. There was a lull on this focus until this year. In fact, Patently Apple posted a granted report on Tuesday titled "Apple has Won a Patent for a next-gen Continuous Watch Band using Highly Elastic Composites." In early January 2023 we covered another granted patent relating to an "adjustable fit" Apple Watch Band. Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that once again addresses the desire to provide future Apple Watch users with a superior band fitting experience. Apple also touches on a lock and unlock methodology.
Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent that relates to a new Apple Watch Band design that Apple refers to as a Continuous Watch Band using highly elastic composites allowing the band to expand to fit over a hand to the wrist and take on a fitted mode.