Starting with the iPhone 12 series and the new MacBook Pro, Apple has begun to expandMagSafe magnetic fastening design, and it may be applied to more peripheral products and even accessories such as clothing in the future.
From Apple's recentObtain patent contentIt shows that it is possible to replace traditional clothing fastening methods such as buttons and zippers with magnetic design, so that clothes can have a flatter fastening effect and are also easier to put on and take off.
In the relevant description, Apple believes that traditional buttons not only make clothes more difficult to put on and take off, but also require more time to button them, but cannot guarantee a better fixation effect. Although zippers are more convenient to use than buttons, they may also be difficult to pull up because of the zipper itself, or because the zipper creates an abrupt design.
The magnetic design can fix clothes through magnetic adsorption, and the buckle design ensures that they will not fall off easily after adsorption and will only be undone when operated by the user.
However, it is not yet possible to confirm which products Apple expects this design patent to be used in. It may appear in future new Apple Watch strap accessories, or even be used inRumored virtual vision wearable device.
Apple has already applied many magnetic designs to its products, such as the MagSafe magnetic structure added to the iPhone 12, and the MagSafe charger design that was used in Mac models in the early days and recently resumed in the new MacBook Pro. The storage box included in the AirPods series of headphones or the protective case of the AirPods Max all use a magnetic buckle design.
