Patent ID: 7793361

Claim:
An article of apparel comprising: a textile element that defines an aperture having a non-circular shape; a reinforcing structure positionable within the aperture and attachable to the textile element; an electronic device positionable within the aperture and securable to at least one of the reinforcing structure and the textile element, the electronic device also being removable from the aperture, and the electronic device having a non-circular shape; and a first securing member that is directly releasably securable to a second securing member, the first securing member and the second securing member configured to releasably engage the reinforcing structure and to releasably engage the electronic device to thereby releasably secure at least a portion of the electronic device to the textile element within the aperture, wherein at least one of the first securing member and the second securing member has a lip that extends over at least a portion of a top surface of the electronic device.