US1165872A - Bracelet. - Google Patents

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A. HADLEY. BRACELET.

APPLISATION FILED NOV. 20, 1914.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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ART HADLEY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

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Application filed November 20, 1914-.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, ART HADLEY, a subject of the King of England, and resident of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful improve ments in Bracelets, of whichthe followng s a specification.

This invention relates to bracelets of the extendible type and has for its object to provide such a bracelet having in its construction an extendible link which comprises a plurality of members adapted to be unfolded and extended to enlarge the bracelet to permit it to pass over the hand onto the arm of thewearer, and to provide means in this link whereby these members are adapted to be folded one upon the other to contract the bracelet to its normal size.

It is found in practice that the ordinary expansion bracelet formed of sliding links does not expand sufficiently to permit it to be readily passed over the hand onto the arm of the wearer and then contract sufliciently to fit tightly about the arm, which is quite necessary in this class of bracelets, therefore, to obviate this-ditliculty and permit the bracelet to be temporarily enlarged, I have interposed an extendible link which is constructed of a plurality of members hinged together and adapted to be unfolded to extend the bracelet sufficiently to permit it to be readily passed over the hand after which the members of this link may be readily folded into contracted position by the action of the thumb and finger of one hand causing it to fit closely about the arm.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the ap' ended claims.

n the accompanying drawings: Figure 1- is a side elevation showing a bracelet with my improved extendible link connected thereto, the link being in contracted position. Fig. 2- shows the bracelet with my improved extendible link inpartially unfolded position. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the extendible link in folded or closed position with one of the sides of the housing member removed. Fig. 4- shows the extendible link in extended or unfolded position. Fig. 5 is a top view showing the extendible link in extended position. Fig. 6 is a detail in perspective of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1%1115.

Serial No. 873,116.

housing member showing the two sides of the same connected together at opposite ends by bridge members.

Referring to the drawings 10 designates the housing member of the extendible link :VhlCll is'preferably shaped to correspond in external appearance to the other links-in the bracelet and in this particular form of bracelet this member is blanked out of sheet stock and then struck up to form a pair of trough shaped members 11 and 12, spaced apart and their opposite ends are connected together by bridges 13 and 14, respectively. In this space 15 between these members, ll havemounted an extension arm 16 which has one end 18 bent into loop form about the bridge 13 at one end of this housing member, the opposite end 19 of this extension arm is bent into loop form around the bridge 21 in the next adjacent link 22. Another extension arm 23 also lies in this space 15 in the housing member and has one end 24 bent in loop form about the bridge 14 of said member and its opposite end 25 is looped around thebridge 26 in the adjacent link 27. As will be seen by this construction this housing link 10 with its two extendible arms 16 and 23 is adapted to be unfolded and extended into the position illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 to elongate the same to the extent of about three times the length of the housing link and that the members of this link are readily folded back into position to contract or shorten the bracelet when desired.

By my improved construction it will be seen that when the link is folded into contracted position, see Fig. 3, owing to the arrangement of the parts the end wise strain on the link does not tend to pull the same open, but on the contrary the slight tension due to the springs in the other links would have the effect to rather hold the members of this link in folded position, rather than to open or unfold the same, in other words, this link is prevented from accidentally opening when in position on the arm owing to the fact that it is obliged to open inwardly against the arm and the tension of the springs in the other sections would prevent such opening action without assistance, but in order to insure the link against accidental unfolding even when not upon the arm of the wearer, I have provided a spring lock or detent which engages the ends of the extending members to hold them in .folded'position; This detent may be of any slight protuberance 28 which is formed on the end 19 of the extendible arm 16 and a corresponding recess 29 is formed inthe end 24 of the arm 23 also a similar protuberance 30 is formed in the end 18 of the arm 16 and a corresponding recess 31 in the end 25 of the arm 23, whereby when these members are folded together the protuberance 28-is sprung into and enters the recess 29 and also theprotuberance 30 springs into.

and enters the recess 31 thereby releasably securing these parts together in folded position.

v A feature of my improved construction is that the members of this extendible link are very readily folded together by the thumb and fingers of one hand, which is quite a necessary construction, as when a lady is applying'the bracelet to her arm, she is thus enabled to manipulate the same to move the parts to contracted position without assistance.

f I claim: I

1. In a bracelet an extendible link comprising three members pivoted together end to end, the outer end of each end member being adapted to be connected tmadjacent ends of the bracelet, the middle member of said link being free to be swung on one of its pivots over end for end uponone of the end members and draw the second end member with it and over upon it, whereby all of thesaid three members of'thelink are folded to overlie each other when in contracted position.

2. In a bracelet an extendible link comprising three members pivoted together end to end, the outer end of each end member being adapted to be connected to adjacent ends of the bracelet, the middle member of said link being free to be swung on one of its pivots over end for end upon one of the end members and draw the second end member with it and over-upon it, whereby all of the said three members of the link are folded to overlie each other when in con tracted position, and means for locking said members in contracted position.

3. In a bracelet, an extendible link comprising a housing member having two spaced apart side members connected by a bridge at each end, a pair of extension arms pivoted to said bridges, one at each end of said housing member, the opposite ends of said arms being connected to the adjacent links of the bracelet whereby said arms are adapted t0-be folded into the space in the housing link, to overlie each other when in contracted position, to reducethe length of the bracelet.

4. In a bracelet, an extendible link comprising a housing member having two spaced apart side members connected by a bridge at each end, a pair of extension arms pivoted to said bridge, one at each end of said housing member, the opposite ends of said arms being connected to the adjacent links of the bracelet whereby said arms are adapted to be folded into the space in the housing link to over-lie each other when in contracted position to reduce the length of the bracelet, and means in said members for locking the parts in contracted position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ART HADLEY.

Witnesses:

HOWARD E. BARLOW, A. F. MACREADY.

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