US1340859A - Stand for watches - Google Patents

Description

W. E. BECK.

STAND FOR WATCHES. APPLICATION man MAR- 10. 1920.

Patented May 18, 1920.

,WILLIAM E. BECK, Cfsfi BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

strewn non warenns.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May is, 1920.

Application filed March 10, 1920. Serial No. 364,829.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM Eannsr BECK, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 73 Linden road, Bournville,

Birmingham, in the county of lVarwiclg- England, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Stand for Watches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention comprises a new or improved stand or clip for watches and has for its object to provide an extremely simple and cheap stand which will effectively support a watch as say in a bedroom or on a table or in a shop, the invention being particularly useful for supporting luminous watches by the bedside, or for exhibiting watches on shelves or for projecting watches from the edge of a shelf as in shop windows.

According to this invention the support has a pair of spring arms adapted to embrace the pendant of the watch, and a strut member disposed between thespring arms and adapted to bear upon the pendant of the watch in such manner that only a limited movement is permitted between the watch and stand.

The stand may also incorporate a spring clip for attachment to the edge of a shelf.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation of one form of the device.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the device in use.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section.

Fig. 4: is a plan view of another form of the device.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the form shown in Fig. 4:.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the device is shown as arranged for supporting a watch upon a table; the stand 1 is pressed from sheet metal and may be conveniently of a more or less triangular form, i. 6., two feet 2, 2 at the base and an upstanding portion which is provided with long slots 3, 3 dividing the upper part into two spring arms 4-. 4 adapted to embrace the pendant with a strut portion 5 between them. The extremities of the two parts are rounded and the slots 3 are narrow the ends but widen so that the arms 4i may be sprung around the pendant, which is firmly held when it is located in the wide portion at the end of the slots.

The strut 5 may conveniently be formed integral with the stand and the spring arms 1 as shown. Alternatively the strut 5 may be stamped from another part of the stand and bent to bring it into the required position. As shown the strut 5 is slightly shorter than the spring arms at and it is shaped to fit against the back of the pendant and is preferably bent so as to lie in a plane slightly above that of the spring arms l.

The upper ends of the spring limbs 4 are bent over toward the front of the pendant while the strut 5 forms an abutment at the back thereof at a higher level in. such manner as to limit the angular movement between the stand and watch so as to prevent them falling over.

The bottom of the watch and the two legs of the stand thus together constitute a threepoint suspension.

The invention is also applicable for displaying watches on shelves or from the edges of shelves in shops, in which latter case the stand may be formed integral with, or secured to, a spring clip portion adapted to engage with the edge of a shelf whereby watches may be projected forwardly from the edge of a shelf in a safe and secure manner and at such an angle as to most effectively display the face of the watch. This clip may also carry a price card or the like.

A device of this kind is shown in Figs. 4 and 5 wherein a single piece of sheet material, preferably spring steel, is cut and bent as shown to provide a clip 6 adapted to grip firmly on to the edge of a shelf or the like. The metal of which the clip is formed is out along lines 7, 8, 9 and 10 forming between those lines a pair of spring arms 11, 11 and a strut 12. These spring arms 11 and strut 12 operate between them to support a watch. The device is shown in use in Fig. 5 with the pendant of the watch gripped between the spring arms 1.1 and supported by the strut 12 which, in this construction, is at a lower level than the spring arms 11.

The metal of which the clip is made may also be cut as shown at 13 and the severed tongue of metal 14: may be bent as shown. The tongue 14 may be further out as shown at 15 to provide a spring clip for holding a price or announcement card as 16.

It will be understood that in this construction any one or more of the tongues of metal forming the spring arms or the strut may be made separately and secured to the A watch support provided with a pair of spaced arms shaped in their opposing sides to fit opposite sides of a watch pendant, and with a'strut between said arms and of less length than said arms and arranged to hear, at its outer end, against one side of the pendant.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 7 in presence of two witnesses;

WILLIAM E. BECK.

Witnesses:

G. V. SYMns, G. M. Cox,

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