US1450848A - Watch protector - Google Patents

Description

Apr. 3, 1923.

M. M. GETO WATCH PROTECTOR Filed Aug. 9

WIT/VESSES A TOHNEYS Patented Apr. 3, 1923.

i narran stares MAX M. euro, or BROOKLYN, new roar:

RATION, OF NEVI YORK,

, ASSIGNOR TO WATCH PROTECTOR CORPO- N. Y., A CORPORATXON OF NEW' YORK.

WATCH PROTECTOR.

Application filed August 9, 1921.

To @ZZ alg/tom t may concor/aff Be it known that FMAX M. GETO, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved lVatch Protector', of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description. n This invention relates to a watch protector, and has for an object the provision of a simple, eliicient, economically manufactured device whereby t-he improper removal a watch from a persfons pocket is made impossible without the owner of the watch being made aware of this attempt.

Another object resides in the provision of means whereby the slightest attempt to remove the watch will instantly cause the engagement ot the protector with the pocket, `whereby the watch cannot be removed therefrom.

A i'urthcr object resides in the pro-vision of means which acts to achieve the abovementioned objects and which, at the same time, excepting when operated in a particular way, appears merely to be a neat and artistic ornament or charm used in connection with the watch and chain.

A still further object resides in the particular construction and arrangement of parts which are hereinafter described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of whichH Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section taken through a pocket showing the watch and the protector in the pocket with the protector in the inoperative position;,

Figure 2 is a similar section showing the protector in the operating position;

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken through the protector when the parte are in their normal position;

Figure et is a similar section showing the parts in their operative position; and

Figure 5 is a horizontal section taken on the line 5-5 0f Figure 4.

Y This invention, as shown in the drawings, which* indicate the preferred form, is adapted to be used for the protection of a, wat-ch, such as 1, when it is inserted within a watch pocket 2 which has walls, such as 3 and 4, lying closely adjacent the watch. The watch is provided with the usual pivoted ring 5 to which a small link 6 is con- Seral No. 490,931.

nected. This linlr is adapted to extend into the lower end of a casing 7 and to embrace a bar 8 thereof, whereby the casing is con* nected at its lower end to the watch 1. This rsi may br: ci :my suitable material and is shown shaped somewhat cylindrical and to some extent simulating an acorn. This casing is hollow and the upper edges thereof are flared out as at 9. A cap 10 of any suitable material is provided with an outwardly projecting flange portion 11 which can be spun over the upper edge of the casizig 'l'. :hif-z cap if.:v provided with a central aperture 12 through which a pin or stub shaft 13 extends. This shaft at its upper end is provided with an aperture 14 through which a linlr 15 oi a watch chain 17 extends. lower end, is provided with an outwardly extending ilzznfre portion .151 between which and the inner tace et the cap 10 a coil spring 19 is disposed, which spring tends normally to hold the' shaft well within the casing 7, as indicated in Fig. 8.

Disposed in the cap 10, and preferably at intervals around the periphery thereof, are a plurality ot apertures 20. Through these apertures a plurality ot sharp-pointed spears or garment-engaging means 21 are adapted to extend, as shown in Fig. L1. The lower ends ot these spears 21 are each curved to lie in a slot 22 in the lower en d of the stub shaft 18 and to be loosely restrained therein bjr a coiled ring 23.

The spring 19 extends from the inner face of the cap 10 and along the stub shaft 13. The lower end of the spring bears against portions ot the spears 21 and thereby tends to force them outwardly at all times. The upturned lip portions 24 on the bottom orp the' casing oppose the action of the spring when the stub shaft is in the normal position.

However', when an attempt is made to pull or move the chain 17 with respect to the watch 1, the stub shaft 13 is moved. The movement of the stub shaft causes the spears 21 to be pulled out of the cap 1() through the apertures 20, and when they are pulled out they extend upwardly from the protector casing and almost immediately engage either one of the walls of the pocket in which the watch is closely confined. It is to be observed that any suitahle number of spears may be provided and. can be connected to This stub shaft or pin 13, at its lll@ awhich would cause the'spears to he pulled out to engage with the garment fabric.

lt will he ohr-served, therefore, that l have provided. a simple, eliic1ent m an ufactured device whereby it absolutely iinpossil'ile to suicessiiully withdraw a watch :from a pocket by pulling` on the ordinary watch chain, hut that in order to get the `watch out the hands or fingers must be linserted within the pocket to grip the protector casing'. In substantially all cases, if this were done hy 'attention o-'li the person 'owning the watch would he attracted.

cWhatrI claim is:

A watch `protector which includes a casing having; a cover with apertures therein7 a stub shaft slidahle in. said casing, a spring `=within `the casing engaging the stuh sha-it7 said spring' being expansihle to hold the stub shaft retracted within the casing, the lower* end of the stub shaft being' provided with a plurality of longitudinal slots, a flange on' economically an improper person theV the end of the stub shaft, a plurality of spears located in said slots, and a flexible ring` surrounding the end of the stub shaft and the ends oit the spears to hold them in said slots.

2. A watch protector which includes a casing having a cover with apertures therein, a stub shaft slidable in said cas-ing, aneX- pansihle spring` within said casing and engagging with the stub shaft to hold it retracted therewithin, the lower end of the stub shalft being provided with a pluralitj)T oi longitudinal slots, a flange on the end of the stuh sha'ii't, a plurality of spears located in said slots, and a flexible ring surround- `mp; the end o'lB the stub shaft and the ends of the spears tohold them in the slots, said spring being; disposed around the shaft loetween the cover and hearing at one end against the spears and tending to move the spears away from the stub shaft.

3. A watch protector which includes -a casing,Y having` a cover with apertures therein7 a slidable stub shaft' extending` into Said cas ingI and having a slotted flanged head on the lower end thereof7 a plurality of spears disposedin said slots and pivotally connected to the stulo shaft, and an expansihle spring disposed around the stub shaft, one end of 'the spring bearing against the cover and the other end of the spring` bearing against the spears and tending to force them outward away from the stub sha-ft.

MAX M. erro,

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