US1618698A

US1618698A - Watch lock

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Publication number: US1618698A
Application number: US86893A
Authority: US
Inventors: Blas N Colon
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1926-02-08
Filing date: 1926-02-08
Publication date: 1927-02-22
Anticipated expiration: 1944-02-22

Description

Feb. 22, 1927.

B. N. COL-ON WATCH LOCK Filed Feb. 8, 1926 ATTORNEYS Cit cans 5 1? Bras ooLon', ea donates; ARIZONA.

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Application filCd February;

Thisii ivention relates to improvements in devices for safely holdingwatches in the' pockets ofnsers, andvan object of the inven" tion is to provide such device, herein known as awatch lock,;servin;g the double function of so gripping-the cloth as'to prevent pulling the watch out accidentally-o1" otherwise without especially manipulating the lock, and of-h-olding awatch' fob in position.

Other objects and advantages will appear in thefollowing specification, reference be ing had to the accompanying, drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the improved watch lock in use.

Figure'QiS a front'elevatioir ofthe watch lock,*a-portion-of the fObbBlllg shown in section, i

Figure 3 is a central lverticalsec ion-taken substantially on the line 33 of-Figure 1, illustrating how the lock "grips the cloth.

Figure" 4" is a-de'tai-l p'erspectii c view of the watch lock, the spring release beingpushed-away as in removingthc lock-from the pocket.-

Figure 5-is adetailperspective-view' of a modification referred to later.

The foregoing object of the invention maybe-supplemented by a brief statement of th'epurpose of the-invention. -Persons who carry watches inthe pockets of their clothing must exercise some. care when stoopi-ngor bending, changing clothing, hanging upjthe particular piece that carrice the watch,- etc. inorder that the watch may-not slip out and-fall upon the floor. A watch, loosely carried in the 1 pocket, is alsosubject to theft, so that the use of asimple; yet eitective lock-willsuggest itself is-being of considerablevalue;

The lock, herein disclosed, doesnot dispense with the watch fobso often used, but

also serves as a place of attachment or amounting for the watch fob as wellas "the watch. In this respect the lock constitutes a connector between the watch and the fob.

In carrying out theinvention use is made of a strip of material having the property of resiliency for a certain necessary. gr1pping action. Thls. strip of material s-bent at '1 and 2-to form outer, intermediatean'd inner walls 3, 4t and 5. so named by virtue ofthe order in which they, stand infreference to each other and in referenceto the cloth G of the pocketwhen applied,

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or bent lip 10. which facilitates application of'thelock' to the-cloth C, mentioned be fore. From'here (the bend 1) the interme diatewall e'also tapers downwardly so that the width at the bendQ is substantially the same as that of thelip 10. Thewidth of the bend 2 is maintained throughout the in nerv wall 5 see Fi i-Q), thesides being substantially parallel- V A The tapering shapeof the intermediate wall' l provides space for a pair of open ings 11 into which the teeth 12 of the walls 5 extend when permitted to do so. =.Tlie teeth 12' occur substantially at the base of a flat portion 13 which stands at an angle to the main portion of the inner wall- 5. The wall 5 isfinally bentte produce a finger piece 14 or, as it has beentermed before, a spring release. Thefinger piece 14 is pressed inwardly, as suggested by. the'arrow in Figure l, priorto lifting the watch from the pocket, the inward pressure upon the finger pieceb'eing necessary to disenfrom the cloth C which. the teeth are supposed to have impaled. I

Upon viewing the watch lock in a proper position itis observed that "it has an S-shap'e although this shape is rather distorted. Being of such shape the watch lock hasa pair of loops, the one occurring at the-bend 1, the other at the bend 2. I .These loops are employed to respectively. serve as mounts for vthe'watch fob 8 and Eforthe customary ring of a watch (Fig. 1). To this end the watch lock serves as a connector between the fob and the watch. Thewatch-an'd fob are attached directly to the watch lock wit-hout requiring the use of intermediate chains.

fob, that is to say when the fob is held up so to suspend the watch, the whole forms a continuous, harmonious arrangemeat. Similarly, when the lock is applied to the pocket (Fig. 3) the fob hangs in its natu 'al position as does also the watch. In Figs. 1 and 2 the watch is shown as having taken a position at one side of the lock, but it the pocket is deep enough the watch will obviously hang down as suggested. The i'ob conceals much ol the lock and the lock there tore does not present an unsightly or (filmbersonie appearance.

Attention is directed to Figure 5. This form is a modification of thewatch lock in the foregoing description in that it is equipped with cars 15 at the lateral extremities of the bend 1,serving as a mount for a cross bar 16 which becomes the equivalent of the bridge 7. The cross bar has a slightly bent place 17 to which a watch chain is more readily applied, this bent place cor responding with the indentations 9 of the bridge 7. j

In its other respects the modification in Figure 5 is identical with the main form of the invention with the one exception that the teeth 12 are given an upward curve. They thus resemble claws, and when the teeth take this form there is no need of pressing back on the finger piece or spring release 14 when the lock is clamped in place upon the cloth C. The upward curve of the teeth will automatically push back the inner wall 5 as can readily be perceived. The teeth of the form in Figure 5 will also insure a stronger grip upon the cloth when an unauthorized attempt is made to ull out the watch without first pressing hact on the finger piece 14.

The operation of the improved watch lock is readily understood. The fob 8 is applied to the bridge 7 at the loop or bend 1 and is ermitted to hang down over the outer wal 3 as in Figs. 1 and 3. The fob hides much of the watch lock. The ring of the watch is applied to the bend or loop 2. i The inner wall 5 is considerably narrower than the intermediate wall 4, it being remembered that the wall 4 becomes larger toward the loop 1, and in practice there will be no difficulty in getting the watch ring over the projection 12.

The natural tendency of the

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10 and 14 is to press towardthe intermediate Wall 4 (Fig. 3) the material of which the lock is made being resilient. The teeth 12 will therefore tend to project through the openings 11, and the lip 10 will tend to bind against the wall 4. in order to clamp or grip the cloth C when the lock is applied. In applying the lock the user grasps the fob 8 in a more or less customary manncr and pushes back upon the finger piece 1.4 until the teeth 12 either leave the opening 11 or are retracted far enough to permit an unilnpeded application of the forward portion of the lock. The finger piece 14 is then re leased, whereupon the teeth 12 project through the openings 11 and impale the cloth. Upon desiring to remove the watch the user again grasps the fob, presses back upon the finger piece 14 until the cloth is released by the teeth 12 whereupon the watch can be lifted out of the pocket.

The character of the material of which the watch lock may be made is subject to so much variation that no attempt atspecify ing examples seems warranted. The same is true of the shape and dimensions of the lock. The locl; is stamped from one piece oi material and then bent into the appropriate shape. In Figure 5 the use of the cross bar 15 involves an extra element, and the modified watch lock therefore requires an extra operation.

While the construction and arrangement of the improved watch lock is that of a generally preferred form, obviously modilications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

I claim 1. A watch lock comprising a body bent to form a plurality of confronting walls connected by loops and defining a pair of spaces one receiving the ring of a watch when applied to one of the loops, the other receiving the edge of a pocket and the other loop supportinr a fob, and teeth projecting from one of the walls extending through openings in another of the walls and impal ing the edge of a pocket in the last space, said teeth crossing the space occupied by the watch ring. I

2. A. watch lock comprising a body of resilient material bent in opposite directions to rovide a plurality of confronting walls de ning spaces to receive the ring of a watch and the edge of a pocket, the re siliency of the material urging the walls into contact with each other thereby tending to close said spaces and perform a clamping action, and a projection upon one of the walls being urged through openings in another of the walls by virtue of said resiliency and into impaling position in the edge of the pocket in one of said spaces, said projection crossing the space occupied by the watch ring and therefore constituting a closure.

A watch lock comprising a resilient body bent in opposite directions to provide outer, intermediate and inner walls connected by the loops which occur at the bends and defining spaces respectively to receive the ring of a watch and the edge of a pocket, a forward curl at the extremity of the outer wall facilitating introduction of the edge of the pocket, a plurality of projections upon the inner wall crossing the adjoining space and entering the other space through openings in the intermediate wall to impale the edge of said pocket, and a finger piec'lc formed on the extremity of the inner Wall permitting bending of said all to disengage said projections from the edge of the pocket prior to the removal of the Watch lock.

4.A Watch lock comprising a resilient body bent in opposite directions to form outer, intermediate and inner Walls defining oppositely opening spaces respectively to receive the ring of a- Watch and edge of a pocket, the bend between the outer and intermediate Walls having openings defining a bridge for the connection of a fob, a flat portion included in the inner wall being bent at an angle thereto to contact the intermediate Wall, said flat portion having projecting teeth crossing the adjoining space and entering the other space through openings in the intermediate Walls to impale the edge of the pocket, and a finger piece formed beyond the flat portion by further bending the inner Wall receiving pressure with a consonant lifting motion upon the fob to disengage the teeth from the edge of the pocket prior to removing the Watch lock.

5. A Watch lock consisting of a strip of resilient material bent in opposite directions to form, outer, intermediate and inner Walls, the bend between the outer and intermediate ivalls being Widest and said Walls tapering until a predetermined Width at the extremity of the outer Wall and the bend between the intermediate and inner Walls is reached, said inner Wall being substantially of the same Width as said bend between the intermediate and inner Walls, a bridge formed in said bend including the outer and intermediate walls by cutting openings in said bends, said bridge having indentations for receiving a Watch chain, a flat portion and a finger piece included in said inner wall, and teeth projecting from said inner wall being arranged to enter openings in said intermediate Wall.

BLAS N. COLON.