US2254755A

US2254755A - Bracelet construction

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Publication number: US2254755A
Application number: US296233A
Authority: US
Inventors: Sand John
Original assignee: GEMEX CO
Current assignee: GEMEX CO
Priority date: 1939-09-23
Filing date: 1939-09-23
Publication date: 1941-09-02
Anticipated expiration: 1958-09-02

Description

BRACELE? CONSTRUCTION Filed Sept. 25, 1959 ATTORN EY Patented Sept. 2, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BRACELET CONSTRUCTION John Sand, Newark, N. J., assignor to Gemex Company, Newark, N. J., a corporation or New Jersey Application September 23, 1939, Serial No. 296,233

1 Claim. (01. 24-201) This invention relates to bracelet construction and more particularly to the extensible buckle type of bracelet.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a. bracelet construction which is simple, practical, and thoroughly durable. Another object is to provide a device of the above character which may be manufactured from inexpenplayed by the seller. Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention, accordingly, consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangements of parts as will be exemplified inthe structure to be hereinafter described, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawing in which is shown one of the various possible embodiments of this invention,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the bracelet connected to a. watch;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the bracelet shown in Figure 1; v

Figure 3 is an enlarged, perspective View of a portion of the bracelet shown in Figures 1 and 2;

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view of a portion of the bracelet; and

Figure 5 is a vertical, sectional view taken along the line 5-5, Figure 4.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

In displaying a wrist watch, it is desirable to display the watch bracelet in conjunction with the watch as the watch both draws the.

attention of a buyer to the bracelet and demonstrates the use for which the bracelet is adapted.

circular mount isbulky and thus is diflicult to attractively display in a' store window. Furthermore, in arranging for display a wrist watch with its bracelet, where the conventional bracelet is used, entails at least detaching one end of the bracelet from the watch by springing the bail or separating a bracelet link, if it is desired to display the watch and the whole of the bracelet. This, of course, detracts from the attractiveness of the assembly and is a nuisance to the jeweler and occasionally results in minor damages, which results in shop-wom merchandise. One of the objects of this invention is to provide a bracelet construction which, will overcome the above mentioned difilculties as well as many others.

Refer-ring now to the drawing, an extensiblebuckle or the-like, generally indicated at H],

- connected to a watch I! by'a bracelet cord I2.

Buckle It) may include a housing link l3 and folding links M and I5, which are adapted to fold into nested relationship within housinglink l3. Housing link I3 is connected to bracelet 0rd l2 by a catch l6 ,which is adapte'd to lock t e ends of the bracelet cord l.2 therein. As will be seen in Figures 1 and 2, cord I 2 is looped through the ball I! of watch I I. A second bracelet cord l8 extends through the other bail [9 on the opposite side of watch II and has its ends fastened to. a connector generally, indicated at 20.- Connector 20 and the free end of folding link I 4 are adapted to be fastened together as will be pointed out more fully herein after.

With reference to Figure 2, the ends of cord [8 are secured within connector 20 in any suitable manner. Connector 20 includes opposite side walls 20a and 20b joined by a top pQrtion 200. The free end of connector 20 is formed by an upper wall 2!, which preferably slopes downwardly from connector top 20c and which has depending therefrom a pair of side walls 22 and 23 (see Figures 3 and 4) which extend away from connector walls 20b and 20a.

Walls

22 and 23 preferably taper inwardly toward one ,another Bracelets of the extensible buckle type, in order, I

to be displayed connected to a watch, arev mounted either on cards or on circular mounts.

When a card is used, the entire bracelet and the watch cannot be displayed at the same time,

as they are on opposite sides of thecard. If the watch is displayed on a circular mount, most of the bracelet is still concealed. Furthermore, the

and with top walllFl form a tapering'achannel for a purpose described below. As shown in Figures 3 and 4, walls 22 a'nd23 are provided respectively with holes 24 and '25.

Folding link l4 (Figures 3, 4 and 5) has an eye ,26 formed at its outer end, the width of which is less than link I4 and which fits under top wall 2| and between

walls

22 and 23 in alignment with holes and 25. A cylindrical casing 21 (Figures 4 and 5) issuitably secured within eye 26 and has a pair of pistons 28 and 29 slidably mounted therein at opposite ends thereof. A pair of pins 30 and 3| are formed on these pistons and extend outwardly from the ends of casing 21. The ends of casing 21 are preferably spun inwardly to retain the pistons 28 and 29 therein, and a spring 32 is positioned in the casing'between the pistons to resiliently force them outwardly.

Referring now to Figure 4, the distance between

side walls

22 and 23 adjacent walls 200; and 20b of connector 20 is slightly greater than the distance between the ends of pins 30 and 3|, and the distance between the outer ends of these walls is less than that between the ends of pins 30 and 3|. Also, the distance between the upper wall 2| of the connector 20 and the axis of holes 24 and 25 substantially and preferably equals the radius-oi eye 28. Thus, to attach connector 20 to folding link II, the end of link H is placed within connector, 20 in the position shown by the dotted lines in Figure 4, wherein pins 30 and 3| lie between

walls

22 and 23, and eye 26 lies against top wall 2|. Upon moving the end of link l4 outwardly of connector 20,

tapered walls

22 and 23 and top wall 2|, guide eye 26, and the side walls at the same time compress pins 30 and SI so that when the eye is co-axial with holes 24 and 25, the pins snap therein to secure link It in its assembled position. Thus a manner of connecting the end link and the connector has been provided which permits the connection between the two to be easily and quickly made. The guide-way formed by top wall 2| and

side walls

23 and 24 steers the end of the link to the correct position, eliminating dimculty which would otherwise be present when one tried to place the pins within their holes.

When it is desired to disconnect the link and the connector, pins 30 and 3| are pressed inwardly out of holes 24 and 25. The end of link ll may then be detached-from connector 20 and the bracelet is ready to be placed on display.

Thus I have disclosed a construction which permits a watch to be displayed adjacent the center of an extensible buckle type bracelet. The placement of this connection, when it is desired to display a watch and bracelet in assembled relation, eliminates detaching the bracelet from the watch by springing the bail, which bending is liable to damage the parts. Furthermore, this connection permits the display of this type of bracelet attached to a watch with the entire bracelet exposed to view and with the watch lying in its natural position adjacent the center of the bracelet. As has been pointed out, this is a type of display which both enhances the appearance of this type of bracelet construction permits the two sections of the bracelet to be easily and quickly connected.

Thus I have provided a :bracelet construction of the folding link type which may be attractively displayed in conjunction with a, watch and then easily assembled. It will also become clear that I have provided a thoroughly practical and durable bracelet construction in which the several objects hereinabove mentioned, as well as many others, are accomplished.

As many possible embodiments may be made of theabove invention, and as many changes may be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter hereinabove set forth, or shown in the accompanying drawing, is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

In a watch bracelet having a pair of flexible cord sections which are connected to the watch and have a pair of free ends, in combination, a connector member having a portion covering the free end of one of said cord sections of said bracelet, means securing said last-mentioned free end to said connector member, a pair of vertical side walls formed on said connector member tapering inwardly toward each other, a flat top extending between the upper edges of said side walls, said side walls and top forming'a channel narrower at one end than at the other, said side walls having holes formed therein at the narrower end of said channel, a second connector member, means connecting the free end of the other cord section to said second connector member, a cylindrically shaped eye member formed on said second connector member extending transversely thereacross, a pair of pins extending out of the ends oi and movable axially with respect to said eye member, resilient means positioned between and urging said pins outwardly from the ends of said eye member, and means to limit the outward movement of said pins, the distance between the tapered side walls of said connector member at the inner end of said channel being slightly greater than the distance between the ends of said pins when they are in extended positions, whereby said eye member may be placed in the inner end of said channel with the pins extended, and then when said eye member is drawn outwardly, it is guided by the flat top and the side walls of said channel, the pins being pressed inwardly by the tapered side walls until they snap into the holes in the side Walls.

JOHN SAND.