US3680304A - Link strap - Google Patents

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US3680304A
US3680304A US37799A US3680304DA US3680304A US 3680304 A US3680304 A US 3680304A US 37799 A US37799 A US 37799A US 3680304D A US3680304D A US 3680304DA US 3680304 A US3680304 A US 3680304A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C5/00—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps
    • A44C5/02—Link constructions
    • A44C5/10—Link constructions not extensible
    • A44C5/107—Link constructions not extensible with links made of more than two elements including connecting elements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C5/00—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C5/00—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps
    • A44C5/02—Link constructions

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  • Each link comprises a frame and an insert detachably mounted in said frame.
  • Each frame comprises first and second hinge portions at opposite ends thereof.
  • the second hinge portions are formed with pockets.
  • Each insert is formed adjacent to the second hinge portion of the frame of the same link with end noses received by the pockets of the frame of the same link.
  • Each insert is formed adjacent to the first hinge portion of the frame of the same link with extensions. Hinge pins are provided, each of which extends through the extensions of the insert of one of said links and in said first hinge portion of the frame of the same link and in said second hinge portion of the frame of an adjacent link.
  • Link straps particularly bracelets, are known which consist of articulated links and in which the links .con-
  • link frames having detachable inserts, which may be ornamental.
  • the individual links of such straps may be made by machine and can subsequently be provided with ornament.
  • the link straps may then be used as ornamental bracelets or attached to watches.
  • the present invention enables the provision of special variations of ornament in a simple manner and improves the economy with which the strap can be manufactured.
  • the link strap or bracelet is characterized according to the invention in that the inserts are provided at one end with end noses,
  • the strap can be assembled in a simple manner, without need for soldering work, and can also be reduced or increased in length .in a simple manner.
  • the inserts received by the pockets at the hinge portions of the link frames expose transverse bores for receiving the hinge pins of the adjacent links and the extensions'of the inserts are held by the hinge pins at the hinge portions between extensions of the link frames.
  • the link frames are formed at one end on the underside of their cross piece with recesses, which receive the extensions which extend from the other end of the adjacent frame and these extensions are provided with a transverse through bore for connection to the pin.
  • the ornamental inserts provided at one end with edge noses and at the other end with extensions are preferably made by injection molding.
  • the link frame- may be provided with a retaining lip for receiving ornamental stones or the like and the inserts provided with the end noses and extensions may 2 form bottom members, which are preferably apertured like a frame.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 are an underside view and side elevations showing a first link frame.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are sectional views taken on lines IV- IV and V-V, respectively, of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 6 is a central sectional view taken through a composite bracelet link according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 are a top plan view and a side elevation, respectively, showing an. associated ornamental insert.
  • FIG. 15 is a sectional view taken on line XV-XV of FIG. 17 isa sectional view taken on line XVII--XVII of FIG. 18 but through a complete strap link.
  • FIGS. 18 and 19 are a top plan view and a side elevation showing a bottom insert for the strap link.
  • FIG. 20 is a perspective view showing a framelike bottom member as shown in FIG. 18 and FIG. 21 is a top plan view showing two strap links hooked together in accordance with the showing of FIG.11.
  • the first embodiment of the link strap according to the invention e.g., in the form of a linkbracelet, consists of link frames 1 provided with detachable inserts 2 and 2a, which are' connected by pins 3.
  • the ornamental inserts 2 are held end noses 4 leave end short of the closed rear ends of the pockets 5 and define therewith transverse spaces 6 in which end portions of the hinge pins 3 projecting laterally beyond the extension 8 are received and locked (see FIG. 6).
  • the link frames 1 are provided at one end in their crosspiece on the underside with recesses 9, which receive the extensions 8, which are provided at the adjacent frames 1 and offset at 10.
  • the extensions 7 are correspondingly offset'at l 1.
  • the link strap e.g., in the form of a link bracelet, consists also of link frames 21 provided with inserts 22, which in this case form bottom frames 22 and hold ornamental stones 22a in the link frames 21.
  • the links are again connected by hinge pins 23.
  • the link frames 21 are provided with a retaining lip (see FIG. 15) and the bottom inserts.22 just as in the first embodiment are provided at one end with end noses 24, which are received by pockets 25 of the link frames 21, so as to leave transverse spaces 26 exposed, in which opposite end portions of the hinge pin 23 of an adjacent link is received and locked (see FIG. 17).
  • the inserts 22 are provided with extensions 27, which at the hinge portions extend between the extensions 28 of the link frames 21 and are extending through aligned bores 32 and 32 in the extensions joined by the pins 23.
  • all link frames are formed to receive ornamental stones 22a and are provided attheir hinge portions at one end on the underside with edge recesses 29 to receive portions of the adjacent frame and at the other end with extensions 28v What I claim is:
  • a link strap comprising a plurality of links, each of which comprises a frame member; an insert member detachably mounted in said frame member, each of said frame members comprising first and second hinge portions at opposite ends thereof, one of said members being formed adjacent to said second hinge portion with pockets and the other of said members being formed with end noses received in said pockets, each of said insert members having adjacent to said first link portion an extension; and a hinge pin for each link located in said second hinge portion of said frame member of said link and extending through said first hinge portion and said extension of an adjacent link.
  • each frame member comprises a pair of spaced extension
  • said extension on said insert member of one link being located between said extensions on the frame member of the same link
  • said extensions being formed with aligned bores and the hinge pin of the link extending through said bores and projecting with opposite end portions beyond said extensions of said frame member, said opposite end portions of the hinge pin in one link being located in said pockets of the members of the adjacentlink and being confined therein by the end noses of the other member of the adjacent link.
  • each of said frame members comprises a crosspiece adjacent to its second hinge portion
  • each of said insert members comprises a bearing portion which extends between said end noses and bears on the crosspiece of the frame member of the same link and on the side adjacent to said crosspiece is formed with a curved recess receiving said extension of the insert member and part of said first hinge portion of the frame member of an adjacent with extensions and said hinge pins extend through said extensions of said frame members.
  • each of said frame members comprises adjacent to its second hin e ortion a cross iece ormed on the un r de Wltfi a recess recelvir i g said extensions of S318 first hinge portion of the frame member of an adjacent link.

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Cited By (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3857237A (en) * 1972-06-19 1974-12-31 A Brauchi Wristlet
EP0339123A1 (de) * 1988-04-25 1989-11-02 Gerhard D. Wempe Kg Armband, insbesondere Uhrenarmband
US6415483B1 (en) 2000-07-06 2002-07-09 Downey Dang Jewelry clasp
US20060272354A1 (en) * 2005-06-06 2006-12-07 The Swatch Group Management Services Ag Non-extending hinged bracelet

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US1519578A (en) * 1923-11-07 1924-12-16 Fielding John Flexible bracelet
US1589423A (en) * 1924-09-08 1926-06-22 Payton Harry Chain structure
US2283015A (en) * 1942-01-08 1942-05-12 Alfred F Reilly Bracelet or the like
US2805541A (en) * 1954-12-14 1957-09-10 Flex Let Corp Link for expansible bracelets having an intermediate connector carrying palte
US2889681A (en) * 1955-06-07 1959-06-09 Speidel Corp Ornamental link for telescoping expansible linkage
US2986871A (en) * 1959-12-17 1961-06-06 Speidel Corp Telescopic expansible linkage having transversely positioned coil springs
DE1228453B (de) * 1965-01-07 1966-11-10 Kiefer K G Gliederarmband fuer Schmuckzwecke

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1519578A (en) * 1923-11-07 1924-12-16 Fielding John Flexible bracelet
US1589423A (en) * 1924-09-08 1926-06-22 Payton Harry Chain structure
US2283015A (en) * 1942-01-08 1942-05-12 Alfred F Reilly Bracelet or the like
US2805541A (en) * 1954-12-14 1957-09-10 Flex Let Corp Link for expansible bracelets having an intermediate connector carrying palte
US2889681A (en) * 1955-06-07 1959-06-09 Speidel Corp Ornamental link for telescoping expansible linkage
US2986871A (en) * 1959-12-17 1961-06-06 Speidel Corp Telescopic expansible linkage having transversely positioned coil springs
DE1228453B (de) * 1965-01-07 1966-11-10 Kiefer K G Gliederarmband fuer Schmuckzwecke

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3857237A (en) * 1972-06-19 1974-12-31 A Brauchi Wristlet
EP0339123A1 (de) * 1988-04-25 1989-11-02 Gerhard D. Wempe Kg Armband, insbesondere Uhrenarmband
US6415483B1 (en) 2000-07-06 2002-07-09 Downey Dang Jewelry clasp
US20060272354A1 (en) * 2005-06-06 2006-12-07 The Swatch Group Management Services Ag Non-extending hinged bracelet
US7856805B2 (en) * 2005-06-06 2010-12-28 The Swatch Group Management Services Ag Non-extending hinged bracelet

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