US3700148A - Wrist watch bracelet - Google Patents

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US3700148A
US3700148A US53899A US3700148DA US3700148A US 3700148 A US3700148 A US 3700148A US 53899 A US53899 A US 53899A US 3700148D A US3700148D A US 3700148DA US 3700148 A US3700148 A US 3700148A
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/14—Suspending devices, supports or stands for time-pieces insofar as they form part of the case
    • G04B37/1486—Arrangements for fixing to a bracelet
    • 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
    • A44C5/12—C-spring-type bracelets or wrist-watch holders

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  • the present invention relates to an improved wristwatch strap and, in particular, to a strap adapted to be used as a portable-clock stand.
  • One object of the invention is to provide a device permitting to obtain a wrist-watch strap having an omamental appearance novel with respect to the straps of the prior art, while being at the same time more versatile and more easily handled.
  • the present wristwatch strap consists in an article of rigid or semi-rigid material, in the shape of an open ring, the open portion of which has a width substantially mating the diameter of the users wrist, and to an edge of which is hingedly mounted a closure-member adapted to overlap the other edge of said open portion.
  • the portion of said ring which is overlapped by said closure-member is adapted to receive a watch protruding from said ring portion, the closure-member being provided with an opening, the shape and location of which being so selected as to encase the watch and to lock said closing member.
  • the open ring and its associated closure-member are preferably of metal.
  • the strap according to the present invention is not restricted to receive a watch of a specific shape, and that the watch used can be of any type and comprise any ornamental member or design, in particular as regards its dial.
  • the cross-section of the wrist-watch strap according to the invention can be selected with a view to produce any desired ornamental effect however, said cross-section will preferably be of circular or slightly oblong shape in order to correspond to the shape of the users wrist, the hinge of the closure-member being so located as to intersect the main axis of the oblong cross-section.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wrist-watch strap according to the invention, in its open position
  • FIG. 2 shows the same strap in its closed position
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-section of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 in the closed position
  • FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the strap according to the invention, according to which the watch is mounted on the strap closure-member.
  • the wrist-watch strap according to the first embodiment comprises a cylindrical ring 1, preferably slightly ovoidal or elliptic as shown in FIG. 3, which is a cross-section.
  • the ring 1 is provided with an open portion 2, the two edges of which are generatrices of the ring.
  • Ring 1 bears a watch 3 attached to its outer face and located substantially on the smaller axis of the elliptic cross-section. Ring 1 is complemented by a closuremember 4 hinged at 5 about that edge of the ring which is opposite the edge in the-vicinity of which watch 3 is mounted, so that such closure-member 4 can overlap the portion of the ring whichbears watch 3.
  • closure-member 4 is provided with an opening 6 having a profile mating the shape of the watch, so that the latter perfectly fits into said opening 6 when closure-member 4 is caused to overlap ring 1, watch 3 then locking said closure-member by a mere frictional action.
  • the closing of ring 1 is complemented by a locking safety device intended to prevent any unexpected unlocking of closure-member 4, said device consisting, for instance, of a pin 7 protruding from the inside face of said closure-memberin the vicinity of the free and thereof, and cooperating with a pin-hole 8 located on the outer face of ring 1 in register with pin 7.
  • Closure-member 4 terminates in an outwardly bent portion 9 acting as a gripping member permitting to initiate the movement of closure-member 4 about hinge 5 when ring 1 is caused to open. Indeed, as slight tangent thrust exerted with the thumb, in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 3, is sufficient to cause closure-member 4 to unlock and, therefore, cause ring 1 to open.
  • Portion 9 also serves in the manner of a stabilizing device which allows ring 1 to rest on a plane surface without incurring the risk of rolling along said surface, and the watch dial being perfectly visible by the user.
  • ring 1 is provided with a recess 10 adapted to receive the watch winder and permitting to actuate said winder. It will be easily understood that the users wrist can be easily inserted into the strap according to the invention, since open portion 2 constitutes a break of continuity, the width of which substantially corresponds to the diameter of an average wrist.
  • FIG. 3 and 4 show another embodiment in which the watch is mounted, not on ring 1, but on closuremember 4 in this case, the watch dial, visible in the figure, is located on the outer face of closure-member 4, whereas the bottom of the watch-case protrudes from the inner face of said closure-member and cooperates with a mating recess 6 provided in ring 1 and adapted to receive said bottom.
  • recess 6 may not exist or may be replaced by a cavity obtained in the outer face of ring 1 by stamping.
  • a wrist-watch strap formed generally in the shape of a ring when worn on the wrist of a person, comprising two elongated strips of semi-rigid material curved semi-elliptically in their lengthwise directions and being hingedly joined to each other at one of their respective ends to provide a so-called open-member and a closure-member, the space between said one end of the open-member and the free end of the openmember defining an opening for placing the strap on the wrist, a portion of the closure-member being disposed in closely overlapping relationship to a portion of the open-member when the strap is being worn, a watch mounted on said closure-member and an opening provided in said open-member in alignment with said watch, the shape of said opening in the openmember being so selected as to encase the watch, said closure-member being provided with an opening for viewing the dial of said watch, and releasable locking means to hold the closure-member in said overlapping relationship.

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USD243318S (en) * 1975-02-25 1977-02-08 Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. Combined wrist-watch case with band
US4006587A (en) * 1975-01-10 1977-02-08 Ebauches Electroniques S.A. Wrist-watch with wristlet end secured to top of case
US4685599A (en) * 1986-09-15 1987-08-11 Hasbro, Inc. Novelty wristwatch
USD298217S (en) 1985-09-05 1988-10-25 Linea Design Limited Wristwatch
USD330679S (en) 1988-10-07 1992-11-03 Bland Antoinette D Combination wristwatch and sweatband
USD338168S (en) 1992-09-29 1993-08-10 Ginter Curt M Watchband
USD442508S1 (en) 2000-09-12 2001-05-22 Movado Watch Company S.A. Bangle watch bracelet
USD472821S1 (en) 2001-11-28 2003-04-08 Samep Combined watch and bracelet
USD503895S1 (en) * 2004-01-20 2005-04-12 Steve Black Wrist watch
US6920975B1 (en) * 2003-05-29 2005-07-26 The Gem Group Clock for notepad cover flap
USD519396S1 (en) * 2004-10-06 2006-04-25 Giochi Preziosi S.P.A. Strap for a watch
US7281877B1 (en) 2004-08-20 2007-10-16 The Gem Group, Inc. Padfolio with work area
USD560123S1 (en) * 2006-11-30 2008-01-22 Sun Coast Merchandise Corporation Wristband timer watch
USD570711S1 (en) * 2004-12-17 2008-06-10 Edmund Dorsz Bracelet watch
USD597795S1 (en) * 2007-10-09 2009-08-11 Innov Industries Pty Ltd Thermal insulating device
US20150053578A1 (en) * 2013-08-21 2015-02-26 Angela Marley Flexible jewelry cover
US20160242516A1 (en) * 2015-02-20 2016-08-25 Swatch Ag Watch with extending watchband
US20180055161A1 (en) * 2016-08-26 2018-03-01 Carl Jarecki Ring shield
USD996254S1 (en) * 2020-08-18 2023-08-22 4 Thumbs, Llc Watchband
USD1018350S1 (en) * 2021-06-15 2024-03-19 Whoop, Inc. Wearable strap with linking member

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JPS50106355A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) * 1973-08-01 1975-08-21
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CH682118B5 (fr) * 1991-12-02 1994-01-31 Walter Schlup Boîte de montre comportant un fermoir pour bracelet.

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US1093759A (en) * 1913-06-23 1914-04-21 Albert C Becken Bracelet watch-holder.
US1543399A (en) * 1922-09-26 1925-06-23 Merle Powe Smith Wrist-watch band
US1574962A (en) * 1925-02-16 1926-03-02 Fischer Sigmund Ring

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US1093759A (en) * 1913-06-23 1914-04-21 Albert C Becken Bracelet watch-holder.
US1543399A (en) * 1922-09-26 1925-06-23 Merle Powe Smith Wrist-watch band
US1574962A (en) * 1925-02-16 1926-03-02 Fischer Sigmund Ring

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US4006587A (en) * 1975-01-10 1977-02-08 Ebauches Electroniques S.A. Wrist-watch with wristlet end secured to top of case
USD243318S (en) * 1975-02-25 1977-02-08 Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. Combined wrist-watch case with band
USD298217S (en) 1985-09-05 1988-10-25 Linea Design Limited Wristwatch
US4685599A (en) * 1986-09-15 1987-08-11 Hasbro, Inc. Novelty wristwatch
USD330679S (en) 1988-10-07 1992-11-03 Bland Antoinette D Combination wristwatch and sweatband
USD338168S (en) 1992-09-29 1993-08-10 Ginter Curt M Watchband
USD442508S1 (en) 2000-09-12 2001-05-22 Movado Watch Company S.A. Bangle watch bracelet
USD472821S1 (en) 2001-11-28 2003-04-08 Samep Combined watch and bracelet
US6920975B1 (en) * 2003-05-29 2005-07-26 The Gem Group Clock for notepad cover flap
USD503895S1 (en) * 2004-01-20 2005-04-12 Steve Black Wrist watch
US7281877B1 (en) 2004-08-20 2007-10-16 The Gem Group, Inc. Padfolio with work area
USD519396S1 (en) * 2004-10-06 2006-04-25 Giochi Preziosi S.P.A. Strap for a watch
USD570711S1 (en) * 2004-12-17 2008-06-10 Edmund Dorsz Bracelet watch
USD560123S1 (en) * 2006-11-30 2008-01-22 Sun Coast Merchandise Corporation Wristband timer watch
USD597795S1 (en) * 2007-10-09 2009-08-11 Innov Industries Pty Ltd Thermal insulating device
US20150053578A1 (en) * 2013-08-21 2015-02-26 Angela Marley Flexible jewelry cover
US9185955B2 (en) * 2013-08-21 2015-11-17 Angela Marley Flexible jewelry cover
US20160242516A1 (en) * 2015-02-20 2016-08-25 Swatch Ag Watch with extending watchband
US9867435B2 (en) * 2015-02-20 2018-01-16 Swatch Ag Watch with extending watchband
US20180055161A1 (en) * 2016-08-26 2018-03-01 Carl Jarecki Ring shield
USD996254S1 (en) * 2020-08-18 2023-08-22 4 Thumbs, Llc Watchband
USD1018350S1 (en) * 2021-06-15 2024-03-19 Whoop, Inc. Wearable strap with linking member
USD1037063S1 (en) 2021-06-15 2024-07-30 Whoop, Inc. Linking member for wearable strap

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