US503480A

US503480A - Watch-guard

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Publication number: US503480A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1893-08-15
Anticipated expiration: 1910-08-15

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H. SvHOPPERr WATCH GUARD.

No. 503,480. Patented Aug. 15, 1893.

J. 7%, K /5 J UNITED STATES PATENT OFEIcEt HENRY S. HOPPER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

WATCH-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 503,480, dated August 15, 1893.

Application filed April 4, 1 895. Serial No. 469.010. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. HOPPER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Watch-Guards, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient, cheap and durable means for securing a watch so that it cannot be dropped and injured, as well as a reliable safe-guard against pick-pockets. In a great many avocations it is undesirable to wear a watch chain of a valuable material, both on account of the liability to injure the same, or the watch by catching the chain, thereby jerking the watch from its pocket, and because of the temptation to theft by attracting attention to itself.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a sectional view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of same, showing another form of hook or pin for attaching same to the garment and, Fig. 3 is a plan view on a reduced scale showing the mode of attachment both to the watch and to the garment.

In carrying out my invention, A is a very flexible spiral spring.

B is a split ring or snap, engaged with one end of the spring, for attaching same to the watch, and 0, is a hook or pin adapted to fasten the opposite end of the spring to the garment preferably to the inside of the watch-pocket.

DD are caps or washers covering the ends of the spring and adapted to keep the ends of the spring from catching into, and wearing the garment.

It will be seen in Fig. 3 that while this watch guard is small and compact enough to go into the pocket containing the watch, where it is entirely out of sight, as shown by the dotted lines, it is flexible enough to allow as much freedom and as great a range of motion in handling a watch as the ordinary watch chain.

While the fastenings shown in the drawings are made of wire, it is obvious that many other forms may be employed and still come clearly within the scope of my invention.

What I claim as new is In a watch-guard, the combination with a spiral spring adapted to fit into the pocket with the watch when collapsed, and means for attaching one end of same to the watch, of a hook or pin engaged with the opposite end, whereby it is attached to the garment at or about the inside of the w atoll-pocket, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HEhIRY S. HOPPER. [L s.]

Witnesses:

CHARLES EMERSON, GEORGE WILEY.