US797294A - Watch-protector. - Google Patents

Description

No. 797,294. PATENTED AUG. 15, 1905. N. E. LANDIN.

WATCH PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED APIL15, 1905,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1905.

Application filed April 15, 1905. Serial No, 255,698.

To (1, 1071/0711, it nut concern:

Be it known that I, NILs F. LANDIN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVatch- Protectors, of which the following is a speci fication.

This invention relates to in'iproven'ients in watch protectors or safety devices which safely secure the watch in the pocket, so that same cannot be lost or stolen. At the same time my novel watch-protector is so constructed that the watch may be released therefrom very easily, quickly, and conveniently whenever the wearer desires to take out the watch for the purpose of reading the time.

My novel watch-protector consists solely of two separate parts, and therefore it can be manufactured very cheaply. The one part is stamped out of one piece and then bent, and the other part consists solely of a bent wire, forming thus a double pin.

Uwing to the construction of the device, same is easily attached to garments and detached therefrom and works very reliably.

The device is preferably secured in the gentlemans vest-pocket, where the watch is usually carried, and it may also be secured on ladies shirt-waists when the watch is worn visible to the eye. This safety device, however, may also be used in connection with one of the well-known clasps having a ring for securing pocket-books in gentlemens pockets, or a number of dollar-bills may be directly held together by such a clasp with ring and the latter secured within the protector, so that any loss either by theft or losing is prevented.

The invention further consists in a special construction of the device and the arrangement of parts.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whicl1-- Figure 1 represents in top plan view a watch-protector which embodies my invention. Fig, 2 shows same in bottom view. Fig. 3 illustrates the device in side elevation. Fig. 4. is a back ViCW of the device. Fig. 5 shows in back view a modification, and Fig. 6 illustrates a clasp with ring holding bills together.

Similar characters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

Tn the drawings, (1/ represents the base-plate or body, which has an elongated and elastic center spring 7), which extends nearly over the whole length of the basi-z-plate or body o This s iiring-tongue is stamped out simultaneously with the plate and then bent into the position shown in Fig. 3. Likewise all the parts of the plate are stamped out at once with the plate and then bent into the required positions, so that all these parts are integral with the plate, whereby the cost of manufacture is greatky reduced. The spring-tongue bis provided on its right-hand end with a small downward projection (1, whose function will be explained farther down.

Just opposite the elongated spring-tongue there is a short tongue (I, which is first bent upward and then around, so that its front end i! overlaps the end of the spring-tongue (Z, as shown particularly in Fig. 3. This short tongue (Z has an opening (1. (idhown in Fig. Through this opening passes the projection c of the spring-tongue when, same is pressed down.

At the left-hand end the base-plate is provided with two shortcatchcs or hooks w, bent downward, as shown in F 3, and having its inner side piece bent upward, forming there the catches proper, d r", as shown in Figs. '1 and t. These catches or hooks engage a double pin when the device is worn. The right-haml. portion of the base-plate or body a has two side flanges ff in the same horizontal plane with the body'plate. Each of these flanges has an opening for allowing the double pin to pass through.

The double pin consists of one continuous piece of wire. it forms the rear portion g, which rests below the short tongue 1/, the two loi'igitudinal members which are bent rectangularly thereto and a little downward, being then practically parallel. They extend below the base or body plate a and along its entire length nearly to the front ends of the catches c c, where they are held tightly until the device is operated. The front ends of the double pin are pointed, as pins usually are.

A modified form of the protector is shown in Fig. The rear portion 1/ of the pin in this form is bent downward and forms a curved portion as shown in Fig. 5, while the rear portion in'eviously described, is straight, as shown in Fig. 2L. This bond is made for the purpose of allowing the short tongue (Z to be in one horizontal plane with the body-plate. Hereby something like an eighth of an inch is 6001'101TllZtd. The short tongue (I then rests on the bent portion y" of the double pin, as illustrated in Fig. 5.

in Fig. 6, /1 represents a portioi'i of a lot of dollar-bills clamped together by one of the usual clasps 2', which are provided with a ringj. This ring represents in this instance the ring on a watch.

The body may be stamped out of any kind of metal. preferably of brass, which may be electroplated. It is usually stamped out in the form shown in the drawings. However, the form or shape of the base-plate is immaterial and may vary, for instance, for a safety device or watch-protector designed for ladies use. In this instance the shape may be, of course, more ornamental.

The operation of the device is as follows: Assuming that the protector is to be worn in a vest-coat pocket for the protection of a gentlemans watch, then the two longitudinal members of the double pin are released from the catches and the pointed ends forced through the lining within the pocket. Then the pinpoints, which extend beyond the lining, are secured on the catches. Now the elongated spring-tongue is pressed down, whereby the projection of its front end passes through the opening in the short tongue, leaving thus room for the ring of a watch to pass. hen the ring of a watch has passed between the ends of the two tongues,then the finger is taken away from the elongated spring-tongue, allowing same to return to its normal position, so that its end rests below the end of the short tongue. The small projection on the long spring-tongue then prevents the watch-ring from leaving the short space formed by the short tongue (Z, whereby a moving of the watch in the pocketis made impossible. hen the watch has been secured in the described manner, then there is no possible chance of losing same, nor can it be stolen. By pulling on the fob or watch-chain the watch cannot be released and stolen except the whole pocket would be torn out, which certainly would call the wearers attention to the intended theft. If it is desired, however, to take out the watch and learn the time, then the wearer simply presses one finger against the long springtongue, and with the other fingers he takes out the watch. This is done in an easy, quick, and convenient manner. Likewise the watch is then as easily and quickly returned to the protector after the time has been learned. For gentlemens use the protector'is horizontally secured in the vest-coat, while for ladies use it is preferably secured vertically on the shirtvice is operated quickly and easily and works very reliably.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A safety device or watch-protector comprising a base-plate, an elongated springtongue thereon extending nearly over the entire length of same, a downward projection on the end of said spring-tongue, a short tongue opposite the long spring-tongue bent up and around so that its front end overlaps the end of the base-plate, two catches on one side of same and two side flanges on the other, all stamped out of one piece of metal and then bent, and means secured in the flanges for attaching the device on garments.

2. A safety device or watch-protector comprising a baseplate, an elongated springtongue thereon extending nearly over the entire length of same, a downward projection on the end of said spring-tongue, a short tongue opposite the long spring-tongue bent up and around so that its front end overlaps the end of same, two catches on one side of the base-plate and two side flanges on the other, all stamped out of one piece of metal and then bent, and a pin secured loosely in the flanges for attaching the device on garments.

3. A safety device or watch-protector comprising a base-plate, an elongated springtongue thereon extending nearly over the entire length of same, a downward projection on the end of said spring-tongue, a short tongue opposite the long spring-tongue bent up and around so that its front end overlaps the end of same, two catches on one side of the base-plate and two flanges on the other, having each an opening near the ends, all stamped out of one piece of metal and then bent, and a double pin passing through the openings in the flanges and adapted to be caught and released from the catches.

a. A watch-protector comprising a baseplate, an elongated spring-tongue thereon extending nearly over the entire length of same, a downward-projecting pin on the lower end of said spring-tongue, a short tongue opposite the long spring-tongue having a small opening opposite the projecting pin of the long spring-tongue and adapted to allow the pin to pass in and out during the operation of the device, the short tongue being bent up and around so that its front end overlaps the end of the long spring-tongue, two catches on one side of the base-plate and two flanges on the other having each an opening near the ends, all stamped out of one piece of metal and then bent and a double pin passing through the opening in the flanges and adapted to be caught and released from the catches.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 13th day of April, 1905.

NILS E. LANDIN. Vitnesses:

JAMES J. ASTARITA, Aexns SIMMONS.

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