Classifications

• • 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
• • 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
  • G04B37/22—Materials or processes of manufacturing pocket watch or wrist watch cases
  • G04B37/225—Non-metallic cases
• • 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
  • A44C5/18—Fasteners for straps, chains or the like
  • A44C5/20—Fasteners for straps, chains or the like for open straps, chains or the like
  • A44C5/2076—Fasteners for straps, chains or the like for open straps, chains or the like with the two ends of the strap or chain abutting each other or sliding in the main plane or a plane parallel to the main plane of these two ends

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a bracelet, in particular for a watch case. It relates more particularly to a bracelet made of injected synthetic material.
• Such bracelets are well known. They are formed of two strips starting from the box and, in existing embodiments, the connection between the strips is obtained by means of a loop fixed at the end of one of the strips to receive the ex ⁇ end of the other strap.
• the buckle is a part which must be manufactured separately, then mounted on the bracelet. This has the consequence of increasing the cost price of a type of bracelet intended mainly for inexpensive products.
• the loops where the strap is retained by pinching often used with this kind of product, there is a risk of accidental opening of the bracelet, resulting in the loss of the watch.
• the present invention proposes to overcome these drawbacks by making a very inexpensive bracelet with great safety when worn.
• the bracelet according to the invention in particular for a box, comprising a first and a second strap, one end of each strap being attached to the watch case, is particularly remarkable in that the first strap has openings succeeding each other in the direction of the length of the bracelet, in that the second strap is extended, on the side of the other end, by a ribbon intended to pass through one of the openings to form with the two straps and the box a closed loop, and in that fixing means make it possible to make the free end of the ribbon integral with a point of the assembly formed by the second strap and the ribbon.
• - fig. 1 is a plan view of a watch case, containing a movement with the indicator members, provided with a bracelet according to the invention, the strap being deployed; and - fig. 2 shows in a side view the watch case and the bracelet shown in FIG. previous, the bracelet forming a loop.
• the figures of the drawing represent a box 1, for example of a watch, and a bracelet according to the invention attached to this box.
• the box 1 In the box 1 is arranged a movement, mechanical and electronic not shown, which drives the needles 2 in front of a frame 3.
• the bracelet is formed by a first strap 4 and a second strap 5, a end of each strap being secured to the box 1.
• the bracelet is made of synthetic material injected in one piece with the box.
• the invention also applies to a bracelet made of synthetic material, or any other material, which would be fixed to the box by conventional means using, for example, a bar penetrating cor ⁇ out of the box.
• the first strap 4 comprises a series of rectangular openers 6 all identical. These openings are arranged one after the other in the longitudinal direction of the bracelet, the long sides of these openings being oriented perpendicular to this direction.
• the free end of the second strap 5 is extended by a flexible tape 7.
• This tape forms, preferably with the strap one and the same piece of synthetic material.
• the ribbon could be a separate element, attached to the strap, for example- magpie by collage. It could also be made of a material other than synthetic material, this material being the same or different from that of the strap.
• the ribbon 7 has a thickness substantially equal to that of the strap 5 and a rectangular section having dimensions allowing it to be introduced into one of the openings 6 of the strap 4.
• the strap 5 may advantageously also include openings 8, identical to the openings 6 and arranged in the same manner. The openings 8, giving the two strips the same appearance, have only a decorative purpose.
• Fixing means for example a button-pres ⁇ sion formed of two parts, allow, in addition, to link the free end of the ribbon 7 to a point of the assembly formed by the ribbon and the strap 5.
• one of the parts of the push button, referenced 9, having a central opening 10 is disposed at the free end of the strip, while the other part, referenced 11, provided with a lug 12, is placed on the tape near its junction with the strap 5.
• the strap 4, the box 1, the strap 5 and the ribbon 7 make it possible to form a closed loop 13, intended to be passed around the wrist of the wearer of the watch, by introducing the free end of the ribbon 7 into one of the openings 6 of the strap 4.
• the passage of the ribbon through the opening, despite the volume of the part 9, is made possible by slightly deforming the strap 4 in order to enlarge the opening 6.
• the part 9 then constitutes a safety stop for ribbon 7 when the press button is not closed.
• the loop 13 has, in this case, a maximum length which allows the mon- to be on the arm.

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