US3349450A - Locking devices for straps - Google Patents

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US3349450A
US3349450A US524936A US52493666A US3349450A US 3349450 A US3349450 A US 3349450A US 524936 A US524936 A US 524936A US 52493666 A US52493666 A US 52493666A US 3349450 A US3349450 A US 3349450A
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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
    • A44C5/18—Fasteners for straps, chains or the like
    • A44C5/20—Fasteners for straps, chains or the like for open straps, chains or the like
    • A44C5/2042—Fasteners provided with a turnable clamping lever
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
    • A44B11/25—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts with two or more separable parts
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps
    • Y10S24/30—Separable-fastener or required component thereof
    • Y10S24/43—Separable-fastener or required component thereof including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10S24/46—Formations member having movably attached or biased interlocking structure
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45225—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10T24/45267—Notched clasp [e.g., with receiving slot]
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45225—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10T24/45958—Plural distinct cavities or projections
    • Y10T24/45963—Hook type
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45225—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10T24/45984—Cavity having specific shape

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  • a locking device for connecting together the ends of a strap such as for instance watch bracelets, collars, belts and the like, comprising a plate-shaped cover member linked to a plate-shaped bottom member with notch means for receiving projections of the one strap and.
  • the present invention relates to a locking device for straps having two ends to be joined, particularly watch bracelets, collars, belts and the like, comprising a substantially flat member having means for securement to one strap end so as to project therefrom in the plane thereof, a cover, said member consisting of a plate provided on each side, in a direction transverse to the length of the strap, with a perpendicular flange having a plurality of L-shaped notches, the horizontal arms of said notches extending towards the free end of said member, said cover being hinged on said member near the place where the latter is secured to said one strap end, the other strap end carrying two lateral projections adapted to engage said notches, the said cover being arranged in such a manner that it may be brought down onto said member and is then elastically maintained in this position in order to prevent an undesired opening of the locking device.
  • the accompanying drawing illustrates, by way of example, one embodiment of the locking device according to the invention, provided on a strap in the shape of a belt or a watch bracelet made of leather or plastics.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective representation of the two end portions of the strap, the locking device being in open condition.
  • FIG. 2 is a section of the locking device in the closed condition, at an enlarged scale, along a line passing through the two lateral projections of the second strap end.
  • FIG. 3 is a section, at a still more enlarged scale, of a detail.
  • the locking device for straps illustrated in the drawing comprises a substantially flat member 1 secured to one strap end 2 so as to project therefrom in the plane thereof.
  • the member 1 consists of a slightly in-curved plate, provided on each side, in a direction transverse to the length of the strap, with a perpendicular flange 3 having a plurality of equidistant L-shaped notches, the horizontal arms of said notches extending towards the free end of the member 1 (towards the left in FIG. 1).
  • a cover 5 is hinged on the member 1 near the place where the latter is secured to the strap end 2.
  • the cover 5 has a portion 6, 6' folded on itself so as to form a tube or hollow cylinder, which is freely traversed by a pin 7 secured in the flanges 3 of the member 1, this allowing the cover 5 to be rotated about the pin 7.
  • the portion 6 of the cover 5, situated in the center of the portion 6, is embossed or bruised as shown in FIG. 1 and is adapted to cooperate with a 3,349,450 Patented Oct. 31, 1967 springy tongue 9, cut out from the member 1. Therefore, when the cover 5 is brought down onto the member 1, the portion 6 first deforms the tongue 9 and presses it downwards, but afterwards it is the tongue 9 that acts onto the portion 6' and promotes the closing of the cover 5.
  • the tongue 9 there is a neutral position for an intermediate, half-closed position of the cover 5, in which the tongue 9 is at most deformed.
  • the action of the tongue 9 might be reinforced by a leaf spring secured to the plate 1 near the free end thereof.
  • the cover 5 has on each side, in a direction transverse to the length of the strap, a flange 10. As clearly shown on FIG. 2, these flanges 10 are slightly bent so as to be somewhat more spaced apart from each other at their free ends.
  • the flanges 3 each have a boss 11 extending towards the outside, obtained by a swaging operation.
  • the flanges 10 of the cover 5 each have a corresponding boss 12, adapted to cooperate with the boss 11 (FIGS. 1 and 3).
  • the other strap end 13 carries two lateral projections 14 adapted to engage the notches 4 of the member 1.
  • the end portions 2 and 13 of the strap are brought into the position shown in FIG. 1 and the projections 14 are inserted in a pair of notches 4 of the member 1.
  • four different positions may be chosen, which correspond to four different adjustments of the length of the strap.
  • FIG. 2 shows that the flanges 10 of the cover 5 conceal the notches 4. The widened out portion of the flanges It) aims at leaving the place necessary for the projections 14, which slightly project from the flanges 3 of the member 1.
  • the strap end 13 carries only two projections 14. It can, therefore, be made with a constant width, which has the advantage that for any adjustment position of the locking device, i.e. for any pair of notches 4 engaged by the projections 14, the strap has its normal width in the close vicinity of the locking device, thus giving to the assembly a neat and clean appearance.
  • the lower portion of the notches 4 acts as a safety locking device. Even if the cover 5 is totally opened, the strap will still be maintained. It must be pushed back in order to be liberated from the notches 4.
  • a plate-shaped bottom member to be fixed to the one strap end, said bottom member having a leaf spring and, on opposite edges, flanges comprising notch means for receiving projections of the other strap end, a plate-shaped cover member to be approached to or moved away from said bottom member, hinge means connecting said cover member with said bottom member, said hinge means comprising, a tubular member rigidly connected with said cover member, a stop means mounted on said cover member within reach of said hinge means, a pin carried by said flanges and going through said tubular member, said stop means supported on said leaf spring to allow said leaf spring, from a neutral position of said stop means with regard to said leaf spring, to either approach said cover member towards said bottom member or to swing said cover member away from said bottom member into a stable opened position.
  • said stop means formed by a stamped-out portion of said tubular member.

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DE2745207A1 (de) * 1977-04-15 1978-10-19 Textron Inc In der laenge anpassbares, dehnbares armband als erkennungsarmband, fuer armbanduhren o.dgl.
US4288892A (en) * 1978-12-18 1981-09-15 Paul Levinger Buckle
US4827796A (en) * 1987-12-17 1989-05-09 Richard Horian Securement band and connector means therefor
FR2885016A1 (fr) * 2005-04-27 2006-11-03 Luigi Ferrario Dispositif de reglage de la longueur d'un bracelet equipe d'un fermoir a lames articulees depliables
EP2407942A1 (fr) 2010-07-15 2012-01-18 Boomslang Instruments AB Mécanisme de verrouillage pour dispositif de sécurité d'alarme
CN113455791A (zh) * 2021-06-29 2021-10-01 歌尔科技有限公司 绑带调节机构、带体结构以及腕戴设备
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US11178943B2 (en) * 2019-02-04 2021-11-23 Bucherer Ag Metallic watch strap

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US4566158A (en) * 1983-12-01 1986-01-28 Wah Lau Adjustable buckle
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US1527040A (en) * 1923-08-24 1925-02-17 William F Garrison Hook
US1591295A (en) * 1925-12-26 1926-07-06 Donaldson Edward Brasier Clasp for bracelets
GB305192A (en) * 1928-02-02 1929-06-06 Charles Gay Improvements in or relating to clasps for bracelets, wrist bands, and the like
DE494909C (de) * 1927-02-10 1930-03-31 Friedrich Schuermann Verschluss fuer Schuhwerk und andere Bekleidungsstuecke
CH214449A (de) * 1940-03-13 1941-04-30 Montres Wyler Societe Anonyme Verschluss an Riemen von Armbanduhren.
US2444360A (en) * 1945-02-16 1948-06-29 Bruner Ritter Inc Expansible connector
US2453993A (en) * 1945-03-16 1948-11-16 Kreisler Mfg Corp Jacques Connector for bracelets, wrist watch straps, etc.
CH260678A (fr) * 1947-07-14 1949-03-31 Manuf Genevoise De Boites De M Fermoir pour bracelet.

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US1527040A (en) * 1923-08-24 1925-02-17 William F Garrison Hook
US1591295A (en) * 1925-12-26 1926-07-06 Donaldson Edward Brasier Clasp for bracelets
DE494909C (de) * 1927-02-10 1930-03-31 Friedrich Schuermann Verschluss fuer Schuhwerk und andere Bekleidungsstuecke
GB305192A (en) * 1928-02-02 1929-06-06 Charles Gay Improvements in or relating to clasps for bracelets, wrist bands, and the like
CH214449A (de) * 1940-03-13 1941-04-30 Montres Wyler Societe Anonyme Verschluss an Riemen von Armbanduhren.
US2444360A (en) * 1945-02-16 1948-06-29 Bruner Ritter Inc Expansible connector
US2453993A (en) * 1945-03-16 1948-11-16 Kreisler Mfg Corp Jacques Connector for bracelets, wrist watch straps, etc.
CH260678A (fr) * 1947-07-14 1949-03-31 Manuf Genevoise De Boites De M Fermoir pour bracelet.

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2745207A1 (de) * 1977-04-15 1978-10-19 Textron Inc In der laenge anpassbares, dehnbares armband als erkennungsarmband, fuer armbanduhren o.dgl.
US4288892A (en) * 1978-12-18 1981-09-15 Paul Levinger Buckle
US4827796A (en) * 1987-12-17 1989-05-09 Richard Horian Securement band and connector means therefor
FR2885016A1 (fr) * 2005-04-27 2006-11-03 Luigi Ferrario Dispositif de reglage de la longueur d'un bracelet equipe d'un fermoir a lames articulees depliables
EP1716776A3 (fr) * 2005-04-27 2007-03-14 M. Luigi Ferrario Dispositif de réglage de la longueur d'un bracelet équipé d'un fermoir à lames articulées dépliables
EP2407942A1 (fr) 2010-07-15 2012-01-18 Boomslang Instruments AB Mécanisme de verrouillage pour dispositif de sécurité d'alarme
US11178943B2 (en) * 2019-02-04 2021-11-23 Bucherer Ag Metallic watch strap
CN113455791A (zh) * 2021-06-29 2021-10-01 歌尔科技有限公司 绑带调节机构、带体结构以及腕戴设备
CN113475825A (zh) * 2021-06-29 2021-10-08 歌尔科技有限公司 带体结构和腕戴设备

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