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
  • 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
  • A44C5/2071—Fasteners for straps, chains or the like for open straps, chains or the like with the two ends of the strap or chain overlapping each other and fastened by an action perpendicularly to the main plane of these two ends

Definitions

• This invention relates to a closing device for personal ornamental articles, such as bracelets, necklaces or similar.
• the invention also refers to jewels, costume jewels, or similar ornamental articles provided with a specific closing device.
• the device production technique in this sector takes into account, as easily understandable, not only the specific functionality, but also, in large amount, the aesthetic factor; especially in connection of the new combined use of traditional precious materials and new materials, new solutions, reliable and harmonious with the aesthetic style of the article to be made, are continuously searched.
• a closing device for jewels, costume jewels or other ornamental articles such as bracelets, necklaces or similar, comprising:
• a first component which can be fixed, in a removable way, to one of the ends to be connected, said component comprising a main hollow body, in which said end inserts, means apt to fasten said end to the component and a longitudinal appendage shaped as a hook;
• the device results particularly suitable for articles made of technical innovative materials, such as resin or polymer composite materials, thanks to the easy and immediate system used for fixing the components of the device to the ends to be connected.
• the components of the device to be fixed to the ends of the article are provided with pins transversally sliding in slots of the main body of the component, the anchoring of said components to the ends of the ornamental article being obtained by simply pressing said pins against the ends, so producing in said ends, thanks to the deformability of the material, housings for said pins.
• the pins moreover, can be extracted by simply pressing them in the opposite direction, so allowing easily disengaging the device from the bracelet when needed.
• the locking part of the closing device is provided with ornamental hollows in which decorative plates, made of more or less precious material, can be inserted.
• a bracelet, or necklace, or similar ornamental article according to the present invention comprises a closing device as in the above.
• FIG. 2 shows schematic views, respectively from top and from bottom, of the component of fig.1 ;
• FIG. 6 shows a section view, through the section plane I-I of fig.5, of the component of fig.1 ;
• FIG. 7 shows a schematic side view of a further component of the device of the invention.
• FIG. 9 and 10 show schematic view, respectively from right side and from left side, of the component of fig.7;
• FIG. 11 shows a section view, through the section plane H-II of fig.9, of the component of fig.7;
• 0 - Figure 12 shows a top and exploded section view relating to the connection of two components of fig.1;
• FIG. 13 shows a top and section view relating to an assembly of the components of a device according to the invention on a bracelet, or similar article
• 5 - Figure 14 shows a top view, in partial section, of a device according to the invention mounted on a bracelet or similar article
• FIG. 15 shows a section overview of a device according to the invention mounted on a bracelet or similar article.
• the closing device marked as a whole with 10
• the closing device comprises, as we can see in fig.13, a first and a second component, 11, 11', exactly identical, mounted in mirror position at the ends, 12, 12', of an ornamental article which, in this embodiment, is a bracelet.
• the component 11 is shown in detail in figures from 1 to 6.
• Said appendage 16 is composed by an extension, 17, of a portion of the lateral surface of said main body, 14, and by a terminal section, 18, curved towards the main body of the component 11.
• the upper part, 18', of said terminal section 18 is sloped at an angle, ⁇ , with respect to the transversal plane of the component, and this promotes the stable grappling of the component 11 to the analogue component 11 ', as shown in figs. 13 and 15.
• ⁇ the angle
• the main body 14 of the component 11 are also provided two coaxial circular holes 20, 21, transversally placed in the lateral surface of said body; one of said holes, 20, is dedicated to house the pin, 22, acting as transversal constrain between the component 11 and the end 12 of the bracelet; the other hole, 21, is dedicated to allow the material of the bracelet expanding under compression and deformation forces which arise when said pin is inserted in the direction of the arrow F.
• Said second hole, 21, also allows pushing the pin 22 in the opposite direction when the component 11 has to be disengaged from the bracelet.
• the bracelet is made of resin. It can obviously be made of an analogue polymeric material or a different material having good elastic and elongation properties.
• the device 10 also comprises a locking element 30 apt to keep in stable grappled position the two components 11, 11', fixed to the ends of the bracelet, and, moreover, it is the only element which defines the overall aesthetic appearance of the closing device of the invention.
• It is pseudo-cylinder shaped with a single bottom surface, 31, provided with an aperture, 32, exactly corresponding to the contour of the transversal section of the bracelet, on which, therefore, said element, 30, is able to slide, up to completely contain the two components 11, 11 ', grappled together, exactly as shown in figs. 14 and 15.
• the locking element 30 is also provided with a rectangular hollow, 33, in which a decorative plate, 34, in precious material, is housed.
• the plate is fixed indifferently by gluing, pressure imbedding, or other means.
• the operating way of the closing device according to the present invention is easily understandable from what above disclosed.
• one of the components, 11, of the device can be fixed to one end of the bracelet in a previous phase, for instance directly in the production line, while the adjustment of the length of the ornamental article and the anchorage of the other component, 11 ', at the other end, 12', may take place in a second phase, for instance in the selling point.
• the components 11, 11 ' After that the components 11, 11 ', have been fixed to the ends of the bracelet, they are grappled together by simply placing them in the relative position of fig.12 and moving them according to the directions of the arrows D, D', in order to grapple the hook appendages 16, 16'. Then the locking element 30, overlaps said grappled components, by sliding along the bracelet up to the position of fig.15. Said element 30 had been inserted in the bracelet before fixing said second component, 11 ', together with other possible ornamental elements of any length and shape. The bracelet opens by sliding the element 30 in the opposite direction with respect to the B direction of fig.13 and than disengaging the two components 11, 11'.
• the disassembly of the closing device of the present invention can be simply performed by uncoupling the terminal components 11, 11 ', from the ends 12, 12', by removing the respective pins 22, 22', from their constrain positions. It happens, as previously seen, by properly pushing said pins through the holes 21, 21 '.
• the dimensions and the shape of the device and of the article comprising said device may vary.
• the shape of the transversal section of the ornamental article and of the various parts, 11, 11 ', 30, of the relating closing device could vary.
• the closing device and the ornamental article comprising said device are preferably made of resin material, but, obviously they could be made of a different material such as leather, polymeric material or other material, more or less precious, having good elastic and elongation properties.
• the shape of the decorative plate 34 fixed on the locking element 30 could obviously be different from the one shown, as an example, in the appended drawings; the number of the plates as well as the shape of the locking element may vary, even though the internal volume of the housing of the components 11, 11 ' remain unchanged.
• the constrain means for fixing the ends of the ornamental article to the components 11, 11' could comprise screws, housings or other fixing facilities.

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• 2003
  • 2003-06-05 IT ITPI20030042 patent/ITPI20030042A1/it unknown
• 2004
  • 2004-06-03 EP EP04735937A patent/EP1638426A2/en not_active Withdrawn
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