Riveted watch band
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorsPierry Vuille, Cedric Nicolas, Yvan Ferri
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Abstract
Watch band comprising lower and upper half band portions connected at a fold portion to surround a watch lug at the fold portion, each comprising a drilled hole for the passage of a double rivet comprising lower and upper bodies, either inserted one inside the other or each inserted into a common tube, the band including, at each double rivet, a snap means for ensuring a reversible axial stop for the lower body with respect to the upper body, comprising either a holding plate aligning lower and upper grooves of the lower and upper bodies, or two lower and upper clip lips of the common tube each clip fitted onto a complementary lower or upper lip of the lower or upper body.
Claims8
A watch band or jewellery bracelet comprising:
- at least one band or bracelet member which comprises a lower half band or bracelet portion connected adjacent at a fold portion to an upper half band or bracelet portion both arranged to together surround a watch or jewellery bar or lug at said fold portion and each including, in symmetry with respect to said fold portion, at least one drilled hole arranged for the passage of a double rivet, comprised in said band or bracelet, and which has a lower body with a head and an upper body with a head arranged to be inserted one inside the other coaxially, with their respective heads on either side of said band or bracelet member folded onto itself,
- wherein said band or bracelet comprises, at each said double rivet, a snap means for ensuring a reversible axial stop for said lower body with respect to said upper body, said snap means comprising at least one elastic holding plate arranged to place in alignment a lower groove of said lower body and an upper groove of said upper body when said lower body and said upper body are arranged to be inserted one inside the other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.