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US 10,729,209 B2Granted
Watch band
OwnerSmith Blanc, Jamarl Kevin Simon +1inventors
InventorsSmith Blanc, Jamarl Kevin Simon, Claude Cadet
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Abstract
A watch strap with a plurality of quickly interchangeable, decorative plates attached to express a person's characteristic or style. The watch strap allows for the removal of decorative plates on the watch strap via manipulating a “tab” attached to the plates. Another variation of the invention is to depress a button, attached to the plate, beneath the watch strap. The plates may also be removably secured via a plurality of screws.
Claims16
A watch band, comprising:
- a plurality of interconnected band segments defining the watch band;
- at least one of the plurality of interconnected band segments having a faceplate that is detachable from the band segment;
- a recessed area in an outer surface of the at least one of the plurality of band segments, a slot defined in an interior sidewall of the recessed area, a notch defined in the interior sidewall opposite the slot;
- a tab protruding from and end of the faceplate, the tab configured for engagement with the slot, a latch protruding from an opposite end of the faceplate, the latch configured for a snap fit engagement with the notch;
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- a surface of the faceplate having an area for carrying decorative indicia.
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A watch band, comprising:
- a band strap having a first end configured for attachment to a watch face and a second end having a coupling for attachment to a second end of a cooperating band strap;
- a recessed area defined in an outer surface of at least one of the band strap or the cooperating band strap;
- at least one hole defined in a surface of the recessed area;
- at least one detachable faceplate received in at least one of the band strap or the cooperating band strap, the faceplate having an area for carrying decorative indicia;
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- at least one post protruding from an inner face of the faceplate, the post configured for engagement with the at least one hole to retain the faceplate in the recessed area.
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A watch band comprising:
- a band attachable to a watch face at a first and a second end of the band;
- a coupling configured to secure the band about a wearer's wrist intermediate the first end and the second end;
- a plurality of detachable faceplates carried by the band;
- an aperture extending through the plurality of detachable faceplates;
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- a screw received in the aperture to removably secure the faceplate to the band.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.