Connecting device for bracelet
AssigneeLVMH Swiss Manufactures SA
InventorLaurent Raille
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Abstract
Connecting device allowing a releasable connection between a bracelet strap and a folding clasp including at least two articulated arms and two fastening portions capable of reversibly cooperating with each other. The connecting device includes a first connecting piece capable of being secured to the free end of the bracelet strap and a second connecting piece capable of being mounted on the fastening portion. The first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are configured to reversibly cooperate with each other between a first, open position allowing separation of the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece and a second, closed position in which the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are locked together.
Claims15
A connecting device allowing a releasable connection between a first bracelet strap and a folding clasp comprising at least two articulated arms and a fastening portion, the connecting device comprising:
- a first connecting piece capable of being secured to a free end of the first bracelet strap;
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- a second connecting piece capable of being mounted on the fastening portion of the folding clasp,
- wherein said first connecting piece and said second connecting piece are configured to reversibly cooperate with each other between a first, open position allowing separation of the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece and a second, closed position in which said first connecting piece and said second connecting piece are locked together,
- wherein said first connecting piece comprises a first locking portion capable of cooperating with said second connecting piece, said first locking portion of the first connecting piece being a rod, and
- wherein said rod forming the first locking portion of the first connecting piece has, on at least one section of its length, an oblong cross section which enables the first and second connecting pieces to be locked in said closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.