Watch case comprising removable horns
AssigneeLVMH Swiss Manufactures SA
InventorsLaurent Cuenat, Laurent Raille
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Abstract
Watch case including: a middle; at least one pair of horns intended to retain a wristwatch strap portion; the middle including a first lock member; and a second lock member mounted on the pair of horns and complementary to the first member to lock the pair of horns to the middle. The case also includes a manipulation member that can be manipulated by a user in order to move the second member between a locking position in which the members co-operate to maintain the pair of horns on the middle and a release position in which the pair of horns can be detached from the middle.
Claims18
A watch case including:
- a middle;
- and
- at least one pair of horns intended to retain a wristwatch strap portion and retained on the middle thanks to a lock that can be switched between a position locking the horns and a position releasing the horns;
- the lock including a first member connected to the middle, and a second member complementary to the first member and mounted on the pair of horns;
- wherein a manipulation member is mounted on the pair of horns and enables movement of the second member to switch the lock between the position locking the horns and the position releasing the horns, and
- wherein a portion of the wristwatch strap portion is sandwiched between the pair of horns and part of the middle in a vertical direction, said vertical direction being perpendicular to a horizontal plane, said horizontal plane being the plane of the watch case facing a wrist of a user when the watch case is worn by the user.
A watch case including:
- a middle:
- at least one pair of horns configured to retain a wristwatch strap portion and retained on the middle;
- and
- a lock that can be switched between a position locking the horns to the middle and a position releasing the horns from the middle, the lock including a first member connected to the middle, and a second member complementary to the first member and mounted on the pair of horns;
- wherein a manipulation member is mounted on the pair of horns and enables movement of the second member to switch the lock between the position locking the horns and the position releasing the horns,
- the first member of the lock comprises a groove at the periphery of the middle preventing the extraction of the pair of horns by an axial movement,
- the second member of the lock comprises a bolt that is moved radially in this groove, being guided in this movement by an opening on the internal face of the pair of horns,
- the second member is pushed back to the bottom of the groove by two return springs connected to the pair of horns, and
- the manipulation member comprises a pushbutton under the internal face of the pair of horns cooperating with the second member to move it radially in the direction of the exterior of the watch, against the action of the return springs, when said pushbutton is actuated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.