Support element for a timepiece, such as a wristwatch, or a piece of jewellery
AssigneeOmega SA
InventorGregory Kissling
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Abstract
A support element (100, 200) for a timepiece (10) or a piece of jewellery including a receiving surface (111) configured to be at least partly in direct contact with the timepiece (10), or piece of jewellery, the support element (100, 200) including a peripheral portion (110) carrying the receiving surface (111), and a central portion (120, 220) formed by a block of material, the support element (100, 200) including an internal cavity (130, 230) forming a recess of the central portion (120, 220); the internal cavity defining a volume configured to receive and hold in position an object (140) inside the support element (100, 200).
Claims16
A support element for a timepiece or a piece of jewelry, the support element including:
- a receiving surface configured to be at least partly in direct contact with said timepiece or the piece of jewelry;
- a peripheral portion carrying said receiving surface;
- a central portion comprising openings through a block of material having a stepped portion between the openings, the stepped portion being of the support element and comprising flanks each being substantially planar and parallel to each other;
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- an internal cavity forming a recess in the central portion,
- wherein said internal cavity defines a volume configured to receive and hold in position an object inside said support element,
- wherein, in a radial direction of the support element, a thickness of the block of material of the central portion is greater than a thickness of the peripheral portion,
- wherein the block of material is terminated at the openings,
- wherein the stepped portion is within a cavity of the block of material,
- wherein the cavity is between the openings, and
- wherein the flanks are extended from within the cavity and to the openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.