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US 2002/0070252 A1Published application
Quick-change watchbands
OwnerTonya Daree Bauerinventor
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Abstract
One-piece and two-piece watchbands may be quickly and easily installed on a watch of the wearer's choice and may just as easily be removed and replaced with another watchband to provide color and style coordination with other items of the wearer's chosen wardrobe.
Claims11
A quick-change two-piece watchband for attachment to a watchcasing, comprising:
- a watchcasing having a first watchcasing pin at a first end thereof and having a second watchcasing pin at a second opposite end thereof;
- a first piece of said two-piece watchband having a length of a hook and loop fastener material on a bottom surface thereof proximate an end thereof to be attached to said first end of said watchcasing, the hook and loop fastener material serving to secure said first piece in a desired position after said end of said first piece has been threaded behind said first watchcasing pin;
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- a second piece of said two-piece watchband having a length of a hook and loop fastener material on a bottom surface thereof proximate an end thereof to be attached to said second end of said watchcasing, the hook and loop fastener material serving to secure said second piece in a desired position after said end of said second piece has been threaded behind said second watchcasing pin.
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A quick-change two-piece watchband for attachment to a watchcasing, comprising:
- a watchcasing having a first watchcasing pin at a first end thereof and having a second watchcasing pin at a second opposite end thereof, a first piece of said two piece watchband having a first clip member attached at an end there of to be attached to said first end of said watchcasing and having an associated first slideable ring member positioned over said first piece of said two-piece watchband, the first ring member serving to secure said first clip member in a closed position after being threaded behind said first watchcasing pin;
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- a second piece of said two-piece watchband having a second clip member attached at an end thereof to be attached to said second end of said watchcasing and having an associated second slideable ring member positioned over said second piece of said two-piece watchband, the second ring member serving to secure said second clip member in a closed position after being threaded behind said second watchcasing pin.
A quick-change one-piece watchband for attachment to a watchcasing, comprising:
- a watchcasing having a first watchcasing pin at a first end thereof and having a second watchcasing pin at a second opposite end thereof;
- a one-piece watchband threaded downward and behind said first watchcasing pin, behind said watchcasing, and upward and behind said second watchcasing pin;
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- a slideable ring member positioned over said one-piece watchband proximate each of said first and second watchcasing pins to hold said watchband in a desired position with respect to said watchcasing.
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A method for attaching a two-piece watchband to a watchcasing, comprising:
- providing a watchcasing having a first watchcasing pin at a first end thereof and having a second watchcasing pin at a second opposite end thereof;
- providing a first piece of said two-piece watchband having a length of a hook and loop fastener material on a bottom surface thereof proximate an end thereof to be attached to said first end of said watchcasing;
- threading said end of said first piece to be attached to said first end of said watchcasing downward and behind said first watchcasing pin;
- folding said end of said first piece against itself after being threaded behind said first watchcasing pin for engaging said hook and loop fastener material to thereby secure said first piece in a desired position, providing a second piece of said two-piece watchband having a length of a hook and loop fastener material on a bottom surface thereof proximate an end thereof to be attached to said second end of said watchcasing;
- threading said end of said second piece to be attached to said second end of said watchcasing downward and behind said second watchcasing pin;
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- folding said end of said second piece against itself after it has been threaded behind said second watchcasing pin for engaging said hook and loop fastener material to thereby secure said second piece in a desired position.
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A method for attaching a two-piece watchband to a watchcasing, comprising:
- providing a watchcasing having a first watchcasing pin at a first end thereof and having a second watchcasing pin at a second end thereof;
- providing a first piece of said two-piece watchband having a first clip member attached at an end thereof to be attached to said first end of said watchcasing and having an associated first slideable ring member positioned over said first piece of said two-piece watchband;
- threading said first clip member behind said first watchcasing pin;
- sliding said first ring member over said first clip member to secure said first clip member in a closed position;
- providing a second piece of said two-piece watchband having a second clip member attached at an end thereof to be attached to said second end of said watchcasing and having an associated second slideable ring member positioned over said second piece of said two-piece watchband;
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- threading said second ring member over said second clip member to secure said second clip member in a closed position.
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A method for attaching a one-piece watchband to a watchcasing, comprising:
- providing a watchcasing having a first watchcasing pin at a first end thereof and having a second watchcasing pin at a second end thereof;
- threading one end of said one-piece watchband downward behind said first watchcasing pin, then behind said watchcasing, and finally upward behind said second watchcasing pin;
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- providing a slideable ring member positioned over said one-piece watchband proximate each of said first and second watchcasing pins for holding said watchband in a desired position with respect to said watchcasing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.