US 2016/0324275 A1 · WATCH STRAP

Abstract

A watch strap that includes a flexible strap body, which defines a longitudinal axis and has a portion configured to accommodate a watch body. The flexible strap body includes a wood veneer outer layer that has a natural wood grain, which is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the flexible strap body. A base layer of the strap body supports the wood veneer outer layer. The flexible strap body is bendable about the longitudinal axis against the natural wood grain of the wood veneer outer layer with substantially no cracking of the wood veneer outer layer. The flexible strap body is bendable about an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis in directions both towards and away from the wood veneer outer layer with substantially no cracking of the wood veneer outer layer.

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Dependent claims

A watch strap, comprising

a flexible strap body, said flexible strap body defining a longitudinal axis and having a portion configured to accommodate a watch body, said flexible strap body including,
a wood veneer outer layer, said wood veneer outer layer having a natural wood grain, said natural wood grain being transverse to said longitudinal axis of said flexible strap body, and
a base layer supporting said wood veneer outer layer,
wherein said flexible strap body is bendable about said longitudinal axis against said natural wood grain of said wood veneer outer layer with substantially no cracking of said wood veneer outer layer, and
wherein said flexible strap body is bendable about an axis transverse to said longitudinal axis in directions both towards and away from said wood veneer outer layer with substantially no cracking of said wood veneer outer layer.

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