US 3,939,534 AGranted

Wristband connector with integral pins

AssigneeCole National Corporation

InventorRobert R. Hayes

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Abstract

A wristband connector including an outer tubular member having two radially inwardly projecting guides, one at each end of the outer tubular member. A lug slot extends from one end of the outer tubular member along part of its length. Two inner tubular members having an outside diameter slightly less than the inside diameter of the outer tubular member have a guide slot which cooperates with and slidingly receives the guide on the outer tubular member to prevent relative rotation of the inner tubular members and outer tubular member while permitting them to slide therein. One of the inner tubular members further includes a finger lug extending outwardly therefrom which slides in the lug slot in order to provide a manual means for retracting one of the inner tubular members into the outer tubular member thereby facilitating placement of the wristband connector on a wristwatch. Pins integral with and extending longitudinally outwardly from the inner tubular members engage outwardly extending arms of a wristwatch. A spring inside the outer tubular member biases the inner tubular members outwardly and a means for holding a wristband to the wristband connector is operatively attached to the outer tubular member.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A wristband connector comprising:

an outer tubular member having at least one radially inwardly extending projection near an end of the tubular member and a lug slot which extends longitudinally along the outer tubular member;
at least one inner tubular member having an outside diameter slightly less than the inside diameter of the outer tubular member, said inner tubular member having a guide slot which cooperates with and slidably receives the projection to prevent relative rotation of the inner tubular member and outer tubular member while permitting the inner tubular member to telescope inside the outer tubular member;
the inner tubular member further including a finger lug extending outwardly therefrom which slides inside the lug slot in order to provide a means for moving the inner tubular member while in the outer tubular member;
a pin integral with and extending longitudinally outwardly from the inner tubular member so that the wristband connector may engage a receptacle in a wristband, biasing means inside the outer tubular member and secured between the outer tubular member and inner tubular member to bias outwardly the inner tubular member;
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means for holding one end of a wristband spaced from the outer tubular member, said means for holding being operatively attached to the outer tubular member.

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