Pop-up case and related display controls in an electronic wristwatch

In a device for a wristwatch, a U-shape seat having portions which give it its U shape, said portions including arm portions with tips, said seat also having fastening configurations for a wrist band to hold the watch on a wrist with its near end closer to, and its far end farther from, such wearer's body, a watch case carried by the seat and movably fastened thereto, a display panel in the case and a switch controlled by motion of the case relative to the seat, and in which a floor member is secured to said seat, and the outer end of said watch case is pivotally secured to the seat near the arm tips of the U-shape seat.

Device for a wristwatch, having a near end and a far end, (see specification), having at its said end regions fastening configurations for a wrist band, having a seat and a watch case and each of them having a near and a far end, the case having a display panel at the region of its near end, the wristwatch's fastening configuration for a wrist band at its near end being on the seat and independent of the watch case, the wristwatch's far end fastening configuration comprising a common pivotal fastening of the seat and the case and the band, which holds the three together and allows independent pivotal motions thereof, said wristwatch having also a display circuit, and having a switch in said circuit controlled by motion of the case relative to the seat.

Device for a wristwatch including a case bearing a display panel, said wristwatch including a seat for the case, which seat has fastening configurations for a wrist band, and in which the case is carried by the seat and hingedly fastened thereto at one end of the seat, the seat having a plurality of upstanding walls, including one across its near end and one along a side, forming a somewhat enclosed recess space within which the case can be at least partially recessed, in which wristwatch also a manual pushbutton is provided projecting from the outside into a seat wall and having a latch projecting from the wall within the seat's confines and engaging the case there and holding it down until the pushbutton is pressed whereupon it moves the latch to allow the watch case to angle upwardly about its hinged fastening to the seat.

Device for a wristwatch designed for ruggedness and low energy load:

• a seat comprising upstanding walls and a floor member which together provide a recess to said seat, a watch case approximately conforming with said recess in horizontal size and shape and being capable of lying largely within the recess of said seat, said case being pivotally attached to the seat at one end of the case and bearing a display panel at the other end of the case, and while remaining attached to the seat being movable between one position, in which the watch lies largely within the seat and the display panel cannot readily be viewed by a wearer, and another position in which the watch case is angled up about the pivotal attachment enough to bring the end bearing the display panel at least mostly out of the seat, an electrical path to the display panel which path is carried by the case and which path controls the display condition of the display panel, and an automatic switch that includes a motion sensor, which switch is electrically in said electrical path and which motion sensor is mechanically secured in said wristwatch positioned at least near the seat and at least near the case and where it will be thrown when the case is angled out of the seat and again when it is recessed into the seat.

In an electronic digital wristwatch, a watch case, a seat having therein a recess large enough in width and length to receive the watch case and deep enough to receive most of its depth and having fastening configurations for fastening thereto a band adapted to fit around a wearer's wrist and hold said bezel in generally fixed relation thereto, the watch case including means for generating time signals and also including a display panel, which watch case is movably so attached to the bezel that it can be recessed therein with its display panel thereby hidden and also while still attached can be less recessed and have its display panel openly viewable by a wearer, a detent for holding said case in the recessed location in which its display panel is hidden, a spring urging that portion of the case which bears the display panel to the more open location in which the display panel is viewable by a wearer, and a manual release for said detent.