Watch band pin connector assembly

An improved watch band-pin connecting assembly for connecting a watch band to a watch case wherein the watch band is provided with a first and a second end, the watch case is provided with a first pair of substantially parallel, spatially disposed lug members extending from a first side portion of the watch case, and a second pair of substantially parallel, spatially disposed lug members extending from a second side portion of the watch case so as to be substantially opposite the first pair of lug members, the first pair of lug members having axially aligned sockets in facing surfaces thereof and adapted to receive therebetween the first end of the watch band, the second pair of lug members having axially aligned sockets in facing surfaces thereof and adapted to receive therebetween the second end of the watch band, the improved watch band-pin assembly comprising, in combination:

• a tubular link disposed on each of the first and the second end of the watch band, the tubular link having an elongated slot formed in one side portion thereof;
• a telescoping, spring-biased pin assembly positionable within each of the tubular links and engagable with the axially aligned sockets in the facing surfaces of the first and second pairs of lug members for securing the first and secnd ends of the watch band to the watch case, the telescoping, spring-biased pin assembly comprising:
• a tubular housing having a closed first end, a substantially open second end, and a longitudinally disposed, elongated slot formed in a side portion thereof;
• a first post member disposed on the closed first end of the tubular housing, the first post member positionable within the socket of one of the spatially disposed lug members of the watch case;
• a spring disposed within the tubular housing such that the spring is supported therein by the closed first end;
• an elongated member having a first end and an opposed second end, the elongated member positionable within the tubular housing such that the first end of the elongated member engages the spring, the spring biasing the elongated member so that the opposed second end of the elongated member extends a distance from the open second end of the tubular housing, the opposed second end of the elongated member positionable within the socket of the other of the spatially disposed lug members of the watch case;
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• pick engaging means disposed on the elongated member for engagement with a pick such that in an assembled position the pick engaging means of the elongated pin member is alignable with the elongated slot in the tubular link and the elongated slot in the tubular housing of the pin assembly so that upon positioning the pick through the elongated slots and engaging the pick engaging means of the elongated member with the pick the elongated member is movable to a retracted position wherein the opposed second end of the elongated member is disposed substantially adjacent the opposed second end of the tubular housing of the pin assembly and the tubular link of the watch band is movable between the spatially disposed lug members.