Double-safety catch for a bracelet
AssigneeOmega SA
InventorFernando Fontana
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Abstract
A double-safety catch for a bracelet, for example a watch bracelet, has a first closure element pivotally mounted at one end of a first portion of the bracelet for swinging about an axis transverse to the length of the bracelet. The first closure element passes through an opening in the end of the second portion of the bracelet and has a projecting catch which prevents accidental withdrawal of the first closure element from the opening and serves for locking resilient engagement with a rib on the first portion to trap the end of the second portion. A second closure element is pivotable about an axis extending longitudinally of the bracelet to cover the first closure element and to engage with a spring locking device which is manually releasable.
Claims12
A double-safety catch for connecting a first bracelet portion and a second bracelet portion, the catch having an assembly for attachment to the first bracelet portion and comprising:
- first and second closure elements, said first closure element being pivotally mounted in said assembly to pivot about an axis perpendicular to the longitudnal direction of the bracelet portions to trap an end member of the second bracelet portion and said second closure element being pivotally mounted in said assembly to pivot about a second axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the bracelet portions and thereby cover said first closure element.
A double-safety catch for connecting a first bracelet portion (1) having an end to a second bracelet portion (2) having an end characterized in that the end of the first bracelet portion comprises a first closure element (10) which is pivoted about a first axis (7) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said bracelet portion to trap the end of the second bracelet portion and a second closure element (20) which is pivoted about a second axis (8) extending in the longitudinal direction of the bracelet portions, said second closure element being arranged, once it has been pivoted over, to cover said first closure element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.