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US 5,176,301 AGranted
Non-expansible wrist band segment
AssigneeTextron Inc.
InventorStephen F. Bert
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Abstract
An elongate wrist band segment has a top row of links overlying a bottom row of links. U-shaped staples connect the links of the top row to the links of the bottom, and springs housed in the links coact with the staples to resiliently accommodate longitudinal expansion and contraction of the band segment. An elongate non-expansible element is received between the top and bottom rows of links and serves to resist longitudinal expansion of the band segment.
Claims6
An elongate wrist band segment comprising:
- a top row of links overlying a bottom row of links;
- U-shaped staples connecting the links of said top row to the links of said bottom row;
- spring members housed in said links and coacting with said staples to resiliently accommodate longitudinal expansion and contraction of said band segment;
- an elongate non-expansible element located within said band segment between said bottom and top rows of links extending from one end to the other of said band segment;
- and retainer means at the ends of said element, said retainer means being coactively engageable with links at the ends of said band segment to resist said longitudinal expansion.
2 more elements
The wrist band segment of either claims 1 or 3 wherein said retainer means comprises clip members applied to the ends of said element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.