US 5,203,057 A · Piggy back jewelry catch

Abstract

Apparatus and method for providing a catch capable of combining two flexible bands into one loopable accessory that may be fastened about a wearer, typically with only one hand. The invention has a catch body that is connected to an end of a guard and a male guard tongue that is attached to an opposite end of the guard. The catch body is constructed so as to have two female receivers. One receiver serves as a receptacle for the male bracelet tongue and is fastenable thereto. The other receiver serves as a mating receptacle for the male guard tongue. The bracelet is fixed in place in a track of the guard. The bracelet is looped about the guard so that the tip of the bracelet tongue passes through the receiver and inserts into the opposite end of the bracelet which is also positioned within the catch. By connecting all ends of the several bands at the catch body, a combination loop is formed.

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Dependent claims

Structure for combining at least two ornamental bands into a combination loop comprising:

a. a catch body;
b. the catch body having a bracelet end, a guard end, a top, a bottom, a latch side and a button side;
c. a female guard tongue receiver located at the guard end and within said body;
d. a female bracelet tongue catch receiver located at the bracelet end and within said body;
e. each tongue receiver within said body being matable to a male tongue;
f. a guard-catch connector at the bracelet end of said body for attaching the body to a band;
g. a catch knob recess in the body on the latch side of the body;
h. the recess being deeper near the bracelet end and shallower near the guard end;
j. a catch knob located in the recess at the shallower portion of said recess;
and
k. said catch knob being matable with a safety latch.

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Structure for combining at least two ornamental bands into a combination loop comprising:

a. a catch body;
b. the catch body having a bracelet end, a guard end, a top, a bottom, a latch side and a button side;
c. a female guard tongue receiver located at the guard end and within said body;
d. a female bracelet tongue catch receiver located at the bracelet end and within said body;
e. each tongue receiver within said body being matable to a male tongue;
f. a guard-catch connector at the bracelet end of said body for attaching the body to a band;
g. a greater band having a catch end connected to the body by the guard-catch connector and a tongue end;
h. at least one lesser band having a tongue end connectable to the body and a receiver end connectable to the greater band;
j. a male tongue connected to the tongue end of the greater band;
k. a male tongue connected to the tongue end of the lesser band;
l. a female tongue receiver at the receiver end of the lesser band;
m. the male tongue of the greater band being matable to the female guard tongue receiver in the body;
n. the male tongue of the lesser band being matable to the bracelet tongue catch receiver;
o. the greater band is a guard;
p. the guard comprising guard links connected end-to-end thereby forming a flexible band;
q. the lesser band is a bracelet;
r. the bracelet comprising bracelet links connected end-to-end thereby forming a flexible band;
s. the guard having a track along said guard's length into which the bracelet may be placed;
t. the female bracelet tongue receiver being located in an end link at the receiver end of the bracelet;
u. the bracelet recess of the body capable of receiving the end link of the bracelet;
v. the female bracelet tongue receiver being aligned with the bracelet tongue catch receiver when the end link is installed into the bracelet recess;
w. a bracelet safety latch knob attached near the receiver end of the bracelet;
and
x. a bracelet safety latch knob recess located in an exterior end of an end link of the guard at the tongue end of the guard.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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