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US 5,502,690 AGranted
Watch case formed from a disposable beverage can
AssigneeCrash Holding AG
InventorRobert Wohlfahrt
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for producing casings for time pieces and, more particularly, a process for producing casings from disposable metal containers for receiving watch movements and the resulting time pieces.
Claims4
A timepiece having a watch casing formed by compressing a disposable metal beverage can bearing indicia comprising:
- a metal watch casing having a sidewall portion having an inner surface defining an opening for receiving means for displaying time and an outer circumferential surface, said sidewall portion comprises multi-layer folds of metal bearing random indicia on the outer circumferential surface;
- and means for displaying time mounted in said opening.
A timepiece comprising:
- a metal watch casing having a sidewall portion having an inner surface defining an opening for receiving means for displaying time and an outer circumferential surface, said sidewall portion comprises multi-layer folds of metal bearing random indicia on the outer circumferential surface;
- and means for displaying time mounted in said opening.
A timepiece having a watch casing formed by compressing a disposable metal beverage can bearing indicia comprising:
- a metal watch casing having a sidewall portion having an inner surface defining an opening for receiving means for displaying time and an outer circumferential surface, said sidewall portion comprises crushed metal randomly bearing at least a portion of said indicia on the outer circumferential surface;
- and means for displaying time mounted in said opening.
A timepiece comprising:
- a metal watch casing having a sidewall portion having an inner surface defining an opening for receiving means for displaying time and an outer circumferential surface, said sidewall portion comprises crushed metal bearing random indicia on the outer circumferential surface, said sidewall portion being formed from a compressed disposable metal can bearing said indicia;
- and means for displaying time mounted in said opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.