Watch strap strip
AssigneeRolex SA
InventorsAdrien Catheline, Félix Grasser, Frédéric Oulevey
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Abstract
The invention relates to a watch strap strip (1) reinforcement (2) intended to be housed in a casing (3) of the strip made from a flexible material, wherein the reinforcement includes a linking element (4) mechanically connecting: an element (10) for fixing the strip to the watch case to an element (9) for fixing the strip to a closure element.
Claims30
A watch strap strip comprising a casing and a reinforcement housed in the casing, wherein the casing is made from a flexible material, and wherein the reinforcement includes:
- a linking element having a first extremity and a second extremity,
- a first attachment configured for fixing the strap strip to a watch case, wherein the first attachment is mechanically connected or mechanically secured to the first extremity of the linking element,
- a second attachment configured for fixing the strap strip to a closure element, wherein the second attachment is mechanically connected or mechanically secured to the second extremity of the linking element,
- wherein the reinforcement has at least one of a higher tensile strength and a lower deformation under stress than the casing,
- wherein at least one of (i) the first extremity of the linking element is folded and fixed to a central portion of the linking element at the level of the first attachment, and (ii) the second extremity of the linking element is folded and fixed to a central portion of the linking element at the level of the second attachment.
A watch strap strip comprising a casing and a reinforcement housed in the casing, wherein the casing is made from a flexible material, and wherein the reinforcement includes:
- a linking element having a first extremity and a second extremity,
- a first attachment configured for fixing the strap strip to a watch case, wherein the first attachment is mechanically connected or mechanically secured to the first extremity of the linking element,
- a second attachment configured for fixing the strap strip to a closure element, wherein the second attachment is mechanically connected or mechanically secured to the second extremity of the linking element,
- wherein the reinforcement has at least one of a higher tensile strength and a lower deformation under stress than the casing,
- wherein the linking element has a cross-section whose geometry changes along the strap strip or the reinforcement,
- wherein at least one of the widths and thicknesses of the cross-sections of the blade and the casing change along the strap strip in opposite directions.
A watch strap strip reinforcement for a strip comprising a casing made from a flexible material, wherein the reinforcement includes a blade made from a superelastic alloy, the blade extending from a first attachment configured for fixing the strap strip to a watch case to a second attachment configured for fixing the strap strip to a closure element, wherein the blade is mechanically connected or mechanically secured directly to at least one of the first and second attachments,
- wherein the blade is integrally formed with at least one of the first and second attachments, and
- wherein at least one of (i) the blade includes a first extremity that is folded and fixed to a central portion of the blade at the level of the first attachment, and (ii) the blade includes a second extremity that is folded and fixed to the blade at the level of the second attachment.
A watch strap strip comprising a casing and a reinforcement housed in the casing, wherein the casing is made from a flexible material, wherein the reinforcement includes a blade having a cross-section whose geometry changes along a length of the strap strip, the blade extending from a first attachment configured for fixing the strap strip to a watch case to a second attachment configured for fixing the strap strip to a closure element, wherein the geometry of the cross-section of the blade changes along the length of the strap strip in such a way that the flexural rigidity of the strap strip, along the length of the strap strip, has a predetermined profile that is constant over at least a part of the strap strip,
- wherein at least one of the widths and thicknesses of the cross-sections of the blade and the casing change along the strap strip in opposite directions.
A watch strap strip reinforcement for a strip comprising a casing made from a flexible material, wherein the reinforcement includes a blade made from a superelastic alloy, the blade extending from a first attachment configured for fixing the strap strip to a watch case to a second attachment configured for fixing the strap strip to a closure element, wherein the blade is mechanically connected or mechanically secured directly to at least one of the first and second attachments,
- wherein the blade has a cross-section whose geometry changes along the reinforcement,
- wherein at least one of the widths and thicknesses of the cross-sections of the blade and the casing change along the strap strip in opposite directions.
A watch strap strip comprising a casing and a reinforcement housed in the casing, wherein the casing is made from a flexible material, and wherein the reinforcement includes:
- a linking element having a first extremity and a second extremity,
- a first attachment configured for fixing the strap strip to a watch case, wherein the first attachment is mechanically connected or mechanically secured to the first extremity of the linking element,
- a second attachment configured for fixing the strap strip to a closure element, wherein the second attachment is mechanically connected or mechanically secured to the second extremity of the linking element,
- wherein the reinforcement has at least one of a higher tensile strength and a lower deformation under stress than the casing, and
- wherein the casing includes at least one opening, so that a face of the reinforcement transverse to the opening is visible through the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.