US 9,549,631 B1Granted

Self-contained bracelet attaching device and bracelet containing same

OwnerKatharine Charity Sittlerinventor

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Abstract

Disclosed is a combination of a bracelet and a device for assisting in attaching a bracelet of the type having a clasp at one end and a receiver at the other end and being flexible between such ends. The device comprises a dangling member attached to the bracelet, which dangling member is of sufficient length so that at least one finger of the wearer's involved hand can engage the dangling member against the involved hand and thereby position said receiver at or near the wrist while the wearer's other hand manipulates the clasp at the other end of the bracelet so as to bring such clasp into proximity with the receiver and then so as to attach the bracelet. In another embodiment of the invention, a detachably attachable dangling member is disclosed that can be retrofitted to a typical bracelet. In another embodiment of the invention, the dangling member is permanently attached near one end of the bracelet and is detachably attachable elsewhere on the bracelet.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A combination of a bracelet and a device attached thereto operable to assist in attaching said bracelet around a wrist of a wearer, said combination comprising:

the bracelet, wherein the bracelet has a first end and a second end, and one of the first end and the second end of the bracelet comprises a receiving end and an other one of the first end and the second end of the bracelet comprises a clasp end;
and
the device, wherein the device is operable to assist in attaching said receiving end and said clasp end of said bracelet together so that the bracelet then securely encircles the wrist of the wearer, said device having a first end and a second end, said first end of the device being detachably attachable to said bracelet, and said first end of the device being located much nearer to one of the receiving end and the clasp end than to an other one of the receiving end and the clasp end;
wherein:
said device is of a length and is so situated such that at least one finger of a hand of the wearer proximal to the wrist of the wearer may engage the second end of the device and hold it against the hand of the wearer, allowing the device and the bracelet attached thereto, at least momentarily, to hang downward such that the receiving end of said bracelet dangles at or about the wrist of the wearer and a remainder of said bracelet dangles alongside said wrist of the wearer thus making the clasp end of said bracelet available to an other hand of the wearer to complete attaching said clasp end to said receiving end;
said combination is wearable as a bracelet;
and
said second end of the device is detachably attachable to said bracelet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/815,111Filed 31 Jan 2013 · division
Priority: 25 Sep 2009
Granted: 24 Jan 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

A47G 25/901
Devices for domestic use for assisting in putting-on or pulling-off clothing, e.g. stockings or trousers: for bracelets
A44C 5/18
Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps: fasteners for straps, chains or the like
A44C 5/20
Fasteners for straps, chains or the like: for open straps , chains or the like
A44C 15/003
Other forms of jewellery: jewellery holding or retaining articles, e.g. eyeglasses