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US 9,867,435 B2Granted
Watch with extending watchband
AssigneeSwatch AG
InventorsOlivia Lepore, Matthias Zaeh
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Abstract
Watch comprising a watchband fixed to a case, this watchband comprising an extending strand, and a buckle arranged to encircle a case or an element protruding from this watchband, formed by this extending strand or by an added buckle, and the buckle comprises a stop surface arranged to cooperate, in a fastened position, either with a first complementary stop surface of a case, or with a second complementary stop surface comprised in the protruding element of the watchband.
Claims16
A watch comprising:
- a case,
- a watchband secured to the case,
- wherein said watchband includes at least one extending strand between a first end and a second end opposite to each other and a buckle on said second end, the buckle being arranged to encircle said case at least on a first side of said case, said buckle being formed by said at least one extending strand, and said buckle comprising a stop surface arranged to cooperate, in at least one fastened position, with at least a first complementary stop surface of said first side of said case,
- wherein said at least one extending strand includes at least one resilient strap forming, on said second end of said watchband, two strands arranged to extend in parallel and joined at a distal end of said watchband to form said buckle, and
- wherein, on a second side opposite to said first side, said case comprises guide means, which are arranged to guide said second end of said watchband or said at least one extending strand, so that said case and said watchband together form, in any position of said buckle, a closed volume.
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A watch comprising:
- a case,
- a watchband secured to the case,
- wherein said watchband includes at least one extending strand between a first end and a second end opposite to each other and a buckle on said second end, the buckle being arranged to encircle said case at least on a first side of said case, said buckle including at least one resilient strap forming two strands arranged to extend in parallel and joined at a distal end of said watchband, said buckle including an added buckle, and said added buckle, comprising a stop surface arranged to cooperate, in at least one fastened position, with at least a first complementary stop surface of said first side of said case,
- wherein said case includes, on the side of said first end of said watchband, a fixed or hinged insert, which includes the first complementary stop surface, and which is arranged to cooperate in a complementary manner with said stop surface, and
- wherein, on a second side opposite to said first side, said case comprises guide means, which are arranged to guide said second end of said watchband or said at least one extending strand, so that said case and said watchband together form, in any position of said buckle, a closed volume.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.