US2501385A - Bracelet end connection - Google Patents

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March 21, 1950 A. J. GARRE AU BRACELET END CONNECTION Filed, OOt. 24, 1945 INVENTOR BY 7 I 7 ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 21, 1950 I UNITED STATES PATENT oer-ICE BRACELET END CONNECTION Armand J. Garreau, Newport, R. I.

Application October 24, 1945, Serial No. 624,233

2 Claims. (01. 24265) The present invention relates to bracelets for wrist watches, and has particular reference to a 'novel end connection for a spring coil bracelet.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple, readily mounted end connection for a spring coil bracelet.

Another object of the invention is to provide an end connection made of two readily manufactured and inexpensive parts.

With the above and other objects and advantageous features in view, the invention consists of a novel arrangement of parts, preferred arrangements being described in the specification following, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the invention being specifically defined in the claims appended thereto.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a side view showing a wrist watch and a spring coil bracelet connected thereto by means of nd connections constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the end connection housing;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the end connection tongue;

Fig. 3a is a perspective view of a modified con struction for the end connection tongue;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the relation of the parts for assembly;

Fig. 5 is a top plan detail showing the connection with the wrist watch; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified construction for the housing.

It has been found desirable to provide a simple end connection for a spring coil wrist watch bracelet, which may be readily and quickly assembled, and which securely locks the bracelet ends to the bails of the wrist watch. To this end, I form a tongue which may be inserted in the bracelet end, and which has a bore to receive the bail of the wrist watch, and I mount a housing over the tongue which locks the tongue and the end of the bracelet together, the assembly being completed by mounting on the watch bail, whereby the parts are locked together and cannot be separated accidentally or inadvertently.

Referring to the drawings, the wrist watch Ill is connected to a spring coil bracelet il by means of end connections l3, these connections being identical in appearance and function. The end connection it, see Fig. 5, includes a housing i l of tubular metal stock, having upper and lower flat surfaces l5, IS, a rounded side H, and a slightly inclined side l8, as illustrated in Fig. 2,

and a tongue l9, see Fig. 3, which is also of metal stock, and includes a flat portion 20 formed by stamping the sides of a strip, the stamping also shaping the side portion 2| as a cylindrical edge which has a bore 22.

The end connection may also be made of tubular stock, as indicated at 23 in Fig. 3a, the stock being stamped to provide a flat end portion 24 and a cylindrical end portion 25 which has a bore 26.

The end connection is assembled by inserting the flat portion 20 of the tongue l9 into the end 21 of the spring coil bracelet, as shown in Fig. 4. The housing It is then advanced over the tongue [9, the cylindrical side portion 2| of the tongue nesting in the rounded side ll of the housing and the inclined side l8 penetrating between two coils 28, 29, see Figs. 4 and 5. The assembled end connection is now inserted between the bail supports 30, 3! of the wrist watch, and the bail 32 inserted, whereby all the parts are securely locked together.

The novel end connection thus comprises two parts which are readily mounted and which have an attractive appearance, the flat surfaces l5, 16 of the housing being suitably ornamented if desired.

For certain types of wrist watches it is preferred to enclose the sides of the housing to conceal the coils therein. The housing may then be stamped out of flat stock and shaped as indicated in Fig. 6 by the reference numeral 33, to provide a housing similar in appearance and function to the housing l4 of Fig. 2, two wings 34, 35 being provided at the ends of the upper surface 36 for bending to completely enclose the coil sections within the housing, after assembly.

Although I have described preferred embodiments of my invention, it is obvious that changes in the size, the shape, and the arrangement of the parts may be made to suit the requirements for diflerent bracelet sizes and designs, without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination, a spring coil having closely adjacent loops, and an end connection comprising a tongue having an upper portion with a watch receiving bore and a flat lower portion extending into the end loops of the coil, and a tubular housing receiving the tongue upper portion, the tongue lower portion, and the end loops into which the tongue lower portion extends.

2. In combination, a spring coil having closely adjacent loops, and an end connection comprising a tongue having an upper portion with a 4 watch receiving bore and a fiat lower portion REFERENCES CITED extending into the end. loops of the coil, and a tubular housing receiving the tongue upper porg z ggfgg fg are of record m the tion, the tongue lower portion, and the end loops into which the tongue lower portion extends, 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS said tubular housing having upper and lower walls Number Name Date seating on the said end loops, and a front wall 1,790,721 t t 3, 193 positioned between two adjacent loops. 1,33 ,772 Rossman 5, 1931 1,890,320 Field Dec. 6, 1932 ARMAND J. GARREAU. 10 2,028,791 Lynds a-.- Jan. 28, 1936

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