Band

Details Band Band

1999-05-25

2001-01-30

Vidovich, Gregory M. (Department: 3727)

Package and article carriers

Carried by animate bearer

Watch attaching means extending circumferentially of wrist

C224S166000, C224S171000, C224S176000, C224S178000, C224S221000, C024S07000R, C024S0710ST

Reexamination Certificate

active

06179177

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a band, such as a watch band or the like.
2. Description of Related Art
Conventionally, a watch band attached to a case and having a structure, as shown in
FIG. 17
has been known.
Such a band comprises a band body
1
made of elastic rubber, a female buckle
2
attached on one end portion of the band body
1
, and a male buckle
3
detachably attached on the other end portion thereof. In a state that the male buckle
3
is detached from the band body
1
, the band body
1
is inserted into each insertion hole
6
of two band attachment portions
5
which are provided on a case complete
4
, so that the case complete
4
can be attached to the band body
1
. Thereafter, the male buckle
3
is attached to the other end portion of the band body
1
.
In such a case, an attachment hole
2
a
into which the one end portion of the band body
1
is inserted is formed in the female buckle
2
. The one end portion of the band body
1
is inserted into the attachment hole
2
a
to be turned back. By securing the turned and overlapped portions to each other, the female buckle
2
is attached to the one end portion of the band body
1
.
Two attachment holes
3
a
and
3
b
into which the other end portion of the band body
1
is inserted are formed in the male buckle
3
. By inserting the other end portion of the band body
1
into one attachment hole
3
a
and inserting a top end portion thereof into the other attachment hole
3
b
to be turned back, the male buckle
3
is detachably attached to the other end portion of the band body
1
. A watch glass
7
is attached on an upper surface of the case
4
, a case back
8
is attached on a lower surface thereof, and a watch module
9
is contained in an inside thereof.
However, according to the watch band, since the female buckle
2
is attached to the one end portion of the band body
1
made of elastic rubber, while the male buckle
3
is attached to the other end portion thereof, positions of the female buckle
2
and the male buckle
3
are not stable to tend to move when the band body
1
is attached to the wrist. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to attach the female buckle
2
and the male buckle
3
by one hand.
Further, with the watch band, the other end portion of the band body
1
is inserted into the two attachment holes
3
a
and
3
b
of the male buckle
3
with being turned back in order, thereby the male buckle
3
is detachably attached to the other end portion of the band body
1
. Accordingly, even if a length of the band body
1
is adjusted by the male buckle
3
, the attached portion of the male buckle
3
maybe loosened. In this case, there is a problem that it is not possible to suitably fit the watch band to the wrist unless the length of the band body
1
is adjusted again.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a band whose handling for attaching and detaching of a band body thereof to the wrist or the like is improved, and which can be attached to the wrist or the like with suitable fitting.


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