Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Strap-end-attaching devices – Buckle connected
Patent
1988-03-04
1989-02-21
Sakran, Victor N.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Strap-end-attaching devices
Buckle connected
24 71J, 224164, A44C 518
Patent
active
048052710
ABSTRACT:
An end connector for connecting an end of a watch band to a watch case. The watch case has spaced lugs adapted to accommodate a conventional spring bar or the like removably engaged therebetween. The watch band is of the expansible type with a row of top links overlying a row of bottom links, and with spring loaded elements for interconnecting the top and bottom links in a manner permitting longitudinal expansion and contraction of the band. The end connector comprises a generally flat shank having a hook portion at one end and a tab portion at an opposite end. The shank is configured and dimensioned for insertion into the end of the watch band between the rows of top and bottom links. The tab portion is bent out of the plane of the thus inserted shank into an interlocked position protruding between two adjacent bottom links, and the hook portion is engaged with the spring bar. The arrangement of the hook portion in relation to the shank is such that the endmost top link of the band is used against the watch case to provide a continuous integral look therebetween.
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Sakran Victor N.
Textron Inc.
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