Jewelry – Body member encircling ornament
Reexamination Certificate
1998-12-14
2001-05-08
Green, Brian K. (Department: 3628)
Jewelry
Body member encircling ornament
C063S004000, C063S005100, C063S011000, C063S026000, C063S028000, C063S032000, C063S034000, C063S036000, C059S079100, C059S080000, C059S082000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06227006
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention concerns a bracelet link, this bracelet being formed of a plurality of links articulated one after the other via cylindrical bars inserted between the links, the links and the bars being held together by at least one flexible tie which passes through holes made in these links and bars in the longitudinal direction of the bracelet.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
A tie attaching the links of a bracelet to each other via cylindrical bars inserted between the links is known from the Utility Model DE-G-85 34 115.0. This document discloses a bracelet-watch formed of links with concave flanks and transverse holes. This bracelet is also formed of bars of circular section encased in the concave flanks of said links. A cable passes through holes arranged in these links and bars to hold them together. This document does not however mention or suggest that the links forming the bracelet could be made of a mineral material as will be seen in the present invention.
The document CH-A-675 669 discloses a bracelet-watch including articulated links made of composite or mineral material. The bracelet also includes bracelet links connected to each other by linking elements pivotably mounted at each end on pins mounted in the bracelet links. The ends of the linking elements are arranged within a central opening made in each of the bracelet links. The ends of the linking elements have a semi-circumferential shape and the upper and lower faces include concavities. The lower horizontal face of the central rectangular opening includes rounded cutting edges on either side. Besides the fact that the bracelet of this document does not include any flexible tie holding the links together, one can imagine the great difficulty that there would be in manufacturing a link made of mineral material with a central opening and which, moreover, is pierced with four holes.
In order to overcome the aforecited drawback, there has been proposed a link formed of a base element onto which a decorative plate made of a mineral material is glued, as is describes for example in the document CH-A-636 994. In this document, the base elements, which can be made of metal, are articulated one after the other by conventional hinges using connecting bars, and the decorative plates can be made of glass or sapphire. In this case, there is no difficulty in producing simple plates made of a mineral material which is then affixed to a metal base element. However, this base element remains visible and the bracelet thus formed does not give the impression, as in the case of the present invention, of being made solely by means of links made of a mineral material.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Thus, the bracelet of the invention formed according to the first paragraph of this text is made of a mineral material whose hardness is equal to or greater than 7.5 Mohs.
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Chop Andrea
Green Brian K.
Griffin & Szipl, P.C.
The Swatch Group Management Services AG
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