Bracelet clasp

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10278460-B2
Application number	US-201615085310-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2016
Priority date	Apr 23, 2015
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

The invention relates to a bracelet clasp including a securing member provided with means for adjusting the useful length of the bracelet, these adjustment means including:
a base plate secured and pivotally hinged to the second end of the second strip, the first strand passing between the base plate and the second strip and being held by holding means, second means for locking the base plate in a closed position on the second strip.

According to the invention, the second locking means include a push-piece arranged to be moved between a first rest position wherein the base plate is locked in a closed position on the second strip, and a second pushed-in position in which the base plate is released from the second strip.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A clasp of a bracelet, the bracelet clasp comprising:
a deployment buckle, including at least first and second strips, the first strip being hinged to the second strip at a first end of the second strip, the first strip being movable between a closed position, called a wearing position, in which the first strip is folded onto the second strip, and an open position, in which the first strip is released from the second strip, the second strip carrying, at a second end of the second strip, a securing structure to secure a first bracelet strand, a second bracelet strand being at least indirectly connected to the first strip, the first strip including a first lock to hold the first strip in its closed position,
the securing structure including an adjustor of a useful length of the bracelet, the adjustor including:
a base plate secured and pivotally hinged to the second end of the second strip, the first strand passing between the base plate and the second strip and being held by a holding structure, and
a second lock to hold the base plate in a closed position on the second strip,

wherein the second lock includes a push-piece that is movable in a longitudinal direction of the bracelet, in response to an action of a user, between a first rest position in which the base plate is locked in the closed position on the second strip, and a second pushed-in position in which the base plate is released from the second strip.

2. The a clasp according to claim 1 , wherein the base plate includes an L-shaped groove on each of lateral edges thereof.

3. The clasp according to claim 1 , wherein the second strip includes a bridge at the second end receiving the base plate, the bridge including a pin on each edge thereof, each pin being configured to cooperate with the corresponding L-shaped groove.

4. The clasp according to claim 1 , wherein the second lock includes a return structure to cooperate with the push-piece so as to hold the push-piece in a closed position.

5. The clasp according to claim 4 , wherein said return structure includes at least one spring.

6. The clasp according to claim 1 , wherein the base plate includes a guide to guide the push-piece.

7. The clasp according to claim 4 , wherein the return structure rests in a guide to guide the push-piece.

8. The clasp according to claim 1 , wherein the base plate includes a stud on an upper face thereof, called an upper stud, that is insertable in a suitable hole in the first strand to define an anchoring point.

9. The clasp according to claim 1 , wherein the first strand is inserted through the adjustor, where the base plate is hinged on the second strip.

Assignees

• Omega Sa

Inventors

• Catanese Rocco

Classifications

• A44C5/246 Primary

  having size adjusting means · CPC title

• A44B11/226

  with cover plate · CPC title

• A44C5/24 Primary

  with folding devices · CPC title

• A44C5/243

  Automatic folding spring closure · CPC title

• A44C5/14

  characterised by the way of fastening to a wrist-watch or the like · CPC title