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Bar for attaching a watch wristlet and watch fitted with such a bar

US5991978A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 25, 1998
Grant dateNov 30, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/4782
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Bar (6) for attaching a watch wristlet (4) intended to be engaged by sliding into a passage (12, 14) of a watch case (2) and inserted in one of the ends of a wristlet (4), the bar (6) including an elongated body (22) and including a locking device, the locking device including a lock (28) subject to the action of a resilient element (30) and a control (32, 36) for controlling the lock (28) which is accessible from one end of the bar (6), the lock being arranged so as to project in a transverse direction with respect to the body (22) outside the body of the bar (6), in a first position (FIG. 1) in which the control (32, 36) is not actuated, and to retract inside the body (22), in a second position (FIG. 2) when the control (32, 36) is actuated.

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