US 12,232,583 B2
Connection lock and watch bracelet
Hon Man Chung, Hong Kong (HK)
Appl. No. 18/005,623
Filed by KEITHINKETH LIMITED, Hong Kong (HK)
PCT Filed Jul. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/106153
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/012564, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 32020011571.7 (HK), filed on Jul. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0276909 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A44C 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 5/14 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connection lock for connection with a watch bracelet, the connection lock comprising a body portion, the body portion comprising:
a receiving cavity is enclosed by a peripheral border of the body portion to receive a spare length of flexible tube or cable; the peripheral border of the body portion having a first side border, a second side border, a third side border, and a fourth side border connected in sequence; the first side border for connection with a bracelet strap, the bracelet strap has a receiving groove, the first side border includin a notch capable of aligning and communication with the receiving groove in the bracelet strap, so as to enable the flexible tube or the cable in the receiving cavity to pass into the receiving groove of the bracelet strap via the notch in the first side border;
at least two sliding connection portions respectively arranged at lower edges of the second side border and the fourth side border; the second side border and the fourth side border are arranged orthogonally to the first side border; the third side border oppositely located to the first side border and orthogonal to the second side border and the fourth side border; and
a connection opening arranged, adjacent to the notch, on the second side border of the body portion perpendicular to the sliding connection portions, wherein when an external fitting is connected to the flexible tube or the cable by sliding it onto the connection lock via the sliding connection portion of the connection lock and a sliding portion of the external fitting, a connection portion of the external fitting is slidable in from the connection opening such that the connection portion is connected to the flexible tube or the cable in the receiving cavity.