US 12,274,336 B2
Device for adjusting the length of a bracelet
Gilles Garcin, Les Acacias (CH); and Thibaut Riotte, Pringy (FR)
Assigned to MONTRES TUDOR SA, Geneva (CH)
Filed by MONTRES TUDOR SA, Geneva (CH)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/168,070.
Claims priority of application No. 22156512 (EP), filed on Feb. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0255327 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A44C 5/24 (2006.01); A44C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 5/246 (2013.01) [A44C 5/0053 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustment device for adjusting a length of a bracelet,
the adjustment device comprising at least one adjustment assembly that is movable relative to a clasp cover,
the adjustment assembly being provided with a first fixing element and the clasp cover being provided with a second fixing element, the first fixing element and the second fixing element being adapted to cooperate with each other for fixing the adjustment assembly relative to the clasp cover according to several positions capable of inducing different bracelet lengths,
the adjustment assembly being provided with a first indexing element and the clasp cover being also provided with a second indexing element, the first indexing element and the second indexing element being capable of cooperating with each other for temporary positioning of the adjustment assembly relative to the clasp cover according to one of the several positions,
the adjustment assembly comprising a guiding device comprising a first guiding element, and the clasp cover comprising a second guiding element, the first guiding element and the second guiding element being capable of cooperating with each other to guide a displacement of the adjustment assembly relative to the clasp cover,
wherein the first indexing element is independent of and/or distinct from the first guiding element, the second indexing element is independent of and/or distinct from the second guiding element, or both the first indexing element is independent of and/or distinct from the first guiding element and the second indexing element is independent of and/or distinct from the second guiding element,
wherein the second guiding element of the clasp cover and the second indexing element of the clasp cover are arranged on distinct walls of the clasp cover, respectively on lateral walls and on an outer wall connecting the lateral walls.