US 12,440,004 B2
Cuff for watch
Nicole Steel, Winnetka, IL (US)
Assigned to Steel American Luxury LLC, Winnetka, IL (US)
Filed by Steel American Luxury LLC, Winnetka, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/887,929.
Application 18/887,929 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2023/015530, filed on Mar. 17, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/321,334, filed on Mar. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0009080 A1, Jan. 9, 2025
Int. Cl. A44C 5/12 (2006.01); A44C 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 5/12 (2013.01) [A44C 5/147 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watch cuff, comprising:
a first connector coupled to a first side of a body of a watch;
a second connector coupled to a second side of the body of the watch opposite the first side;
a first arm having an arcuate profile and formed from a rigid or semi-rigid material, the first arm comprising a first attachment point configured to detachably couple the first arm to the first connector; and
a second arm having an arcuate profile and formed from the rigid or semi-rigid material, the second arm comprising a second attachment point configured to detachably couple the second arm to the second connector,
wherein the first and second arms cooperate to define an opening opposite the body of the watch when the first and second arms are coupled to the first and second connectors and the first and second connectors are coupled to the first and second sides of the body of the watch,
the first arm being displaceable about the first connector between a separated position and an unseparated position, a size of the opening being increased with a displacement of the first arm from the unseparated position to the separated position,
the first connector comprises a first prong positioned to be matingly received by the first attachment point, the first prong having a first protuberance configured to, upon displacement of the first arm to the separated position, engage an inner surface of the first attachment point in a manner that retains the first arm in the separated position, the first attachment point further being sized to house the first protuberance when the first arm is in the unseparated position,
the first connector further comprises a second prong having a second protuberance, a third prong, and a fourth prong, the third and fourth prongs having shapes that are different than shapes of the first and second prongs,
the first arm further comprising a second attachment point that inwardly extends into the first arm, the second attachment point configured to matingly receive the second prong of the first connector, the second protuberance of the second prong configured to, upon displacement of the first arm to the separated position, engage an inner surface of the second attachment point in a manner that further retains the first arm in the separated position, the second attachment point being sized to house the second protuberance when the first arm is in the unseparated position, and
wherein the first and second arms are configured to laterally flex outwardly from a pre-flexed shape to allow an object to pass through the opening without breaking.