US1591294A - Clasp for bracelets - Google Patents

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Filed June i! IEVENTOR wif ` ATTORNEYS iterloclring parts are ,so arranged that theV pull o-nfthe bracelet or .o-tlierarticle ina d1-` rectionfto draw the ends oie" ,the bracelet Paieaaa .iria/16,1926. f

anw-Ais1) e'normrmsoir, 'QF-.nonenasron ia-Arron, NEW Yoan. 'y

- crees? roaf canoni-lars .Application aiearunele, 19.25. .serial No, 35,302. z r f f This :inventionrelates to YclasosY torartif ciesy olf jewelry, such bracelet-s, and has i a .clasp which will.; allow a .certain arno nt of' adjustment with; ont presenting the appearance otiadjiistey able clasp .when the;` clasp is closed., land- :without .having loose ends .projecting beyond.

for-its object .to zprovide the clasp, sinfihas are .nsuallyionnd inadjustable'clasps. v.x

A further object-of the invention to providea clasp oiifthiskind in Wliichtlie in- -.o'rn amental part ofthe bracelet. .f ig the laccornpanying Adrawings [I have illnstratedpa preferred` embodiment, of my improved clasp applied to the bracelet oaV ivristavatchand in thefsaidfdrafvwinjgs Fig.A las agperspectlve .vlevvotthe brace` let showing the claspy closed,

Fig. 2 is a similarviewav-ith the clasp open'Y rig. ais i Sie@ View of the clasp with are cover open but with theinterlocking parts in en'gagement5-and e f Figqt is anenlarged vsectional.det-ail on Yline Ll--le of Fig.Y '1f V:Referring to the` drawings, lfindicatesthe inner member of the clasp attached in the usual mannerto'one end-, oftl1e bracelet. or

other article, vvhichis here shown as a strap of gold mesh. The other part ot the clasp is indicatedat 2 andfcomprises aliousi'ngv Y having a hinged cover 3 .for Venclosing the part lV Whenthe claspv isshut. The part 2 is attached to the bracelet by means 'off a bar 4lclamped or soldered wills @11d 0f the' mesh, and to` this bar tne main part or housing 2 is attached by a suitable hinge indicated at 5 iny Fig. The cover partrS is hinged to the housing by meansV of a seca ond hinge G.

Projectingirom the inner :tace of the hon-sing 2 are a plurality of pins 7, here shown assu: in number, and arranged in -fthree f pairs, whereby :three adjustments?,

the length lot the bracelet; arefproviderr.

The-number. of pins may otfcou'rse be more or less, as desired.

itat bar or `plate-fadaptedto;iti rvvitliin fthe ,sidesgS of the housing.` fflllieplatell is provided '.rvith el otsalQ; positioned .to `.titfover the pins :7. 'The slots'are:.jnstilong enough-to embrace all three. pinsgwlienfthe bracelet 'is Y tofoel reduced to'. its-smallest size ,and the.l

portion ot the. plate at.y the `outer'. ends'fof the slot isfjnst wide ,enough *to .tit ,betweensthe pins Tinnen 'the `clasp .is ad] ustedfor 5 either' :the more r extendedv positions, as i shown jy more particularly inldig;

When. the plate 1 1 is.y engaged vvithzthe :pin l Z ,as described, thecover 3 is closed/down..

:on theihousing as shown ;in..l. The; cover -fmay :be .maintained .in closed position in any suitable manner;jInthief-.construc--..V

outer` tace of the. side flanges ,S of fthe clasp.

tion shoirnthe cover vis provided dat its free f 4,edge \v1th t\vo1ears jlO havinglprojectionsrfll..

`adapted to snap into depressionslllgin theol-.80d

It desiredqa springhinge may be employed for thel cover p 'latezor a positivefsafetycatch distance marked A in Fig. l2, is long'enougli Vfor thel cover n3 to completely conceal thepart 1 when the clasp is at its most extended` adjustment, or it may be just long enough for the slots 9 to bev completely concealed asl i I claim 1. In a jewelry clasp,y the combination the `housing 'is attachedvto 'the articlefone ofsaid portions beingprovided With `an invterlocling'part, a member attached to the cooper ate s7with the interlocking part, said memberbeing of a length'vvhich will permit it tobe entirely contained Within the housing together With a portionof the` lleXible article, the second part of the housing being adapted to retainthe interlocking part and a housing to" be attachedy to one end of a` relatively 'flat and flexible article, said hous-V ing-comprising tvvo portions movable rela tive to one anotheroppositefthe end to Which 1e 1 tive toV one another opposite toV the end Vat I housing under said second out the overlap.

.the member in operative relatiomand means associated with the housing for maintaining the membe-r and that portion of the article which overlaps with the second portion of the housing under said portion throughout` the overlap. 2. In a jewelry clasp, the combinationofV a Ahousing to be attached to one end of aV relatively flat and tlexiblearticle, said housing comprising two portions movable rela-- which the housing is attached to the article, one of said portions being provided with a series of interlocking parts, a member attached to the other end or" the article so that it-forms a longitudinal extension of the article and cooperates Vwitlijat least one of the interlocking parts to permit it to be adjusted v along the length of the housing, said member being ot' a length which will permit it to be entirely contained within the housing together with a portion of the eXible article when it cooperates with the interlocking part of the housing arranged closest to the'.

3. In a jewelry clasp the combination of a housing adapted for attachment to one partV of an article, said housing comprising a body part, a lplurality of projections on the Vbody part and a hinged cover adapted to close against said projections, a cooperating part for attachmentto another portion of said article of jewelry, said part adapted to` lie within the housing and having openings for engagementV with said projections in diiiferent positions of adjustment.

4. In a jewelry clasp the combination of ahousing adapted vto be attached to one part of an article, said housing kcomprising two parts hingedly connected, one of said parts having side flanges, a plurality of projections onone of said parts extending toward the other of said parts when the two parts of the housing are closed, and a co-y operating member adapted to be attached to Vanother part of said article, said member adapted to tit within the side flanges ot said housing and `having a slot long enough to engage over several of said projections,

substantially as described.

5. In a jewelry clasp for bracelets andother articles, the combination of a housing,

said housing comprising a bar secured to lthe end of the bracelet, a body portion hinged thereto, said body portion having s ide anges and a plurality of spaced pins arranged in rows projecting from the face of the body portion within the said side flanges, a cover' plate in r`closed position against the side iianges of the housing, and a cooperating part for'attachment to the other end of the bracelet, said part comprising a plate adapted to l'it lwithin the side flanges ofthe housing and provided withr `l slots long enough to embrace the rows of pins with the metal at the end of lthe slot oitl a width t'o lit between the pins of the rows. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDWARD B. DONALDSON.

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