Patent ID: 11896092
Assignee: CARTIER INTERNATIONAL AG
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A link, suitable for forming a bracelet having a main direction which defines a longitudinal axis, said link comprising:
a body traversed by a channel disposed in a transversal direction to said longitudinal axis, said channel being interrupted by a joining portion provided in said body, in which a second link can engage,
a bar housed in said channel, said bar being capable of being moved in translation in said channel with reference to said body, between an assembled position, in which said bar passes through said joining portion, and a free position, in which said bar leaves said joining portion free,
a locking member arranged so as to be mobile in translation in said body between a first position, in which said locking member locks said bar in its assembled position, and a second position, in which said bar is movable in translation, said locking member being a push button or being linked to a push button such that said locking member is capable of being moved to its second position in response to a pressure being applied directly to said push button by a user, and
an elastic member applying a force to said locking member that tends to hold said locking member in its first position,, wherein the link further comprises a spring interposed between said bar and said body, arranged in order to exert on said bar a force tending to push it in translation from said assembled position towards said free position.