Patent ID: 8971156
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G04B

Abstract:
1. A control device for controlling a time function or non-time related function of a portable object that includes the control device and a lateral wall defining a middle part, wherein the control device includes: (a) at least two push-buttons, wherein each push-button is provided with a stem and a head, wherein the at least two push-buttons are moveable axially between a first inactive rest position and a second position in which the at least two push-buttons control the time function or non-time related function of the portable object, wherein the stems of the at least two push-buttons extend side by side, parallel to each other, and wherein the at least two push-buttons are immediately adjacent to one another, wherein the two stems are pusher stems that slide inside a same tube engaged in a through hole arranged in the middle part of the portable object, and wherein the tube is a staged tube that includes a first part whose inner diameter is greater than an inner diameter of a second part of the tube, and the heads of the push-buttons are slideably disposed inside the first part of the tube while guided axially, whereas the stems of the push-buttons slide while guided axially in the second part of the tube that has a reduced diameter.