Patent ID: 9198484
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A44C,F16G

Abstract:
1. An adjustable link for a bracelet, comprising at least a first half link and at least a second half link movable in relation to each other in a bracelet direction, and which form together an indissociable assembly, wherein: said first half link comprises: at least one connecting and locking member, said connecting and locking member extending transversely in said bracelet direction and comprising a locking means, said second half link includes a complementary locking means, said locking means and said complementary locking means together define at least two locking positions for immobilizing said first half link with respect to said second half link, said at least two locking positions being discrete and remote from each other in said bracelet direction, said locking means and/or said complementary locking means are movable, under an action of a force exerted in said bracelet direction and greater than a given value provided by an elastic return means included in said complementary locking means and/or said locking means, to allow a relative change of position between said first half link and said second half link in said bracelet direction, wherein said connecting and locking member is a substantially tubular element forming said elastic return means configured to assume various positions between a contracted position where the cross-section thereof is minimum and an expanded position where the cross-section thereof is maximum, and said substantially tubular element extending in an orthogonal direction of said bracelet direction, and housed inside a housing included in said first half link, wherein the housing extends in a direction substantially orthogonal to of said bracelet direction, said housing being sized such that, in free state, said element projects beyond a boundary surface included in said first half link, said boundary surface also extends parallel of said bracelet direction, and wherein, in a contracted state under an effect of an application of a compressive force applied by a relative motion between said second half link and said first half link when said element is compressed by a complementary bearing surface included in said second half link, said element is held within said boundary surface.