Improvements in Devices for Preventing Watches from Falling Out of, or being Forcibly Removed from, a Pocket.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 5th May, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Preventing Watches from Falling Out
of, or being Forcibly Removed from, a Pocket.
1, AXEL SARNMARK, of Torsby, in the Kingdom of Sweden, Watchmaker,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention relates to a device applicable to watches to prevent them from
falling out of or being removed from the pocket, either by their own weight or by
pulling the watch chain. This watch protector may also serve as a link between
the watch and the chain; the latter however by using this watch protector may be
totally dispensed with.
In the accompanying drawings Figures 1 and 3 are side elevations of the watch
protector and Figure 2 front elevation of the same all full size. It consists of a
flat spring or metal strip bent so as to form two loops a and b intended to be joined,
the lower (a) with the ring or bow of the watch and the other (b) with the last link
of the chain, if such be used. The front part or arm of the lower loop a is
extended upwardly and bent into the shape of a downwardly open cramp clip or
hook, which is intended to pinch or engage the edge of the pocket, when the watch
is inserted therein at which time the front arm h of the clip will slide on the outside
of the pocket. The front arm d of the upper loop 6 extends downwards behind,
and ends about at the middle of the clip in a forwardly bent tooth e, for which is
made a hole or recess g in the rear arm f of the clip. When the watch protector
occupies its normal position (shown in Figure 1), the arm & will bear against the
arm f, so that the tooth e will enter the hole g and project in the clip. If on the
contrary the upper parts of the watch protector are pressed together in forward and
backward directions, said parts will occupy the position shown in Figure 3, that is
to say the front arm d of the upper loop will be pressed backwards so that its lower
part is withdrawn from the clip and the tooth e withdrawn from the hole
9.
The rear arm k which is common to both loops is bent inwards at c so as to form
a narrowing above the loop a in order that the ring or bow of the watch may not
ascend too far.
When the device is applied to the watch the tooth e is brought out of the hole
so as to allow the ring or bow of the watch to pass between the tooth and the clip
and descend through the narrowing above mentioned into the loop a. In applying
the chain (if such is to be used) the tooth e is also forced backwards so that the
necessary link of the chain may be inserted between the tooth and the clip
whereafter it is forced upwards between the arms d and k into the loop b.
In putting the watch into the pocket, the upper part of the protector is seized
between the thumb and fingers and slightly compressed, so as to remove the
tooth e from the clip, which then easily will catch the edge of the pocket. When
the pressure has ceased the tooth e will enter the clip and grasp or pinch the cloth
or stuff, so that neither the device itself, the watch nor the chain (if such be used)
can be removed without tearing the cloth until said device is again released. When
it is desired to take the watch out of the pocket the upper part of the device is
seized between the thumb and fingers as before described so as to withdraw the tooth
from the stuff and clip.
It is obvious that two or more teeth may be provided on the arm d, instead of a
single one as shown in the drawings. These teeth may either be placed all on the
same level or one above another, and they may enter recesses in the arm for
project at one or both sides of said arm. They may further be either pointed,

page_text: so as to easily penetrate and engage the cloth or blunt so as to press the stuff
against the foremost arm h.
When a chain is not used, the upper loop b may be dispensed with.
Instead of making the watch protector of a single spring as stated above, it may
of course be made in several pieces united in any convenient manner.
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The size and shape of the device may also be varied. ` Any suitable ornamentation
may be applied for instance on the arm h of the clip or on any other part of the
protector.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is;-
1. A watch protector adapted to be applied to the ring or bow of the watch in
order to prevent the latter from falling out of or being forcibly removed from the
pocket consisting of two loops such as a b turned in opposite directions and united
by means of a common arm k the arm d of the loop being provided with one or
more forwardly projecting teeth or points such as e and free from the corresponding
arm (f) of the loop (a) and prolonged downwardly behind a clip or hook fixed to
or forming the end of the latter arm (f) the loops or their arms being springy so
as to allow the tooth or teeth (e) which normally project into the clip either
through one or more holes in the rear arm of the same or across the edges of the
arm to retire from the clip, when the upper part of the watch protector is
compressed and again project when the pressure ceases in order that the said tooth
or teeth when the device is properly applied to the pocket may grasp the cloth or
press it against the foremost arm (/) of the clip thus securing the device and the
watch hanging on the loop a substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
2. In a device for preventing watches from falling out of or being forcibly
removed from a pocket the combination with a clip or hook adapted to engage the
edge of the pocket of a loop such as a and arms and one or more teeth such as k d
and e substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. The complete device for preventing watches from falling out of or being
forcibly removed from a pocket substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 29th day of March 1894.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.