Patent ID: 7043895

Claim:
A wristband having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction normal to the longitudinal direction, said wristband comprising: (a) a plurality of center links disposed adjacent one to another in the transverse direction, each of said plurality of center links being offset with respect to each of an immediate neighboring center link in the longitudinal direction and wherein at least two of the plurality of center links are operatively, rigidly affixed to one another; (b) at least one edge link, each disposed immediately adjacent to one of the plurality of center links; (c) a first orifice extending entirely through each of the plurality of center links in the transverse direction; (d) a second orifice extending entirely through each of the plurality of center links in the transverse direction wherein the second orifice in a first of the plurality of center links aligns with the second orifice in a second of the plurality of center links wherein a third of the plurality of center links resides between the first and second center links, and wherein the first orifice of the first of the plurality of center links aligns with the second orifice of the third of the plurality of center links, said third of the plurality of center links residing immediately adjacent to the first of the plurality of center links; (e) a third orifice in the at least one edge link, said third orifice not extending entirely through the at least one edge link and aligned with the first orifice; (f) a first connecting hinge pin arranged transversely to the plurality of links and operatively, pivotally disposed in the first orifice of the plurality of center links and the third orifice in the at least one edge link; (g) a second connecting hinge pin arranged transversely to the plurality of links and operatively, disposed in the second orifice of all of said plurality of center links offset in a first longitudinal direction and in additional orifices of additional links longitudinally disposed from the plurality of center links, said second connecting pin not extending beyond an inner lateral edge of the at least one edge link; and (h) a third connecting hinge pin arranged transversely to the plurality of links and operatively, disposed in the second orifice of all of said plurality of center links offset in a second longitudinal direction, said second direction being not the first direction, said third connecting pin not extending beyond the inner lateral edge of the at least one edge link.