20 Dec
Swiss Inventors Develop Bracelets
Christian Verdon of Boussens, Switzerland, and Michael Bach of Biel, Switzerland, have developed a bracelet with links made of rigid material on a flexible core.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: “The bracelet is formed of several juxtaposed links made of rigid material and a flexible core onto which the links are threaded. The flexible core is formed over a part of its length of flexible elements removably assembled one after the other. Each flexible element comprises on two opposite sides a first assembling portion and a second assembling portion complementary to the first assembling portion.”
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: “elements can be assembled one after the other by fitting the first and second assembling portions together to form a flexible strip. The links are positioned on the flexible core to hold the flexible elements in their assembled position.”
The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,021,041 on April 4.The patent has been tiffany and co assigned to Montres Rado SA, Lengnau, Switzerland.
The original application was filed on Feb. 11, 2005, and is available at: http://patft.uspto.gov.libproxy.library.wmich.edu/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,021,041.PN.&OS=PN/7,021,041&RS=PN/7,021,041.
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