INSERTABLE ACCESSORIES FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED PERSONALIZATION OF WRIST-WEARABLE DEVICES
An insertable accessory is provided for adding enhanced personalization to wrist-wearable devices, such as watches, wrist-wearable activity/sleep monitors, and smart watches. The insertable accessory can be of a single piece of cast metal having a platform with a top and bottom side; at least one leg shaped so as to be insertable into an adjustment hole of a wristband, and attached to the bottom side of the platform; and at least one ornamental object attached to the top side of the platform. The insertable accessory can also be a single piece of cast metal having at least one leg extending from an ornamental object, such as a gem, a gem setting, a bead, a letter, a school logo. The at least one leg is shaped so as to securely engage with an adjustment hole of an attachment band of a wrist-wearable device, and can have a round or oblong cross-section.
This invention relates to wrist-wearable devices, and more particularly to accessories for personalizing the attachment band of wrist-wearable devices, such as fitness watches, activity trackers, and smart watches.
BACKGROUNDFitness watches, and wrist-wearable activity/sleep monitors have reached a high level of popularity. In addition, smart watches that work with smart phones have become increasingly popular. For many people, such wearable devices have displaced conventional wrist watches. Today's wrist watches offer many ornamental features to choose from, thereby allowing for a high degree of personalization just by choosing from among the myriad options available today for wrist watches.
However, many smart watches, fitness watches, and wrist-wearable activity/sleep monitors, especially the inexpensive versions, are very plain-looking, or do not offer affordable models having various ornamental features. Current manufacturers typically do not provided a wide variety of aesthetic options to consumers that want a more personalized look for their affordable fitness watches and wrist-wearable activity/sleep monitors. Consequently, such affordable watches and monitors generally look the same from one person to the next.
SUMMARYOne general aspect of the invention is an insertable accessory for providing enhanced personalization for wrist-wearable activity/sleep monitors, smart watches, and other wrist-wearable devices. The insertable accessory includes: a platform having an outward facing surface and an underside; at least one leg, the leg being shaped so as to be insertable into an adjustment hole of a wristband of a wrist-wearable device, the at least one leg being attached to the underside of the platform; and at least one ornamental object, the at least one ornamental object being attached to the outward facing surface of the platform.
In some embodiments, the at least one ornamental object is one of: a gem, a bead, a letter, a school logo, or a gem setting.
In some embodiments, the at least one leg is shaped so as to securely engage with an adjustment hole of an attachment band of the wrist-wearable device.
In some embodiments, the at least one leg has a round cross-section so as to securely engage with a round adjustment hole of an attachment band of the wrist-wearable device.
In some embodiments, the at least one leg is oblong-shaped so as to securely engage with an oblong-shaped adjustment hole of an attachment band of the wrist-wearable device.
In some embodiments, the at least one leg has a round cross-section so as to securely engage with an oblong-shaped adjustment hole of an attachment band of the wrist-wearable device.
In some embodiments, the at least one ornamental object is attached to the outward facing surface of the platform using at least one of: adhesive, a screw post, a weld, an insertable post.
In some embodiments, at least one of a portion of the platform and at least a portion of the ornamental object is painted.
In some embodiments, the platform has an outward facing surface that has a convex curvature.
Another general aspect of the invention is an insertable accessory for providing enhanced personalization for wrist-wearable activity/sleep monitors, smart watches, and other wrist-wearable devices. This insertable accessory includes: a single piece of cast metal having a platform having an outward facing surface and an underside, at least one leg, the leg being shaped so as to be insertable into an adjustment hole of a wristband of a wrist-wearable device, the at least one leg extending from the underside of the platform, and at least one ornamental object, the at least one ornamental object extending from the outward facing surface of the platform of the single piece of cast metal.
In some embodiments, the at least one ornamental object is one of: a gem, a bead, a letter, a school logo, a gem setting.
In some embodiments, the at least one leg is shaped so as to securely engage with an adjustment hole of an attachment band of the wrist-wearable device.
In some embodiments, at least a portion of the platform and at least a portion of the ornamental object is painted.
In some embodiments, the platform has an outward facing surface that has a convex curvature.
Yet another general aspect of the invention is an insertable accessory for providing enhanced personalization for wrist-wearable activity/sleep monitors, smart watches, and other wrist-wearable devices. This insertable accessory includes: a single piece of cast metal having at least one ornamental object, the at least one ornamental object having an underside, and at least one leg, the leg being shaped so as to be insertable into an adjustment hole of a wristband of a wrist-wearable device, the at least one leg extending from the underside of the ornamental object.
In some embodiments, the at least one ornamental object is one of: a letter, a school logo, a gem setting.
In some embodiments, the at least one leg is shaped so as to securely engage with an adjustment hole of an attachment band of the wrist-wearable device.
In some embodiments, at least a portion of the ornamental object is painted.
In some embodiments, the at least one leg is oblong-shaped so as to securely engage with an oblong-shaped adjustment hole of an attachment band of the wrist-wearable device.
In some embodiments, the at least one leg has a round cross-section so as to securely engage with an oblong-shaped adjustment hole of an attachment band of the wrist-wearable device.
For a fuller understanding of the invention, reference is made to the following Detailed Description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Referring to
A double insertable accessory 104 having a platform 105 with two ornamental objects 106 and 108 mounted thereon is shown, the double insertable accessory 104 being inserted into two respective oblong adjustment holes (the oblong adjustment holes are not shown in this view).
A single insertable accessory 110 having a platform 111 with one ornamental object 112 mounted thereon is shown, an attachment leg of the single insertable accessory 110 being inserted into one oblong adjustment hole (the oblong adjustment hole is not shown in this view).
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To use a double insertable accessory to personalize the activity wristband (which can be seen to be quite plain) the two oblong legs of the double insertable accessory are pushed into two oblong holes of the activity wristband until each of the oblong legs overcome the resistance of the holes (each hole being slightly smaller than the cross-section of each respective oblong leg), thereby securing the double insertable accessory in place.
To use a single insertable accessory to personalize the activity wristband, the oblong leg of the single insertable accessory is pushed into an oblong hole of the activity wristband until the oblong leg overcomes the resistance of the hole (the hole being slightly smaller than the cross-section of the respective oblong leg), thereby securing the single insertable accessory in place.
To use the additional embodiment of the single insertable accessory to personalize the activity wristband, the round leg of the single insertable accessory is tilted and pushed into an oblong hole of the activity wristband until the round leg overcomes the resistance of the oblong hole (the oblong hole being narrower than the widest cross-section of the respective round leg), thereby securing the additional embodiment of the single insertable accessory in place.
To use the single leg embodiment of the insertable accessory to personalize the watch, the round leg of the insertable accessory is tilted and pushed into a round hole of the watch band of the watch until the round leg overcomes the resistance of the round hole (the round hole being narrower than the widest cross-section of the respective round leg), thereby securing the single leg embodiment of the insertable accessory in place.
To use the insertable accessory 700, the user grasps the insertable accessory 700 between two fingers, and pushes the round attachment leg of the insertable accessory 700 into at least one adjustment hole 904 of the band 902 of the watch (or smart watch, or wrist-wearable activity/sleep monitor). For example, the single charm embodiment 700 has one attachment leg 710, and that single attachment leg 710 is pushed into the adjustment hole 904.
For the double charm embodiment having two attachment legs (such as shown in
It is advantageous to make the insertable accessory 700 of
Likewise, it is advantageous to make the insertable accessory 104 of
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If the insertable accessory includes a gem setting for presenting a gem, such as a diamond or a ruby, what was once an ordinary watch, or wrist-wearable activity/sleep monitor can be transformed into an extraordinary opulent accessory. For example, a black band of a wrist-wearable monitor provides an excellent background for presenting one or more diamonds using one or more insertable accessories.
Other modifications and implementations will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention as claimed. Accordingly, the above description is not intended to limit the invention, except as indicated in the following claims.
Claims
1. An insertable accessory for providing enhanced personalization for wrist-wearable activity/sleep monitors, smart watches, and other wrist-wearable devices, wherein the wrist-wearable device includes a band having a band layer thickness and one or more adjustment holes arranged along a length of the band, the one or more adjustment holes having a hole width, the insertable accessory comprising:
- a platform having an outward facing surface and an underside, wherein the platform has a width that is larger than the hole width;
- at least one leg, the leg having a first end integral with and extending from the underside of the platform, the leg further having a second end opposite the first end that terminates at a foot portion, and a midportion extending between the underside of the platform and an upper section of the foot portion, wherein the midportion has a width that is slightly less than the hole width and the foot portion has a width that is slightly wider than the hole width so that the leg may be driven into the adjustment hole as a single piece, wherein the midportion has a length corresponding to the band layer thickness so that the underside of the platform and upper section of the foot portion securely contact an upper side and lower side of the band, respectively, to secure the leg within the adjustment hole;
- at least one ornamental object integral with the outward facing surface of the platform; and
- wherein the platform, leg, and ornamental object are formed as a single piece of cast metal.
2. The insertable accessory of claim 1, further comprising a further ornamental object attached to the at least one ornamental object, wherein the further ornamental object is one of: a gem, a bead, a letter, a school logo, a gem setting.
3. (canceled)
4. The insertable accessory of claim 1, wherein the adjustment hole is round and the at least one leg has a round cross-section.
5. The insertable accessory of claim 1, wherein the adjustment hole is oblong and the at least one leg is oblong-shaped.
6. The insertable accessory of claim 1, wherein the adjustment hole is oblong and the at least one leg has a round cross-section.
7. The insertable accessory of claim 2, wherein the further ornamental object is attached to the outward facing surface of the platform using at least one of: adhesive, a screw post, a weld, an insertable post.
8. The insertable accessory of claim 1, wherein at least one of a portion of the platform and at least a portion of the ornamental object is painted.
9. The insertable accessory of claim 1, wherein the platform has an outward facing surface that has a convex curvature.
10. An insertable accessory for providing enhanced personalization for wrist-wearable activity/sleep monitors, smart watches, and other wrist-wearable devices, wherein the wrist-wearable device includes a band having a band layer thickness and one or more adjustment holes arranged along a length of the band, the one or more adjustment holes having a hole width, the insertable accessory comprising:
- a single piece of cast metal including: a platform having an outward facing surface and an underside, wherein the platform has a width that is larger than the hole width; at least one leg extending from having a first end integral with the underside of the platform, the leg further having a second end opposite the first end that terminates at a foot portion, and a midportion extending between the underside of the platform and an upper section of the foot portion, wherein the midportion has a width that is slightly less than the hole width and the foot portion has a width that is slightly wider than the hole width so that the leg may be driven into the adjustment hole as a single piece, wherein the midportion has a length corresponding to the band layer thickness so that the underside of the platform and upper section of the foot portion securely contact an upper side and lower side of the band, respectively, to secure the leg within the adjustment hole; and at least one ornamental object integral with and extending from the outward facing surface of the platform of the single piece of cast metal.
11. The insertable accessory of claim 10, further comprising at least one further ornamental object attached to the ornamental object, wherein the at least one further ornamental object is one of: a gem, a bead, a letter, a school logo, a gem setting.
12. (canceled)
13. The insertable accessory of claim 10, wherein at least a portion of the platform and at least a portion of the ornamental object is painted.
14. The insertable accessory of claim 10, wherein the platform has an outward facing surface that has a convex curvature.
15. The insertable accessory of claim 1, wherein the platform is formed as the at least one ornamental object.
16. The insertable accessory of claim 1, wherein the at least one ornamental object is one of: a letter, a school logo, or a gem setting.
17. (canceled)
18. The insertable accessory of claim 15, wherein at least a portion of the ornamental object is painted.
19. (canceled)
20. (canceled)
Type: Application
Filed: Feb 7, 2016
Publication Date: Aug 10, 2017
Inventor: Lucy Simones (Hastings, MN)
Application Number: 15/017,650