Patents Assigned to Compagnie de Montres Longines
  • Patent number: 5373484
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a watch case comprising a back cover (6) and two attachments (8, 9) for securing a bracelet, such back cover, together with the two attachments forming one and the same piece (4), each attachment (8, 9) comprising a base (30), a bridge (36) coupling said base (30) transversally to said back cover (6) and two horns (34b, 34d) each located at one of the two ends of said base (30), this latter being located substantially in a general plane (40, 41) exhibiting an angular separation (.alpha.) relative to the general plane (38) of said watch case, each of said horns exhibiting a general orientation axis (44, 45) substantially perpendicular to said general plane (40, 41) of the said base to which it is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Compagnie de Montres Longines
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Rappo, Bernard Gigandet, Joseph Eray, Rodolphe Cattin