Abstract: A fastener for connecting a fastening end of a watchband to a watch case wherein the watchband includes a central longitudinal axis and the fastening end defines an end axis. The fastener includes a shaft positioned along the end axis and means for fixing the fastening end of the watchband to the shaft. Means are provided for securing a sole end of the shaft to the watch case. The securing means is offset with respect to the central longitudinal axis.

Abstract: An all analog timepiece having a face with a center-point and a periphery and a single distinguishable time indicating hand rotatably mounted to the face at a periphery point. The single hand rotates about the periphery point at a first rate while the face rotates about its center-point at a second rate. Time is indicated by the relative direction indicated by the single hand with respect to a first reference point and simultaneously, the relative position of the periphery point about the center-point with respect to a second reference point.

Abstract: An improved clock display consists of a disc hour hand with the indicator being the minute hand which is located at a position remote for the axis of the dial. The minute hand rotates on the hour disk. Time is determined by the relative position of the minute hand about the conventional time display (hour) and the position of the minute hand about its axis (minutes).

Abstract: A valve is provided for use with a pressurized dispenser of the type intended for both upright and inverted operation. The valve includes a valve body having an inclined inverting fluid chamber which houses a weighted ball. A pick-up tube is connected to each end of the inclined chamber, one is directed to the lower end of the container and the other to the upper end. The ball is movable within the inclined chamber between one end and the other and is adapted to close off one of the inlets, depending on which end it is located. External forces such as gravity or those forces developed during shaking or swirling movement of the container influence the location of the ball within the chamber. A stem portion of the valve includes an upper nozzle output and a lower divider portion. The divider is adapted to enter the inclined chamber during depression of the stem and retain the immediate location of the ball (one end or the other) prior to the valve opening.

Abstract: An analog clock is provided having three hands for indicating hours, minutes, and seconds. An hours hand is positioned in a conventional manner, rotating at an hours rate around a central point. A minutes hand is located at any satellite point along the hours hand except the central point and rotates about this satellite point at a minutes rate. A seconds hand is located anywhere along either the minutes hand or the hours hand and rotates at a seconds rate.