IP Library Granted Patent US 10,754,298
Granted Patent B2
US 10,754,298 · App. 15/879,091 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Portable apparatus case, portable apparatus, and timepiece

Inventors: Takahiro Kaneko (Chiba, JP); Teruo Kato (Chiba, JP); Hideaki Koshoji (Chiba, JP); Yasunori Hara (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
G04B37/1486G04B37/0008
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Patent No.
US 10,754,298
App. No.
15/879,091
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a portable apparatus case, a portable apparatus, and a timepiece allowing easy attachment. A timepiece case includes: a case main body, a first bow having a first passage hole and provided on the case main body, a strap one end portion of which is mounted to the first bow and the other end portion of which is passed through the first passage hole, and a fixation member provided on at least one of the first bow and a main portion of the strap extending from the first bow to the first passage hole and detachably connected to the strap.

Claims (11)

1. A portable apparatus case comprising:

a case main body having an upper surface and a lower surface;

first and second strap mounting portions each having a passage hole and provided at opposite sides of the case main body;

a strap being wound around an arm of a user to make a loop such that the strap overlaps itself for a length of an overlapping section of the strap, wherein the strap has first and second opposite ends, the first end being mounted to the first strap mounting portion, and the strap passes only once through each of the passage holes, and wherein the strap is formed with a line of lock holes along the length of the strap; and

a fixation member provided on the first strap mounting portion for rotation around the first strap mounting portion, the fixation member comprising a rotation portion rotatable around the first strap mounting portion and an operation portion and a lock portion extending from the rotation portion on opposite sides of the rotation portion, wherein the operation portion is configured to be operated to rotate around the first strap mounting portion to rotate the lock portion, and the lock portion is configured to engage one of the lock holes when rotated around the first strap mounting portion.

2. The portable apparatus case according to claim 1 , wherein the lock portion of the fixation member comprises a lock end provided at a distal end of the lock portion, and the lock end is detachably inserted in said one of the lock holes.

3. The portable apparatus case according to claim 1 , wherein the strap comprises a series of projections each having a top being in contact with the strap over at least a part of the length of the overlapping section to reduce friction between the overlapping straps over the length of the overlapping section.

4. The portable apparatus case according to claim 3 , wherein the the tops of the series of projections are each formed in a curved convex configuration.

5. The portable apparatus case according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the first or second strap mounting portion comprises a cylinder rotatable around an axis crossing a length direction of the strap to make passing of the strap through the passage hole less frictional.

6. A portable apparatus comprising the portable apparatus case as claimed in claim 1 , and a portable apparatus component accommodated in the portable apparatus case.

7. A timepiece comprising the portable apparatus case as claimed in claim 1 , and a movement accommodated in the portable apparatus case.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 17, 2024
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
To: SEIKO WATCH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069183/0051 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2018
From: KANEKO, TAKAHIRO; KATO, TERUO; KOSHOJI, HIDEAKI; HARA, YASUNORI
To: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 044720/0032 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-012248 · Jan 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180210401A1 · Jul 26, 2018
Cited By (1)
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