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Granted Patent B2

US 10,660,427 · App. 16/419,656 · Granted May 26, 2020

Personal item management apparatus

Inventors: Mary Caroline Nix (Dallas, TX); Jane Dunne Cooke (Dallas, TX)

Assignee: THE BIG O, LLC

A45F5/00 A44B15/00 A44C5/0038 A44C5/0084 A45F3/00 F16B45/02 F16M13/04 A45C13/1046 A45F2003/006 A45F2005/002 A45F2005/008 A45F2200/0558

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Patent No.: US 10,660,427
App. No.: 16/419,656
Granted: May 26, 2020
Kind: B2

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Abstract

An embodiment personal item management apparatus includes a wearable band having a fixed circumference that defines a first outer diameter; and a clasp coupled to the wearable band, the clasp having a second outer diameter that is less than the first outer diameter and being adapted to couple a personal item to the wearable band. In an exemplary embodiment, the ratio of the second outer diameter to the first outer diameter is about 0.4.

Claims (66)

1. A personal management apparatus, comprising:

a wearable band having a non-adjustable, fixed circumference that defines a first outer diameter; and

a clasp coupled to the wearable band, the clasp defining a second outer diameter that is less than the first outer diameter;

wherein the wearable band comprises:

a donut-shaped inner core; and

a cover surrounding the inner core, the cover defining an outer surface;

wherein a portion of the inner core of the wearable band is radially sandwiched between radially-spaced first and second portions of the outer surface of the cover of the wearable band;

wherein the first portion of the outer surface of the cover of the wearable band defines the first outer diameter;

wherein the second portion of the outer surface of the cover of the wearable band is generally circular in shape, and is sized so that the wearable band is adapted to be worn around a user's wrist and/or bicep;

wherein at least the first portion of the outer surface of the cover of the wearable band extends along the fixed circumference of the wearable band;

wherein a first inner region is defined by the cover of the wearable band;

wherein the first inner region is generally circular in shape;

wherein the clasp extends through the first inner region so that the wearable band extends around a portion of the clasp;

wherein a second inner region is at least partially defined by the clasp;

wherein the wearable band extends through the second inner region so that the clasp extends around a portion of the wearable band;

wherein the cover of the wearable band further comprises a stitching having a circular shape,

the stitching being adjacent the outer surface defined by the cover,

the stitching defining radially-spaced first and second edge portions of the outer surface at which the stitching is adjacent the outer surface,

the stitching forming a circular seam that in its entirety is spaced from the inner core in a parallel relation,

the personal management apparatus being configured so that the parallel spacing between the circular seam in its entirety and the inner core is maintained.

2. The personal management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the clasp comprises:

a clasp body forming an arcuate shape that defines the second outer diameter; and

a gate movable between a closed position and an open position, the gate having a first end pivotably coupled to one end of the clasp body and an opposing second end that moves relative to another end of the clasp body;

wherein, when the gate of the clasp is in the open position, the opposing second end of the gate extends towards the clasp body; and

wherein the gate of the clasp is spring loaded so that:

the gate of the clasp is biased into the closed position; and

the gate of the clasp is configured to be moved from the closed position to the open position in response to an application of a force against the gate.

3. The personal management apparatus of claim 2 wherein, when the gate of the clasp is in the closed position, the opposing second end of the gate is locked to the another end of the clasp body.

4. The personal management apparatus of claim 3 wherein, when the gate is in the open position and the application of the force against the gate is released, the gate of the clasp self locks by moving from the open position to the closed position in which the opposing second end of the gate is locked to the another end of the clasp body.

5. The personal management apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the opposing second end of the gate and the another end of the clasp body are configured so that an audible click is heard when the gate obtains the closed position in which the opposing second end of the gate is locked to the another end of the clasp body.

6. The personal management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the second outer diameter to the first outer diameter is about 0.4.

7. The personal management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises a leather material.

8. The personal management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises at least one of a waterproof material and a water resistant material.

9. A personal management apparatus, comprising: