Alternate carrier for a wrist instrument
First Claim
1. An alternate carrier for a wrist instrument, the wrist instrument having a case with a display on the front thereof, actuating buttons on the case and first and second wrist attachments on opposite ends of the case extending outwardly from the display and adapted for attachment to the ends of a wristband or the like, said carrier comprising:
- a top carrier section having a first wall defining a first pocket shaped to receive and sheath portions of the case and the first wrist attachment,a bottom carrier section having a second wall defining a second pocket shaped to receive and sheath portions of the case and the second wrist attachment,the top and bottom carrier sections being separably connected together with portions of the first and second walls meeting along a parting line with the first and second pockets opposing one another so as to retain the wrist instrument case and the first and second wrist attachments in said pockets, said walls together defining a first opening exposing the display and actuating buttons, andretaining means for locking the top carrier section to the bottom carrier section to retain the case while permitting a separation of the top carrier section from the bottom carrier section sufficient to remove the case.
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Abstract
A carrier for a wrist instrument when it is removed from the wrist band comprises a case made in two pieces of identical construction which slide together and house the wrist instrument and its attachments. The two carrier sections each have a tongue extending across a parting line which is received in a mating channel on the other carrier section. Additional guide pins and recesses hold the assembly in alignment. A holster for the assembled carrier sections cradles the assembly securely and includes a belt clip for attaching the holster to a belt.
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1. An alternate carrier for a wrist instrument, the wrist instrument having a case with a display on the front thereof, actuating buttons on the case and first and second wrist attachments on opposite ends of the case extending outwardly from the display and adapted for attachment to the ends of a wristband or the like, said carrier comprising:
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a top carrier section having a first wall defining a first pocket shaped to receive and sheath portions of the case and the first wrist attachment, a bottom carrier section having a second wall defining a second pocket shaped to receive and sheath portions of the case and the second wrist attachment, the top and bottom carrier sections being separably connected together with portions of the first and second walls meeting along a parting line with the first and second pockets opposing one another so as to retain the wrist instrument case and the first and second wrist attachments in said pockets, said walls together defining a first opening exposing the display and actuating buttons, and retaining means for locking the top carrier section to the bottom carrier section to retain the case while permitting a separation of the top carrier section from the bottom carrier section sufficient to remove the case. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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