Attachable timepiece

• US 8,444,313 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2011
• Issued: 05/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eric Yang, Meghan Yang
• Original Assignee: Eric Yang, Meghan Yang
• Inventors: Yang, Eric, Yang, Meghan
• Primary Examiner(s): Kayes, Sean
• Application Number:
  US13/040,165
• Publication Number:
  US 20120224461A1
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• Field of Search: 368/276, 368301-305, 368309-310, 368297-298, 368/319, 368291-292, 224/180
• US Class Current: 368/301
• CPC Class Codes: G04B 37/1406 Means for fixing the clockwork pieces on other objects (possibly on walls)
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 17/083 Watches distributed over several housings

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention provides an attachable timepiece, comprising: an upper chamber forming a housing for timepiece elements, the upper chamber including a front face having a time display; a lower chamber that is detachable from the upper chamber by way of a locking system; and a means for attaching the timepiece to an object.

Claims

1. An attachable timepiece, comprising:

an upper chamber forming a housing for timepiece elements, the upper chamber including a front face having a time display;

a lower chamber that is detachable from the upper chamber by way of a locking system; and

a looped string attached to the lower chamber,

wherein the looped string attaches the timepiece to a surfboard leash plug;

wherein the upper and lower chambers form a waterproof structure;

and wherein the looped string is attached to the lower chamber in a location opposite to the time display of the upper chamber.

2. The timepiece of claim 1, wherein the lower chamber is hollow and includes a centrally disposed aperture for the passage of the looped string, thereby connecting the looped string to the lower chamber.

3. The timepiece of claim 1, wherein the front face is substantially flat and wherein the time display comprises a digital time display.

4. The timepiece of claim 1, wherein the locking system comprises a threaded section disposed on an outside portion of the upper chamber that is configured to mate with a corresponding threaded section disposed on an inside portion of the lower chamber.

5. The timepiece of claim 4, wherein the upper chamber is detached from the lower chamber by unscrewing the upper chamber from the lower chamber.

6. The timepiece of claim 1, wherein the looped string is threaded through the surfboard leash plug and pulled until the lower chamber is forced against the plug.

7. The timepiece of claim 6, wherein the lower chamber engages the surfboard leash plug such that the front face remains visible to the user.

8. The timepiece of claim 7, wherein the looped string provides a means for user to attach a surfboard leash.

9. An attachable timepiece, comprising:

an upper chamber forming a housing for timepiece elements, the upper chamber including a front face having a digital time display and a threaded section;

a lower chamber having a threaded section corresponding to the threaded section of the upper chamber such that the chambers are configured to be screwed together; and

a looped string that is attached to the lower chamber, wherein the looped string attaches the timepiece to a surfboard leash plug;

wherein the upper and lower chambers form a waterproof structure;

and wherein the looped string is attached to the lower chamber in a location opposite to the time display of the upper chamber.

10. The timepiece of claim 9, wherein the lower chamber is hollow and includes a centrally disposed aperture for the passage of the looped string, thereby connecting the looped string to the lower chamber.

11. The timepiece of claim 9, wherein the looped string is threaded through the surfboard leash plug and pulled until the lower chamber is forced against the plug.

12. The timepiece of claim 11, wherein the lower chamber is configured to engage the surfboard leash plug such that the front face remains visible to a user.

13. The timepiece of claim 9, further comprising at least one screw configured to pass through an aperture in the upper and lower chambers to provide a locking mechanism.

14. An attachable timepiece, comprising:

a one-piece casing forming a housing for timepiece elements and including a threaded recess;

a front face, including a time display, configured to be screwed into the threaded recess; and

a looped string that is attached within the casing, wherein the looped string attaches the timepiece to a surfboard leash plug;

wherein the one-piece casing and the front face form a waterproof structure; and

wherein the looped string is attached to the one-piece casing opposite to the time display.