ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,281, issued on May 5, was assigned to MONTRES JAQUET DROZ SA (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland).
"Bracelet fastening device" was invented by Francois Maire (Bienne, Switzerland), Philipp Tschumi (Niederwil, Switzerland), Steeve Gerber (La Neuveville, Switzerland), Philippe Scherrer (Delemont, Switzerland) and Alain Strautmann (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (1) for fastening a bracelet (2) to a watch case (3), at two pairs of horns (4), by a female connecting element (5) secured to the case (3) of the watch and a male element (6) secured to one end (20, 21) of the bracelet, these elements being complementa...