Air-admitting expansible link bracelet

Claim 2

Expansible link bracelet having a longitudinal direction, and comprising a row of inner links forming an inner layer and having inner faces adapted to be in contact with the skin of the wearer of the bracelet; a row of outer links alternating with said inner links and forming an outer layer, said outer links being substantially wider in said longitudinal direction than said inner links; and resilient connecting means connecting each outer link with the two adjacent inner links so that said rows of inner and outer links have an expanded position in which said outer links and inner links are spaced from each other, respectively, and a contracted position in which only said outer links abut each other and said inner links are spaced from each other in said longitudinal direction whereby the portions of said outer links located between said inner links have inner faces located opposite the skin of the wearer spaced from the same by said inner links, said portions of said outer links being formed with openings therethrough connecting the outer and inner faces of said outer links so that air can flow through said openings into and out of the spaces between said inner links to the skin of the wearer.

Claim 3

Link bracelet as claimed in claim 1 wherein said outer links are formed of a bent plate having a top wall portion formed with said openings, a pair of opposite sidewall portions and a pair of narrow spaced bottom wall portions inward bent from said sidewall portions; and wherein each resilient connecting means includes a bent rod having a shaft portion transverse to said longitudinal direction and turnably supported by one of said bottom portions of an outer link, and pair of leg portions at the ends of said shaft portions, and end portions located in an inner link, said leg portions of each pair being located outside of said outer and inner links at the ends of the same.

Claim 4

Link bracelet as claimed in claim 2 wherein at least some of said outer links have said narrow bottom wall portions bent toward said sidewall portions and each embracing said shaft portion to form a bearing for the same in which said shaft portion is confined so that saiD shaft portion cannot be detached from the respective outer link.

Claim 5

Link bracelet as claimed in claim 2 wherein said bottom wall portions of each outer link have transverse edges spaced a predetermined distance in said longitudinal direction; and wherein said openings in said top wall portions extend in said longitudinal direction a smaller distance than said predetermined distance so that airflow through said openings is not obstructed by said bottom wall portions.

Claim 6

Link bracelet as claimed in claim 4 wherein said top wall portions are rectangular and elongated in a direction transverse to said longitudinal direction; wherein said openings are rectangular and are bounded in said transverse direction by narrow transverse strip portions of said top wall portion, said strip portions of two adjacent outer links being adjacent in said contracted position; and wherein inner links are not wider than two adjacent strip portions in said longitudinal direction whereby each inner link is covered by strip portions of the two adjacent outer links.

Claim 7

Link bracelet as claimed in claim 2 wherein at least one of said outer links has said narrow bottom wall portions bent parallel to the respective top wall portion and forming with the same and with the respective sidewall portions open bearings for said shaft portions; and comprising a resilient locking member located in said one outer link abutting said bottom wall portions and said top wall portion and closing said open bearings so that said shaft portions are retained in the same, said resilient member being removable from said one outer link so that any one of said shaft portions in the same can be moved out of said open bearing whereby the respective connecting means and inner link are separated from said one outer link whereby the length of the bracelet can be adjusted.

Claim 8

Link bracelet as claimed in claim 6 wherein said outer links are rectangular and elongated in a direction transverse to said longitudinal direction; and wherein said resilient locking member is a rectangular frame-shaped resilient plate having a central rectangular opening, a pair of transverse portions, and a pair of longitudinal portions connecting said transverse portions, said transverse portions being M-shaped in a plane extending in said transverse direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, and being located between said top wall portion and said bottom wall portions resiliently engaging the same.

Claim 9

Link bracelet as claimed in claim 7 wherein each M-shaped transverse portion of said resilient plate has a central extremity abutting sad bottom wall portion, and two other extremities abutting said top wall portion, and a pair of end portions connected with the respective longitudinal portion and positioning the same at the level of said bottom portions outward of the same in said transverse direction; and wherein said top wall portion has downward bent end wall portions at the transverse ends thereof ending above said bottom portions and said longitudinal portion of said resilient plate so that the same can be removed from said one outer link.

Claim 10

Link bracelet as claimed in claim 1 wherein said resilient connecting means is a bent wire.

Claim 11

Link bracelet as claimed in claim 1 wherein said outer links are formed of a bent plate having a top wall portion formed with said openings, a pair of opposite sidewall portions and a pair of narrow spaced bottom wall portions inward bent from said sidewall portions; wherein each resilient connecting means includes a bent rod having a shaft portion transverse to said longitudinal direction and turnably supported by one of said bottom portions of an outer link, a pair of leg portions at the ends of said shaft portions, and end portions located in an inner link, said leg portions of each pair being located outside of said outer and inner links at the ends of the same; wherein at least one of said outer links has said narrow bottom wall portions bent parallel to the respectIve top wall portion and forming with the same and with the respective sidewall portions open bearings for said shaft portions; comprising a resilient locking member located in said one outer link abutting said bottom wall portions and said top wall portion and closing said open bearings so that said shaft portions are retained in the same, said resilient member being removable from said one outer link so that any one of said shaft portions in the same can be moved out of said open bearing whereby the respective connecting means and inner link are separated from said one outer link whereby the length of the bracelet can be adjusted; and wherein the remaining outer links have said narrow bottom wall portions bent toward said sidewall portions and each embracing said shaft portion to form a bearing for the same in which said shaft portion is confined so that said shaft portion cannot be detached from the respective outer link.