Jig for working on watchbands

Claim 1

A workpiece support including a body portion having upstanding opposite side edges and an upper surface, an elongated arcuate groove formed in said body portion and opening endwise outwardly through said side edges and laterally upwardly through said upper surface throughout its entire length, said groove being of a width at least slightly greater than the thickness of an expandable watchband and of a depth at least slightly less than the width of an expandable watchband, said groove including a bottom wall provided with a central upstanding and longitudinally extending rib, said rib being spaced at least slightly from the opposite side walls of said groove dividing at least the bottom of said groove into spaced parallel groove segments, a base member from which said body portion is supported and including a generally flat or planar upper surface above which said body portion projects, the bottom walls of said groove segments being elevated at least to the elevation of the upper surface of said base member, said body portion including side wall surfaces projecting upwardly from said base including remote portions thereof defining said side edges.