US2188505A - Cuff link - Google Patents

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Jan.30, 1940. ,H; T. GARFz'IGUS" 2,188,505

@UEF LINK Filed 001;. 21 1938 lNVEN ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 30, 1940 j I CUFF LINK Horace T. Garrigus, Millburn Township, Essex County, N. J., assignor to Garrigus & C0.- -Inc., v j Newark, N. J., a corporation ofNcw Jersey Application October 21, 1938, Serial No. 236,176

3 Claims.

This invention relates to cufi links; and more particularly to that type of cuff link in which a bar at one end of a shank is supported by means of an intermediate pivot so that it may be positioned in alignment with the shank for inserting and removing the shank from cuff openings, and also positioned at right angles to the shank after the shank has been inserted through the openings of a cuff to fasten portions of the cuff together.

Heretofore, cufi links of the type herein considered have been made with the pivot through the axis of the bar intermediate its length. This form necessitated forming a pivot through the bar which increased the cost of manufacture; and also did not enable the bar to be held in adjusted positions to accommodate openings of difierent distances between cufi sections.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a more efficient means of connecting a pivoted bar with the shank in a cufi link, and connecting the shank to the ornamental member at its end opposite to the pivoted bar, to enable cull links to be manufactured more rapidly and conveniently without sacrifice as to strength, appearance or durability.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a cuff link having a shank with a pivoted bar at one end thereof, the pivot of the bar being offset from the axis of the bar so that the bar may assume two distinct positions when at right angles to the shank and thus provide means of adjusting the cufi link to accommodate difierent distances between sections of a cufi.

These and other advantageous objects, which will later appear, are accomplished by the simple and practical construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, and in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a cuff link embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a cufi link,

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of a bar forming an element of the cuff link, 7

Fig.4 is a plan view of a shank used in the cufi link,

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of the pivoted bar employed in the cuff link,

Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the manner in which an ornament is attached to a bar,

Fig. '7 is a view showing the manner in which cuff links are used to hold sections of a cuff together, and

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the bar shown in Fig. 5. Referring to the drawing, the cufi link is shown to comprise a shank (see Fig. 4), having side arms 8 which are connected by a curved portion 9 at one end, the other end of the arms 5 being spaced from each other and having transverse openings Hi, adapted to receive a pivot pin I I (see Fig. 2) upon which is pivoted a small bearing I2, attached to a bar 13 which may be tubular as shown in Fig. 6 for the purpose of supporting at each end thereof ornaments [4, if

desired. The bearing l2 which is attached to bar I3 in .any desired or convenient manner is also provided with a transverse opening I! to receive the pivot pin ll upon which the I bearing and the attached bar are pivotally mounted. I I

At the curved portions 9 of the shank, there is secured at right angles thereto a bar l5, which is similar to the bar l3 and has mounted in each end thereof ornaments I6.

From the above description it will be seen that the bearing I2 is offset from the longitudinal and transverse axis of the bar l3, so that in one position the bar 43 may lie within the shank as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, and in another position may lie without the shank as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, thus providing means for adjusting the 'cufi link to accommodate difi'erent distances between sections of a c I I The above described structureobviously simplifies the manufacture of cuff links of the type herein considered, in that tubes I5 and [3 may be identicalin shape, and it is only necessary to attach the bearing I2 to the tube I3 by means of soldering or the like, and insert the pin H in the openings 10 in the free ends of the arms 8 of the shank, and the opening I! in the bearing 12. I 40 The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative of the invention, of which, obviously, embodiments may be constructed, including many modifications, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention herein set forth and denoted in the appended claims.

.I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a cufi link, a substantially U-shaped shank having a pair of side arms connected at one end by a curved portion and the other end of said arms being spaced and provided with transverse openings, a bar secured to the curved portion of the shank, a second bar having a bearing attached thereto and ofiset from the axis of the bar, and a pivot pin passing through said bearing and positioned in said openings in the arms of the shank, the width of said bar being less than the space between said arms so that the bar may assume a position within the shank at right angles thereto.

2. In a cuff link, a substantially U-shaped shank having a pair of side arms connected at one end by a curved portion and the other end of said arms being spaced and provided with transverse openings, a bar secured to the curved portion of the shank, a second bar having a bearing attached thereto and offset from the axis of the bar, and a pivot pin passing through said bearing and positioned in said openings in the arms of the shank, the width of said bar being less than the space between said arms so that the bar may assume a position within the shank at right angles thereto, and ornaments secured to the ends of said bars.

3. In a cufi link, a shank having a pair of arms connected at one end, the other end of said arms being spaced apart, a bar having a width less than the space between said arms, and pivot means secured to the bar intermediate its length and oifset from the axis thereof, said pivot means being mounted in the free ends of said arms so that the bar may assume a position within the shank at right angles thereto or a position without the shank at right angles thereto.

HORACE T. GARRIGUS.

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