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  Watch display and storage cabinetUSPTO Application #: 20080088210Title: Watch display and storage cabinet Abstract: A cabinet having a hinged, see-through door for viewing wristwatches strapped around individual shelves which are rotatable forwardly and rearwardly to permit an easy strapping onto the shelf for display, and an easy removal for wearing. (end of abstract)
Agent: Charles I. Brodsky - Marlboro, NJ, US Inventor: Michael J. Lerman USPTO Applicaton #: 20080088210 - Class: 3121391 (USPTO) The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080088210. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001]None. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0002]Research and development of this invention and Application have not been federally sponsored, and no rights are given under any Federal program. REFERENCE TO A MICROFICHE APPENDIX [0003]Not applicable BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0004]1. Field of the Invention [0005]This invention relates to the storage of watches, in general, and to a cabinet for the display and storage of premier timepieces, every-day priced watches, and just about any type of watch collection in-between, in particular. [0006]2. Description of the Related Art [0007]As has been reported in Robb Report magazine, the latest complicated timepieces from the established Swiss brands stand like distinguished older gentlemen among divas--the dazzling, glamorous, diamond and gem laden ladies' watches. [0008]More specifically, jewelry watches have emerged in force, from exquisite high jewelry treatments of classic models to creative designs with brightly colored accents. Diamonds are now found to embellish everything from dials to bezels, to bracelets, often with varying degrees of flash. Unlikely combinations of diamonds with steel, rubber straps, or even plastic straps today defy traditional styling. Healthy doses of color have been injected into jewelry watches, and several brands have introduced vintage-inspired miniature sizes. [0009]As additionally reported, a new generation of perpetual calendars is booming the popularity of mechanical watches, and multiple functions are popular again--with perpetual cabinets being combined with minute repeaters and moon phase indicators. Spiffy diver's watches are the latest status symbols, as technical marvels continue to be introduced. [0010]The one thing that all these new high-end men's mechanicals and chronographs have in common is their sophisticated, gentlemanly looks. Dials are tone-on-tone, with subtle markers and smaller sub-dials. With a growing number of mechanical watches being designed for women (as movements become smaller and more refined with few components), it has been written that equal opportunity is now making its mark even in the world of complicated timepieces. [0011]As will therefore be appreciated, just storing wristwatches of these characters and craftsmanship in a typical compartmentalized watch case is inadequate at the least, and insulting at best. Keeping the compartmentalized watch case on a dresser, or in a drawer for that matter, clearly detracts from the image associated with the owner of these timepieces whose prices typically can run into 6 figures. OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION [0012]It is an object of the present invention, therefore, to provide a wristwatch display and storage cabinet which an owner of a premier or other timepiece can be proud of. [0013]It is another object of the invention to provide such a display and storage cabinet in which the timepiece can be easily inserted, displayed, automatically kept running and stored, and then removed for wearing. [0014]It is an object of the invention, also, to provide such a display and storage cabinet which also allows for the showing off of other fine jewelry at the same time. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0015]As will become clear from the following description, the wristwatch display encasement of the present invention includes a cabinet having enclosed top, bottom and rear walls, and a pair of side walls; a see-through door hinged to a front of the cabinet for respectively closing and opening the cabinet; and at least one horizontally aligned shelf within the cabinet, hinged at a first end to an inside surface of one of the pair of side walls to rotate forwardly away from, and rearwardly towards, an initial quiescent placement. In accordance with the invention, the shelf is of a length less than the width of the cabinet between the side walls, and of a height and depth to align vertically the dial or face of a wristwatch strapped thereabout. In a preferred embodiment, means are included along an inside surface of the top wall for illuminating the cabinet when the see-through door is closed to highlight the dial-face display. With the shelf being of a height greater than its depth, the opposing ends of the wristwatch strap can be displayed and illuminated as well. [0016]Recognizing that several wristwatches might wish to be displayed and illuminated at the same time, a further embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of these horizontally aligned shelves, vertically spaced from one another. Where the timepiece collection is greater than can be displayed on these shelves, the invention envisions the further inclusion of a pull-out drawer which extends forwardly away from the rear cabinet wall at a location above the cabinet bottom. Realizing that space still may not be sufficient --and that other pieces of jewelry might wished to be displayed and illuminated at the same time, one embodiment of the invention also includes an additional shelf above the pull-out drawer, extending substantially the width and depth of the cabinet on which such items may be laid. [0017]As will be understood, a display encasement of this type can be free standing or, alternatively, can be hung on a wall for easy viewing. Additionally, two, three or more encasements can be joined together, as for displaying masculine and feminine wristwatches separately or simply to display and illuminate larger collections. In one further embodiment, three such encasements are joined together, with the middle one of the three being of greater height, but with fewer shelves, although having more drawers. As will be readily understood, such a configuration is in accordance with the teachings of the invention, but presented differently for purposes of aesthetic decoration. [0018]And, although the emphasis of the previous discussion has revolved about the display and storage of the premier, expensive, timepieces, one skilled in the art will appreciate that the described constructions apply equally as well to the presentation of every-day worn watches no matter their price, and to whatever types of collection of watches an owner may have. Continue reading... Full patent description for Watch display and storage cabinet Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Watch display and storage cabinet patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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