ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,769, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ROLEX SA (Geneva).
"Timepiece component provided with a cap" was invented by Benjamin Celant (Geneva) and Jean-Baptiste Robin (Annemasse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timepiece component having a first part and a removable cap which can adopt a fastening configuration and a free configuration. The first part comprises at least one first latching member and a movable lock. The cap comprises at least one first assembly member designed to cooperate with the first latching member of the first part, and a second assembly member designed to cooperate with the movable lock. In the fastening...