ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,010, issued on May 27, was assigned to ROLEX SA (Geneva).
"Device for selecting timepiece functions" was invented by Denis Rudaz (Segny, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (200; 200') for selecting timepiece functions, including a setting lever device (150; 150') and a frame (100; 100'), the setting lever device (150; 150') comprising-including a setting lever (2; 2') mounted movably on the frame (100; 100') and a lever (3; 3') mounted movably on the frame (100; 100') or on the setting lever (2; 2'), the selection device (200; 200') also including a first position indexing device (4; 4') arranged so as to act on the setti...