Jewelry catch
AssigneeDream Catch Inc.
InventorMartin A. Collins
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Abstract
Disclosed are various examples of a jewelry catch. The jewelry catch can include a base eyelet comprising an anchor eye, a pivot eye and a bar that connects the anchor eye to the pivot eye. The jewelry catch can also include a double eyelet that includes a catch eye and a jewelry eye. Further, the jewelry catch can include a male clasp that includes a hook protruding from the male clasp and configured to slide into a channel shaped to receive the hook. Likewise, the jewelry catch can include a female clasp that includes a channel shaped to receive the hook, thereby securing the male clasp to the female clasp through friction between the hook of the male clasp and the channel of female clasp when the jewelry catch is in a closed position.
Claims17
A jewelry catch, comprising:
- a base eyelet comprising an anchor eye, a pivot eye and a bar that connects the anchor eye to the pivot eye;
- a double eyelet comprising a catch eye and a jewelry eye
- a male clasp comprising a hook protruding from the male clasp and configured to slide into a channel shaped to receive the hook, the hook having a width that is no greater than one-third of a width of the male clasp;
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- a female clasp comprising the channel shaped to receive the hook, thereby securing the male clasp to the female clasp through friction between the hook of the male clasp and the channel of female clasp when the jewelry catch is in a closed position.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a base eyelet comprising an anchor eye, a pivot eye and a bar that connects the anchor eye to the pivot eye;
- a double eyelet comprising a catch eye and a jewelry eye
- a male clasp comprising:
- a first shell, and
- a hook protruding from the male clasp and configured to slide into a channel shaped to receive the hook;
- a female clasp comprising:
- a second shell, and
- the channel shaped to receive the hook, thereby securing the male clasp to the female clasp through friction between the hook of the male clasp and the channel of female clasp when the jewelry catch is in a closed position;
- and
- wherein the male clasp and the female clasp are enclosed within the first shell and the second shell when the male clasp and the female clasp are joined together with the hook and the channel.
A device, comprising:
- a base eyelet comprising an anchor eye, a pivot eye and a bar that connects the anchor eye to the pivot eye;
- a double eyelet comprising a catch eye and a jewelry eye
- a male clasp comprising:
- a first shell, and
- a hook protruding from the male clasp and configured to slide into a channel shaped to receive the hook;
- and
- a female clasp comprising
- a second shell, and
- the channel shaped to receive the hook, thereby securing the male clasp to the female clasp through friction between the hook of the male clasp and the channel of female clasp when the jewelry catch is in a closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.