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US 10,098,423 B1Granted
Jewelry closure
AssigneeNational Chain Company
InventorSteven A. Cipolla
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Abstract
A jewelry item that includes a main decorative stem; at least one cap member engaged over the main stem; a first magnet; and a second magnet. The main stem has a channel for receiving the first magnet therein, and the cap member also has a channel for receiving the second magnet therein. Both channels are constructed and arranged so that the first and second magnets are in juxtaposition when the cap member is engaged toward the main stem so that there is a magnetic attraction between the main decorative stem and the cap member.
Claims20
A jewelry item comprising:
- a main stem;
- at least one cap member engaged over the main stem;
- a first magnet;
- a second magnet;
- said main stem having a channel for receiving said first magnet therein;
- the at least one cap member also having a channel for receiving said second magnet therein;
- both said channels constructed and arranged so that the first and second magnets are in juxtaposition when the at least one cap member is engaged toward said main stem so that there is a magnetic attraction between the main stem and the at least one cap member;
- said main stem comprising a bolt having external threads;
- further including a threaded nut that is separate from the externally threaded bolt and that has internal threads that are threaded with, about and along the externally threaded bolt, the channel in the externally threaded bolt comprising a passage that has a blind inner end, and the first magnet is accommodated in the passage in the externally threaded bolt, the channel in the at least one cap member being in a form of a blind hole, the at least one cap member also having an open end with internal threads so that the at least one cap member is threaded onto the externally threaded bolt, and the second magnet is accommodated in the blind hole of the at least one cap member.
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