Formable decorative item
AssigneeNational Chain Company
InventorSteven A. Cipolla
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Abstract
A formable decorative item that includes an outer sleeve having an outer decorative surface and an inner cavity, an elongated flexible plastic insert that is disposed within the inner cavity of the outer sleeve, and an elongated resilient wire element mounted with the elongated flexible plastic insert and that extends substantially a length of the elongated flexible plastic insert. The elongated resilient wire element is constructed and arranged so that the elongated resilient wire element can be formed in a predetermined configuration and maintained in that predetermined position so as to correspondingly maintain the outer sleeve in the predetermined position.
Claims25
A formable decorative item that is for securing about a body part of a wearer and that is comprised of an outer sleeve having an outer decorative surface and an inner cavity, said outer sleeve capable of being arranged as any one of a bracelet, necklace or ring member, an elongated flexible plastic insert that is disposed within the inner cavity of the outer sleeve while leaving a hollow space about the elongated flexible plastic insert and between the elongated flexible plastic insert and an inner surface of the outer sleeve, an elongated resilient wire element mounted with the elongated flexible plastic insert and that extends substantially a length of the elongated flexible plastic insert, said elongated resilient wire element comprised of a straight uniform diameter wire, said elongated resilient wire element being constructed and arranged so that the elongated resilient wire element assumes any one of a number of different positions so as to, in turn, position the elongated flexible plastic insert and outer sleeve in any one of the number of different positions, said different positions including a respective first configuration, and a respective second configuration that is more curved than the first configuration so as to secure the formable decorative item about the body part of the wearer;
- and wherein the elongated resilient wire element is comprised of a plurality of elongated resilient wire elements that each extend a length of the elongated flexible plastic insert.
A formable decorative item that is comprised of an outer sleeve having an outer decorative surface and an inner cavity, said outer sleeve capable of being arranged as any one of a bracelet, necklace or ring member, an elongated flexible plastic insert that is disposed within the inner cavity of the outer sleeve, an elongated resilient wire element mounted with the elongated flexible plastic insert and that extends substantially a length of the elongated flexible plastic insert, said elongated resilient wire element being constructed and arranged so that the elongated resilient wire element can assume any one of a number of different positions so as to, in turn, position the elongated flexible plastic insert and outer sleeve in any one of the number of different positions, and including a pair of elongated flexible plastic inserts that are disposed within the inner cavity of the outer sleeve, and a pair of elongated resilient wire elements.
A formable decorative item that is for securing about a body part of a wearer and that is comprised of an outer sleeve having an outer decorative surface and an inner cavity, an elongated flexible plastic insert that is disposed within the inner cavity of the outer sleeve while leaving a hollow space about the elongated flexible plastic insert and between the elongated flexible plastic insert and an inner surface of the outer sleeve, an elongated resilient wire element mounted with the elongated flexible plastic insert and that extends substantially a length of the elongated flexible plastic insert, said elongated resilient wire element being constructed and arranged so that the elongated resilient wire element is formed in a predetermined configuration and maintained in that predetermined configuration so as to correspondingly maintain the outer sleeve in the predetermined configuration, the outer sleeve having a first configuration, and thereafter arranging the outer sleeve in a second configuration that is more curved than the first configuration so as to secure the formable decorative item about the body part of the wearer, wherein the elongated flexible plastic insert has respective top and bottom surfaces, the outer sleeve has respective top and bottom segments, the bottom segment of the outer sleeve is substantially planar and the top segment of the outer sleeve is arcuate in shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.