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US 10,292,464 B2Granted
Expandable bangle bracelet
AssigneeFirestar Diamond, Inc.
InventorNirav Modi
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Abstract
A bracelet and a method of assembling or manufacturing the same in which the bracelet includes a plurality of interlocking first and second bangles that are translatable relative one another such that the bracelet is transitionable between a first state and second state in which the bracelet has a diameter having a smaller dimension in the first state and a larger diameter in the second state, the bracelet being biased toward the first state.
Claims11
A bracelet, comprising:
- a plurality of first and second bangles forming a circumference of the bracelet, the bracelet having a at least one diameter, the first and second bangles being alternately positioned adjacent to one another, adjacently positioned first and second bangles being translatable relative to one another such that the bracelet is transitionable between a first state in which the diameter has a first dimension and a second state in which the diameter has a second dimension, the second dimensions being greater than the first dimension,
- wherein each of the first bangles has a curved shape and comprises:
- an ovular base having a circumference;
- and
- a plurality of first arm members positioned around the circumference of the base and extending lengthwise from the base, the first arm members being spaced apart from one another around the circumference of the base such that a gap is defined between adjacently positioned first arm members, and
- wherein each of the second bangles has a curved shape and comprises:
- an ovular base having a circumference;
- and
- a plurality of second arm members positioned around the circumference of the base and extending lengthwise from the base, the second arm members being spaced apart from one another around the circumference of the base such that a gap is defined between adjacently positioned second arm members, and
- wherein each of the first arm members of the first bangle are configured to be received and translated through the gaps defined between adjacent ones of the second arm members of the second bangles, and wherein each of the second arm members of the second bangle are configured to be received and translated through the gaps defined between adjacent ones of the first arm members of the first bangles;
- and
- further comprising assembly rings that are removably coupled to each of the first and second bangles, each ring being disposed around the perimeter of the bangles.
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A bracelet, comprising:
- a plurality of first and second bangles forming a circumference of the bracelet, the bracelet having a at least one diameter, the first and second bangles being alternately positioned adjacent to one another, adjacently positioned first and second bangles being translatable relative to one another such that the bracelet is transitionable between a first state in which the diameter has a first dimension and a second state in which the diameter has a second dimension, the second dimensions being greater than the first dimension,
- wherein each of the first bangles has a curved shape and comprises:
- an ovular base having a circumference;
- and
- a plurality of first arm members positioned around the circumference of the base and extending lengthwise from the base, the first arm members being spaced apart from one another around the circumference of the base such that a gap is defined between adjacently positioned first arm members, and
- wherein each of the second bangles has a curved shape and comprises:
- an ovular base having a circumference;
- and
- a plurality of second arm members positioned around the circumference of the base and extending lengthwise from the base, the second arm members being spaced apart from one another around the circumference of the base such that a gap is defined between adjacently positioned second arm members, and
- wherein each of the first arm members of the first bangle are configured to be received and translated through the gaps defined between adjacent ones of the second arm members of the second bangles, and wherein each of the second arm members of the second bangle are configured to be received and translated through the gaps defined between adjacent ones of the first arm members of the first bangles;
- a plurality of first caps that are secured to an end of each first bangle, a plurality of second caps that are secured to an end of each second bangle, the first cap having a shape corresponding to the shape of the first bangle, the second cap having a shape corresponding to the shape of the second bangle;
- and
- wherein at least some of the arms of the first bangle include a first receptacle, and wherein the first cap includes at least one protrusion, the protrusion configured to be securely received by the first receptacle.
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A method of assembling a bracelet, comprising:
- providing a plurality of first bangles, each first bangle comprising:
- an ovular base having a circumference;
- a plurality of first arm members positioned around the circumference of the base and extending lengthwise from the base, the first arm members being spaced apart from one another around the circumference of the base such that a gap is defined between adjacently positioned first arm members;
- providing a plurality of second bangles, each second bangle comprising:
- an ovular base having a circumference;
- and
- a plurality of second arm members positioned around the circumference of the base and extending lengthwise from the base, the second arm members being spaced apart from one another around the circumference of the base such that a gap is defined between adjacently positioned second arm members;
- and
- interlocking the first and second bangles in a sliding relationship with one another by inserting the first arm members of the first bangles within the gaps defined between the second arm members of the second bangles and inserting the second arm members of the second bangles within the gaps defined between the first arm members of the first bangles.
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