Jewelry setting

A jewelry setting for supporting a jewel comprising a one-piece support member that includes a base portion having multiple sides, a plurality of elongated prongs with one extending from each respective side of the base portion, each said elongated prong including contiguous respective proximal biasing and distal retaining portions, each said proximal biasing portion extending integrally from a respective side of the base portion, at least said distal retaining portion having an arcuate cross-section in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the distal retaining portion, and wherein the distal retaining portion has an inwardly facing concave surface, wherein said retaining portion has a longitudinal axis that extends at an angle to a longitudinal axis of the biasing portion, and wherein the arcuate cross-section has a constant radius of curvature.

A jewelry setting for supporting a jewel comprising a one-piece support member that includes a base portion having multiple sides, a plurality of elongated prongs with one extending from each respective side of the base portion, each said elongated prong including contiguous respective proximal biasing and distal retaining portions, each said proximal biasing portion extending integrally from a respective side of the base portion, at least said distal retaining portion having an arcuate cross-section in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the distal retaining portion, and wherein the distal retaining portion has an inwardly facing concave surface, wherein the proximal biasing portion includes contiguous first and second biasing portions with the first biasing portion being more proximally arranged than the second biasing portion and the first biasing portion having a longitudinal axis that is longer than a longitudinal axis of the second biasing portion, and wherein each of the first and second biasing portions have their respective longitudinal axes disposed at an obtuse relative angle less than 180 degrees.

A jewelry setting for supporting a jewel comprising a one-piece support member that includes a base portion having multiple sides, a plurality of elongated prongs with one extending from each respective side of the base portion, each said elongated prong including contiguous respective proximal biasing portion and distal retaining portion, each said proximal biasing portion extending integrally from a respective side of the base portion, each said retaining portion for capturing the jewel and having a longitudinal axis that extends at an angle to a longitudinal axis of the proximal biasing portion, wherein the proximal biasing portion includes contiguous first and second proximal biasing portions with the first proximal biasing portion being more proximally arranged than the second proximal biasing portion, wherein the first proximal biasing portion has a longitudinal axis A, wherein the second proximal biasing portion has a longitudinal axis B, and wherein the longitudinal axes A and B are non-coincident, wherein both the first and second proximal biasing portions have a contiguous arcuate cross-section in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal axes of the first and second proximal biasing portions.