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US 11,103,035 B2Granted
Light-emitting jewelry
AssigneeNG Developments, LLC
InventorJohn W. Disinger
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Abstract
A light-emitting jewelry piece includes a gemstone, a head, and a mounting. The head is configured to interconnect the gemstone to the mounting. The mounting is arranged to secure the light-emitting jewelry piece to a person or a personal adornment.
Claims19
A light-emitting jewelry piece consisting of:
- a gemstone including a crown, a girdle, a pavilion, and a culet, the crown located in spaced-apart relation above the pavilion to locate the girdle therebetween, the pavilion located between the girdle and the culet;
- a light-emission system coupled to an exterior surface of the gemstone, including at least the girdle, and configured to emit light over time in response to receiving and storing light to cause visible light to be emitted through the gemstone and viewed by a naked eye of a person when the light-emitting jewelry is in a dark environment, wherein the light-emission system includes
- a light-emitting band having an upper portion coupled to and extending outwardly away from at least the girdle and a lower portion coupled to and extending outwardly away from at least the pavilion, and
- a light-emitting disk spaced apart from and not of unitary construction with the light-emitting band, the light-emitting disk arranged to extend downwardly away from the culet;
- and
- a head including a gem retainer, a culet support, and a plurality of prongs extending between and interconnecting the gem retainer and the culet support;
- wherein the gem retainer retains the light-emitting band between the girdle and the head;
- wherein the culet support retains the light-emitting disk between the culet and the head;
- wherein the head is not of unitary construction with the light-emitting band or the light-emitting disk;
- and
- wherein the head is configured to interconnect the gemstone to a mounting.
8 more elements
A light-emitting jewelry piece consisting of:
- a gemstone including a crown, a girdle, a pavilion, and a culet, the crown located in spaced-apart relation above the pavilion to locate the girdle therebetween, the pavilion located between the girdle and the culet;
- a light-emission system coupled to an exterior surface of the gemstone, including at least the girdle, and configured to emit light over time in response to receiving and storing light to cause visible light to be emitted through the gemstone and viewed by a naked eye of a person when the light-emitting jewelry is in a dark environment, wherein the light-emission system includes
- a light-emitting band having an upper portion coupled to and extending outwardly away from at least the girdle and a lower portion coupled to and extending outwardly away from at least the pavilion, and
- a light-emitting disk spaced apart from and not of unitary construction with the light-emitting band, the light-emitting disk arranged to extend downwardly away from the culet;
- and
- a head including a gem retainer, a culet support, and a plurality of prongs extending between and interconnecting the gem retainer and the culet support;
- and
- a mounting;
- wherein the gem retainer retains the light-emitting band between the girdle and the head;
- wherein the culet support retains the light-emitting disk between the culet and the head;
- wherein the head is not of unitary construction with the light-emitting band or the light-emitting disk;
- and
- wherein the head is configured to interconnect the gemstone to the mounting.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.