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US 11,272,765 B2Granted
Jewelry item and methods of use
AssigneeC.C.Couture LLC
InventorsDana Corelli, Mary Carr
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Abstract
A jewelry clip has top and bottom non-marring gripping jaws and an adornment covering the top jaw. The jewelry clip is used to construct at least two different jewelry items such as a bracelet, a necklace, a belt, an anklet, or a choker from an elongate flexible item of at least eighteen inches in length such as a string of beads or pearls, a chain, or a piece of fabric by securing the item at two locations in a first format, and at two locations, including at least one different location in a second format.
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A jewelry clip, comprising:
- top and bottom gripping jaws, with the top gripping jaws having non-marring teeth on a gripping end and the bottom gripping jaw not including teeth on its gripping end, and each having fulcrum extensions in a middle section and lever extensions on an end opposite the gripping end, wherein the fulcrum extensions overlap;
- a post joining the jaws together at their overlapping fulcrum extensions;
- a torsion spring looping around the post and engaging respective inside surfaces of the respective fulcrum extensions, said torsion spring biasing the jaws into a closed position;
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- an adornment affixed to the top jaw and obscuring substantially all of the top jaw in a top-side view.
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A jewelry clip consisting of:
- top and bottom gripping jaws, at least one of said top and bottom gripping jaws having non-marring teeth extending between one-quarter inch and one-third inch along a gripping end, with the top and bottom gripping jaws each having fulcrum extensions in a middle section and lever extensions on an end opposite the teeth, wherein the fulcrum extensions overlap;
- a post joining the jaws together at their overlapping fulcrum extensions;
- a torsion spring looping around the post and engaging respective inside surfaces of the respective fulcrum extensions, said torsion spring biasing the jaws into a closed position;
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- an adornment affixed to the top jaw and obscuring substantially all of the top jaw from a top view.
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A jewelry clip consisting of:
- top and bottom gripping jaws, wherein the top gripping jaw has non-marring teeth on a gripping end and the bottom gripping jaw does not have teeth, with the top and bottom gripping jaws each having fulcrum extensions in a middle section and lever extensions on an end opposite the teeth, wherein the fulcrum extensions overlap;
- a post joining the jaws together at their overlapping fulcrum extensions;
- a torsion spring looping around the post and engaging respective inside surfaces of the respective fulcrum extensions, said torsion spring biasing the jaws into a closed position;
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- an adornment affixed to the top jaw and obscuring substantially all of the top jaw from a top view.
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A method of generating two different items of jewelry, comprising:
- obtaining a jewelry clip having top and bottom gripping jaws, with the top gripping jaws having non-marring teeth on a gripping end and the bottom gripping jaw not including teeth on its gripping end, and each having fulcrum extensions in a middle section and lever extensions on an end opposite the gripping end, wherein the fulcrum extensions overlap, a post joining the jaws together at their overlapping fulcrum extensions, a torsion spring looping around the post and engaging respective inside surfaces of the respective fulcrum extensions, said torsion spring biasing the jaws into a closed position, and an adornment affixed to the top jaw and obscuring substantially all of the top jaw;
- obtaining an elongate flexible item of at least eighteen inches in length and comprising one of a string of beads, a string of pearls, a chain, and a piece of fabric;
- placing the elongate flexible item around one of an arm, leg, waist or neck of an individual, and using the jewelry clip to secure the elongate flexible item so that the elongate flexible item assumes a first jewelry format;
- removing the jewelry clip from the elongate flexible item;
- placing the elongate flexible item around a second of the arm, leg or neck of the individual, and using the jewelry clip to secure the elongate flexible item so that the elongate flexible item assumes a second jewelry format.
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