# US 11,297,911 B2 · Earring backing without hole

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- Number: US 11,297,911 B2
- Document ID: US11297911B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/781,073
- Filed: 2020-02-04
- Published: 2020-08-13
- Granted: 2022-04-12
- Earliest claimed: 2020-02-04
- Applicants: Linda Tremblay; Chantale Dufour
- Inventors: Linda Tremblay; Chantale Dufour
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11297911B2

## CPC

- A44C 7/003: {Ear-studs or their catch devices}
- A44C: PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS

## Abstract

This disclosure relates to the use of anmornamental elastomeric earring back fastener comprised of silicone, silicone rubber or rubber wherein the earring back fastener is without any hole which can receive an earring post in order to support an earring to an earlobe. The earring backing can may include sphere, square, rectangle rhombus, or other ornamental shapes. The hardness of the earring backing may vary between 10 shore A to 90 shore A, but 20 shore A to 40 shore A is preferred.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of fastening an earring to a person's pierced earlobe using an earring backing, the method comprising,
inserting an earring post through the pierce hole of the person's earlobe, said post being part of the earring,
fixing the earring to said earring backing by penetrating the earring backing from any point on a surface of the earring backing, wherein said earring backing has no preexisting hole, wherein said backing consisting of an elastomer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of fastening the earring of claim 1 wherein the elastomer is comprised of silicone, silicone rubber, or rubber.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of fastening the earring of claim 1, wherein the hardness of the elastomer is between 10 shore A and 90 shore A.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of fastening the earring of claim 3, wherein the hardness of the elastomer is between 20 shore A and 40 shore A.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of fastening the earring of claim 4, wherein the shape of the backing consisting any one of a sphere, a square, a rectangle, and a rhombus.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The method of fastening the earring of claim 3, wherein the shape of the backing consisting any one of a sphere, a square, a rectangle, and a rhombus.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of fastening the earring of claim 6, wherein the shape of the backing is a sphere, and further wherein said sphere having a diameter from 5 mm to 20 mm.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method of fastening the earring of claim 7, wherein said diameter is from 10 mm to 20 mm.

### Claim 9

An earring backing, said earring backing used for fastening an earring to a person's earlobe, said earring backing comprising,
an elastomer, said elastomer having a hardness of between 10 shore A to 90 shore A,
said earring backing having a shape, said shape having a surface or surfaces,
said earring backing configured to grip and retain an earring post of the earring,
wherein an entire surface area of said surface or surfaces is exposed such that any point on the surface or surfaces of said earring backing being available to be penetrated by the earring post, whereby the earring post is gripped and retained by said earring backing.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The earring backing of claim 9, wherein said shape having a volume between about 65.4 mm3 to 4189 mm3.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The earring backing of claim 10, wherein the hardness of the elastomer is between 20 shore A and 40 shore A.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The earring backing of claim 11, wherein the shape of the backing consisting of any one of a sphere, a square, a rectangle, and a rhombus.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The earring backing of claim 10, wherein the shape of the backing consisting of any one of a sphere, a square, a rectangle, and a rhombus.