Necklace keeper

A necklace clasp for securing one or more charms to the necklace, comprising:

• a support member that includes a support ring that extends less than a full circumference so as to define a support ring gap in the support ring, and a top head piece that extends upwardly from the support ring;
• a spring supported by the top head piece;
• a sliding lock pad that engages with a passage in the top head piece, and that is biased, by the spring, to an extended position;
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• a guide ring having a circumferential channel for receiving the support ring, and extending less than a full circumference so as to define a guide ring gap in the guide ring;
• said sliding lock pad being moved to an extended locked position engaging with the guide ring gap to inhibit relative rotation between the support ring and guide ring, and a released position to allow relative rotation between the support ring and guide ring to enable alignment of the support ring gap and guide ring gap.

A necklace clasp for securing one or more charms to the necklace using the clasp, said necklace clasp comprising:

• a support member that includes a support ring that extends less than a full circumference so as to define a support ring gap in the support ring, and a top head piece that extends upwardly from the support ring;
• the support ring gap extending less than 180 degrees of the complete circumference of the support ring;
• a sliding lock pad that engages with a passage in the top head piece;
• a coil spring supported between spaced apart walls of the sliding lock pad;
• a guide ring having a circumferential channel for receiving the support ring, and extending less than a full circumference so as to define a guide ring gap in the guide ring;
• the guide ring gap extending less than 180 degrees of the complete circumference of the guide ring;
• said sliding lock pad being moved to an extended locked position engaging with the guide ring gap to inhibit relative rotation between the support ring and guide ring, and a released position to allow relative rotation between the support ring and guide ring to enable alignment of the support ring gap and guide ring gap.