Permanent jewelry and method of making same
AssigneeRiva Jewelry Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorRizkallah Doudak
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Abstract
An item of permanent jewelry involves a Band including a hollow extending longitudinally into the Band from a first terminal end, an internal bar having a first terminal end inserted into the hollow, wherein the Band is connected to the internal bar by at least one pin extending transversely through both the first terminal end of the Band and the first terminal end of the internal bar, and wherein the second terminal end of the Band and second terminal end of the internal bar are coupled together such so that the Band and internal bar collectively form a closed loop such that the closed loop cannot be slid off the person without damaging at least one of the Band, the internal bar or the at least one pin. A method of making an item of permanent jewelry is also disclosed.
Claims14
An item of permanent jewelry comprising:
- a Band including a first terminal end and a second terminal end,
- wherein the first terminal end of the Band includes
- a first hollow extending longitudinally into the first terminal end, and
- a first through hole extending transversely through the Band and the first hollow;
- an internal bar having a first terminal end and a second terminal end,
- wherein the first terminal end of the internal bar includes a first through hole extending transversely therethrough;
- wherein the internal bar is inserted into the Band such that
- the first terminal end of the internal bar is within the first terminal end of the Band and the respective first through holes of the internal bar and the Band are aligned so as to form a first passage extending from a first exterior side of the Band through the internal bar to a second exterior side of the Band opposite the first exterior side;
- a first pin within at least the first passage, the pin extending through the aligned first through holes of both the Band and internal bar, wherein the first pin is compressed on both sides of the aligned through holes such that the first pin cannot slide out of the aligned first through holes;
- and
- wherein the second terminal end of the Band is coupled to the internal bar such that, when joined and on a wearer, a closed loop involving the Band and the internal bar is formed such that the closed loop cannot be removed by the wearer without damaging at least one of the Band, the internal bar or the first pin.
An item of permanent jewelry comprising:
- a Band including a hollow extending longitudinally into the Band from a first terminal end, the hollow being entirely defined by a surface of the Band;
- an internal bar having a first terminal end;
- the Band surface defining the hollow being dimensioned to fully surround the first terminal end of the internal bar inserted into the hollow;
- wherein the Band is connected to the internal bar by at least one pin extending transversely through both the first terminal end of the Band and the first terminal end of the internal bar;
- and
- wherein a second terminal end of the Band and a second terminal end of the internal bar are coupled together such se that the Band and internal bar collectively form a closed loop about a part of a person of a size such that the closed loop cannot be slid off the person without damaging at least one of the Band, the internal bar or the at least one pin.
A method of forming an item of permanent jewelry on a person, the method comprising:
- a) coupling a first end of a Band to an internal bar;
- b) placing the Band about a portion of the person;
- c) coupling a second end of the Band to the internal bar using a pin so as to form a closed loop about the portion;
- and
- d) compressing the pin so that the pin cannot slide out of the internal bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.