Jewelry clasp
AssigneesPandora A/S, Pandora Production Co., Ltd.
InventorJohn R. Decker
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Abstract
A jewelry clasp includes respective first and second clasp parts and a slider. At least part of the first clasp part in an attached position thereof is received in a housing of the second clasp part. At least one of the first and second clasp parts includes a magnet, and the other of the first and second parts includes a part magnetically attractable by the magnet so that the first clasp part in its attached position is held to the second clasp part by magnetic attraction. The slider is attached to and slideable in relation to the housing of the second clasp part, and is slideable between a releasing state and a locking state. In the releasing state, the first clasp part may be detached from the second clasp part, and in the locking state the first clasp part is prevented from being detached from the second clasp part.
Claims19
A jewelry clasp for securing a first end of an elongated member of a bracelet or a necklace to a second end of the elongated member, the jewelry clasp comprising:
- a first clasp part and a second clasp part, wherein at least part of the first clasp part in an attached position thereof is positioned received in a housing of the second clasp part, at least one of the first and second clasp parts comprising a magnet and the other of the first and second parts comprising a part magnetically attractable by the magnet so that the first clasp part in its attached position is held to the second clasp part by magnetic attraction;
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- a slider attached atop and slideable along a longitudinal axis of the housing of the second clasp part, the slider being slideable between a releasing state and a locking state, the slider in the releasing state allowing for the first clasp part to be detached from the second clasp part, the slider in the locking state preventing the first clasp part from being detached from the second clasp part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.