Multi-stone jewelry setting with internal pivot mechanism
AssigneeTariq Riaz LLC
InventorTariq Riaz
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Abstract
A jewelry piece apparatus may include an upper housing having a first upper cradle portion, a second upper cradle portion, and a viewing window. The jewelry piece apparatus may include a lower housing having a first lower cradle portion, a second lower cradle portion, a first stopper flange, and a second stopper flange. The jewelry piece apparatus may include a pivot mechanism having a pivot shaft that supports at least two stone mounts, a first stopper tab, a second stopper tab, and a ballast chamber.
Claims10
A jewelry piece comprising:
- an upper housing having a first upper cradle portion, a second upper cradle portion, and a viewing window;
- a lower housing having a first lower cradle portion, a second lower cradle portion, a first stopper flange, and a second stopper flange;
- a pivot mechanism having a pivot shaft that supports at least two stone mounts, a first stopper tab, a second stopper tab, and a ballast chamber.
A method for crafting a jewelry piece having an upper housing with a viewing window and a lower housing, the method comprising:
- securing a first stone in a first stone mount, the first stone mount supported by a pivot shaft of a pivot mechanism;
- securing a second stone in a second stone mount, the second stone mount supported by the pivot shaft of the pivot mechanism and offset from the first stone mount;
- positioning a first end of the pivot shaft in a first lower cradle attached to the lower housing;
- positioning a second end of the pivot shaft in a second lower cradle attached to the lower housing;
- adjusting an amount of ballast material in a ballast chamber of the pivot mechanism to balance the pivot mechanism in the first and second lower cradles;
- affixing the upper housing to the lower housing to secure the first end of the pivot shaft between a first upper cradle and the first lower cradle and to secure the second end of the pivot shaft between a second upper cradle and the second lower cradle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.