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US 2001/0032481 A1Published application
Replaceable gem stone setting for a jewelry piece
OwnerKorabet Takessianinventor
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Abstract
A replaceable gem stone setting for a jewelry piece in which a casing receives a gem stone, and a bottom cover is hinged to the casing to be able to be moved to a closed position against the casing open bottom, the bottom cover having portions resiliently deflected by the gem stone as the cover is closed, resiliently holding the stone against abutments on the open top end of the casing through which the gem stone crown is displayed.
Claims10
A replaceable gem stone setting for a jewelry piece comprising:
- a casing defining a cavity for receiving said gem stones, said casing open at opposite ends, with a top end having portion abutting an upper portion of said gem stone when said gem stone is received in said casing so as to display a crown thereof in said open top end of said casing;
- a bottom cover and a hinge connecting said bottom cover to said casing to be movable to a closed position overlying said bottom end of said casing;
- a latch for securing said bottom cover in said closed position;
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- said bottom cover having one or more elements resiliently deflected by engagement with a lower end of said gem stone as said bottom cover is moved to said closed position whereby said gem stone is resiliently held in abutment against said casing top end portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.