Jewelry closure

A jewelry closure, comprising:

• a pair of decorative clasps, each having a top surface and a bottom surface and a proximate end and a distal end;
• the proximate end having two distinct engagement regions with the first engagement region being an eyelet having a hole aligned with a central axis, the eyelet having a top surface and a bottom surface;
• the second engagement region being a protrusion having an upper surface and a lower surface;
• the second engagement region having a post depending from the lower surface thereof with a central axis parallel to the central axis of the hole in the first engagement region;
• a magnet located inside at least one clasp;
• the clasps being connectable by mating engagement of the respective posts and eyelets on the distinct engagement regions;
• and
• the distal ends of each of the clasps being afixed to a flexible member which connects the clasps to form a closure.

A method of joining two mating clasps to form a jewelry closure, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a pair of clasps, each having a top surface and a bottom surface and a proximate end and a distal end;
• providing the proximate end of each clasp with two distinct engagement regions, the first engagement region being provided with an eyelet having a hole aligned with a central axis, the eyelet having a top surface and a bottom surface, the second engagement region being formed as a protrusion having an upper surface and a lower surface;
• forming the second engagement region to include a post depending from the lower surface thereof with a central axis parallel to the central axis of the hole in the first engagement region;
• installing a magnet inside at least one clasp;
• and
• connecting the clasps to form a closure by canting a first selected clasp about an axis which is generally within a central plane of the second respective clasp, the axis curving toward an outer extent of the clasp and being generally perpendicular to a cental axis of the eyelet hole in the first engagement region and the post in the second engagement region;
• and
• moving the clasps together with the first respective clasp continuing to be canted, such that when the two clasps are aligned and the central plane of the second clasp is angularly offset with respect to a central plane of the first clasp, the clasps can be rotated in a manner that the eyelet from the first engagement region of the first clasp fits over the post of the second engagement region of the second clasp and the magnet in the selected clasp can magnetically engage the other respective clasp.