Jewelry with battery powered illumination

An article of jewelry on which a decorative object may be mounted, comprising:

• a light source;
• a housing having a circumferential shape and having a pad on which said decorative object is to be mounted and a holder for said light source, said light source positioned thereby to enable said light source to illuminate said decorative object;
• a battery compartment on said housing spaced a predetermined distance from said light source holder and said decorative object for enclosing a battery;
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• means for coupling power from said battery in said battery compartment to said light source, comprising at least one electrical conductor routed at least in part through a hollow core formed in said housing for connecting between said battery and said light source;
• wherein said housing includes a clasp having two parts, a male portion and a female portion, said female portion including a first slot and a second slot, such that when the male portion of the clasp is selectively inserted in said first slot, power is coupled from said battery to said light source, and when the male portion of the clasp is selectively inserted in said second slot, no power is coupled to said light source.

An article of jewelry on which a decorative object may be mounted, comprising:

• a light source;
• a housing having a circumferential shape and having a pad on which said decorative object is to be mounted, a first holder located at a first end of said decorative object for insertion of a first light source, and a second holder located at a second end of said decorative object for insertion of a second light source, said first and second light sources positioned thereby to enable said first and second light sources to illuminate said decorative object;
• a battery compartment on said housing spaced a predetermined distance from said first and second light source holders for enclosing a battery;
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• means for coupling power from a battery in said first and second battery compartment to said first and second light sources, comprising at least one electrical conductor routed at least in part through a hollow core formed in said housing for connecting said battery to said light source;
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• a four position switch, said switch in said second position coupling said battery to said first light source, said switch in said third position coupling said battery to said second light source, said switch in said fourth position coupling said battery to both said first light source and said second light source, said switch in said first position coupling said battery to neither said first light source nor said second light source.

An article of jewelry on which a decorative object may be mounted, comprising:

• a light source;
• a housing shaped to be mounted on a necklace at a first end and having a second end with a pad on which said decorative object is to be mounted and a holder for said light source, said light source positioned thereby to enable said light source to illuminate said decorative object;
• a battery compartment in said housing at said first end for enclosing a battery;
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• means for coupling power from said battery in said battery compartment to said light source, comprising at least one electrical conductor for connecting between said battery and said light source, said conductor routed at least in part through a hollow core in said housing between said first and said second end.