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US 2007/0022584 A1Published application
Latch for jewelry pin
OwnerEli Galeckiinventor
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Abstract
An improved latch for spring wire supported articles of jewelry in which a wire loop is pivoted about an axis perpendicular to that of the spring wire for movement through substantially 180 degrees and engages a free end of the spring wire at substantially 90 degrees so that accidental snagging of said free end of said spring wire will not result in disengagement of the latch.
Claims2
In a spring wire supported article of jewelry, including a spring wire pivotally mounted at one end thereof, and latching means selectively engaging an opposite free end thereof, the improvement comprising:
- said latching means including a wire-like pivotally mounted loop having an medially located spring wire engaging portion, said loop being mounted for rotation about an axis substantially perpendicularly to that of said spring wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.