Fastener and ornament including the fastener
AssigneeRight Planning Ltd.
InventorYoshiyuki Tanio
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Abstract
A pierced earring fastener 1 has: a pinching member 2 made of three balls 2a, 2a, 2a; a holder 3 that is a rubber-like elastic member; and a ring 5 for tightening the pinching member 2 and the holder 3. The three balls 2a, 2a, 2a are disposed in a ring shape at intervals of 120 degrees in a circumferential direction, as elements that form the pinching member 2. These balls are retained at predetermined positions by means of the holder 3. The holder completely surrounds the circular pinching member 2 formed by the three balls 2a. A through hole 3a penetrating a center of both of end faces 3c, 3c is formed via a gap 2b formed at the center of a ring formed by the pinching member 2 closed inside thereof.
Claims16
A fastener comprising:
- a rubber-like elastic member that is formed essentially of rubber or soft synthetic resin, being elastically deformable;
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- a restraining member that is capable of restricting elastic deformation of the rubber-like elastic member in a state in which at least a part of the periphery of the rubber-like elastic member is surrounded thereby, having hardness equal to or greater than that of the rubber-like elastic member,
- wherein a part of an ornament is pinched by means of the rubber-like elastic member, thereby restricting and retaining the ornament.
A fastener comprising:
- the rubber-like elastic member that is formed essentially of rubber or soft synthetic resin, being elastically deformable;
- a pinching member that is capable of being retained at a predetermined position so as to be enveloped by means of the rubber-like elastic member, and moving in an extending direction with elastic deformation of the rubber-like elastic member, in the state in which at least a part is embedded in the rubber-like elastic member and that is harder than the rubber-like elastic member;
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- the restraining member that is capable of restricting movement of the pinching member in the extending direction and elastic deformation of the rubber-like elastic member being caused by the movement, in the state in which at least a part of the periphery of the rubber-like elastic member is surrounded thereby, having hardness equal to or greater than that of the rubber-like elastic member,
- wherein a part of the ornament is pinched by means of the pinching member, thereby restricting and retaining the ornament.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.