Jewelry with hidden compartment
OwnerJeanette Fossasinventor
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Abstract
An article of jewelry preferably in the form of a pendant having a hollow compartment therein which is accessible by a threaded or press fitted cap which upon opening the container permits access to an article retaining apparatus. The article retaining apparatus can be solid, hollow or formed of a mesh material which permits visibility of the retained object and includes a slot for insertion of a retained object. The article retained may be an object having a reference to luck, power, love or protection and may include either hair or paper or small object.
Claims14
A necklace comprising:
- a) a loop of material of sufficient length to encircle a wearer's neck;
- b) an ornament connected to said loop;
- c) said ornament having a hollow portion;
- d) said hollow portion having an opening in a first end;
- e) said ornament having a cap for covering said first end, and
- f) a container forms a separate element from said cap and said ornament and is adapted for insertion within said hollow portion of said ornament,
- g) wherein a charm may be retained in said container.
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An article of jewelry comprising:
- a) a hollow body portion connected to a loop of material for retaining said hollow body portion on a wearer;
- b) a separate container adapted for insertion within said hollow body portion;
- c) a cap having a threaded portion for engaging a cooperating threaded portion on said hollow body portion for securely attaching said cap to said hollow body portion and retaining said container within said hollow body portion;
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- d) an article retrieval device connected to said cap for extracting an object retained within said container.
An article of jewelry, comprising:
- a) a hollow body portion connected to a loop of material for retaining said hollow body portion on a wearer;
- b) said hollow body portion forms a cross having a vertical hollow portion having a top end and a bottom end and a horizontal hollow portion having a first end and a second end;
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- c) each of said top, bottom, first and second ends having a removeable cap having an article retaining apparatus connected thereto,
- d) said article retaining apparatus being receivable with said top, bottom, first and second ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.