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US 2012/0067083 A1Published application
Jewelry item for selective display of colored regions hidden beneath a gemstone
OwnerChi Huynhinventor
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Abstract
A jewelry item including a gemstone mounted to a gemstone setting having a plurality of reflective surfaces that selectively display colors from a region hidden beneath the gemstone while preventing viewing of the colored region through the gemstone itself.
Claims9
A jewelry item comprising a gemstone mounted to a gemstone setting, the gemstone setting comprising;
- a) an opaque base member comprising a substantially non-reflective contoured inner surface and a plurality of angled reflective surfaces;
- b) a support member positioned above and extending inward from the base member, the support member comprising at least one aperture for exposing the plurality of reflective surfaces to an outer environment;
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- c) a mounting piece comprising a colored layer positioned underneath an opaque barrier, wherein the opaque barrier prevents direct viewing of the colored layer through the gemstone;
- wherein the plurality of angled reflective surfaces are each optically angled to selectively reflect a colored region of the colored layer through the at least one aperture to an area outside of the jewelry item.
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The jewelry item according to clam 1, wherein the plurality of reflective surfaces are each angled to display only a single color of the colored layer which comprises two or more colored regions.
A jewelry item comprising:
- a) a gemstone comprising a gem as an upper layer, an opaque barrier as a middle layer and a lower layer comprising at least two colors, wherein the opaque barrier prevents viewing of the at least two colors through the gemstone;
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- b) a gemstone setting comprising a base member comprising a substantially non-reflective contoured inner surface and a plurality of angled reflective surfaces, and a support member positioned above and extending inward from the base, the support member comprising at least one aperture for exposing the plurality of reflective surfaces to an outer environment;
- and wherein the plurality of angled reflective surfaces are angled to selectively reflect colored regions of the colored layer to an area outside of the jewelry object.
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A method of manufacturing a jewelry item comprising:
- a) providing a gemstone;
- b) forming a mounting piece by covering a colored layer with an opaque barrier comprising a different color than the colored layer, wherein either the colored layer or opaque barrier comprises a rigid material;
- c) determining a three dimensional positioning of each color of the colored layer within the jewelry item and a three dimensional positioning of a plurality of apertures for selectively viewing each color;
- d) contouring a base member from an opaque material, wherein contouring comprises forming an inner surface to avoid reflection of the colored layer through the plurality of apertures and forming a plurality of reflective surfaces for optical alignment between the colored layer and the plurality of apertures to reflect each color of the colored layer through the plurality of apertures;
- e) forming a support member to support the mounting piece and to form the plurality of apertures;
- f) mating the support member to the base member and to the mounting piece, wherein the mounting piece is positioned above the plurality of reflective surfaces;
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- g) mounting the gemstone to the mounting piece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.