Jewelry-Stylus Device
OwnerPeter Shu-Chun CHENGinventor
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Abstract
A jewelry-stylus device includes a jewelry item wearable on a body part of a user, and a stylus element mounted on the jewelry item, for contacting a touch screen. The device may have a plurality of arcuate shank parts that are movable between a closed position in which the shank parts form an annulus that at least partially encircles a body part of the user, and an open position in which two of the shank parts are connected in series along a row when the device is used as a stylus, for example, for data entry. The stylus element, for example, an electrically conductive nib, is mounted on one of the shank parts and positioned at a leading end nib region of the stylus in the open position. The user grips the device at another shank part remotely from the nib.
Claims20
A jewelry-stylus device, comprising:
- a jewelry item wearable on a body part of a user;
- and
- a stylus element mounted on the jewelry item, for contacting a touch screen.
A method of converting a device between an item of jewelry and a stylus, comprising the steps of:
- connecting a plurality of arcuate shank parts for movement relative to one another;
- mounting a stylus element on one of the shank parts;
- moving the shank parts to a closed position in which the shank parts form an annulus that at least partially encircles a body part of a user;
- and
- moving the shank parts to an open position in which two of the shank parts are connected in series along a row when the device is held by the user's hand as a stylus, and positioning the stylus element at a leading end nib region of the stylus in the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.