An ornamental component for a bracelet and/or necklace
AssigneePandora A/S
InventorLee Antony Gray
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Abstract
An ornamental component (300) for a bracelet and/or necklace, comprising a housing with a cavity defining projecting rims of end walls of the housing and a ring manufactured from a resilient friction material, wherein the ring comprises at least two cut-outs in the inside surface (303) of the ring, said cut-outs defining associated at least two inwardly projecting projections of the ring for frictionally gripping a surface of the elongated member so as to adjustably fix the ornamental component at selected positions along an elongated member, an entirety of the cut-outs being free of material.
Claims36
An ornamental component for a bracelet and/or necklace, said ornamental component having a stringing hole defining a stringing hole axis extending in an axial direction, with a radial direction extending radially from the axial direction and a circumferential direction extending about the axial direction, said stringing hole allowing said ornamental component to be strung on an elongated member of a bracelet and/or necklace along said stringing hole axis;
- said ornamental component comprising:
- a housing having an ornamental outer surface, a first end wall, and a second, opposite end wall, said end walls extending in said radial direction, said housing further having a first opening in the first end wall, a second opening in the second end wall and an interior cavity, said interior cavity being positioned between said first and second openings, said first and second openings being connected to said interior cavity and forming part of the stringing hole, where a dimension of the cavity in said radial direction is larger than corresponding dimensions of the first and second openings, the housing thereby comprising a radially inwards extending first projecting rim of the first end wall and a radially inwards extending second projecting rim of the second end wall, each said rim forming an inner portion of the respective end wall, which inner portion surrounds a respective said opening;
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- a ring manufactured from a resilient friction material and having an inner circumference defining a through hole and an opposite, outer circumference, the ring being positioned in said interior cavity of the housing to be encased by the housing, the through hole of the ring forming part of the stringing hole and having a smaller dimension in said radial direction than the first and second openings of the end walls, said ring extending in said axial direction between the first and second rims, said outer circumference of the ring being larger than the first and second openings so that the rims fix the ring in the axial direction,
- wherein the ring comprises at least two cut-outs in its said inner circumference, each cut-out extending from the inner circumference of the ring towards the outer circumference of the ring, said cut-outs thus providing at least two inwardly projecting projections of the ring, each projection projecting inwards from a mutual circumference defined by bottom surfaces of the cut-outs to said inner circumference of the ring, said projections being adapted to frictionally grip a surface of the elongated member so as to adjustably fix the ornamental component at selected positions along the elongated member, said cut-outs being fully open to allow the projections to freely resiliently expand in the circumferential direction in an entire radial depth of the cut-outs.
A bracelet or a necklace comprising:
- an elongated member;
- and
- an ornamental component and a number of freely movable beads strung on said elongated member;
- wherein the ornamental component is configured so that the projections resiliently grip the surface of the elongated member to adjustably fix the ornamental component along the elongated member.
A method for manufacturing an ornamental component, comprising:
- providing the housing;
- providing the ring;
- resiliently compressing said ring in the radial direction;
- and
- inserting said ring in said cavity through the first or second opening;
- and
- allowing the ring to resiliently expand inside said cavity so that said ring extends between the first and second rims so that the through hole forms part of the stringing hole.
A set of parts for assembly of an ornamental component, comprising:
- a housing having an ornamental outer surface, a first end wall, and a second, opposite end wall, said end walls extending in said radial direction, said housing further having a first opening in the first end wall, a second opening in the second end wall and an interior cavity, said interior cavity being positioned between said first and second openings, said first and second openings being connected to said interior cavity, where a dimension of the cavity in said radial direction is larger than corresponding dimensions of the first and second openings, the housing thereby comprising a radially inwards extending first projecting rim of the first end wall and a radially extending second projecting rim of the second end wall, each said rim forming an inner portion of the respective end wall, which inner portion surrounds a respective said opening;
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- a ring manufactured from a resilient friction material and having an inner circumference defining a through hole and an opposite outer circumference, the ring having a smaller dimension in said radial direction than the first and second openings of the housing, said outer circumference of the ring being larger than the first and second openings of the housing, the ring being resiliently compressible in said radial direction so as to be adapted for being inserted in a resiliently compressed state through the first or second opening and then expand to assume a fixed position in said interior cavity so that the through hole forms part of the stringing hole and so that said ring extends between the first and second rims,
- wherein the ring comprises at least two cut-outs in its said inner circumference, each cut-out extending from the inner circumference of the ring towards the outer circumference of the ring, each projection projecting inwards from a mutual circumference defined by bottom surfaces of the cut-outs to said inner circumference of the ring, said cut-outs thus providing at least two inwardly projecting projections of the ring, each projection projecting inwards from a mutual circumference defined by bottom surfaces of the cut-outs to said inner circumference of the ring, said projections being adapted to frictionally grip a surface of the elongated member so as to adjustably fix the ornamental component at selected positions along the elongated member.
An ornamental component for a bracelet and/or necklace, comprising a housing with an ornamental surface and an interior cavity, wherein rims of end walls of the housing surround openings in the end walls, and a ring manufactured from a resilient friction material is positioned in said cavity between said rims, wherein the ring comprises at least two cut-outs in an inside circumference of the ring, said cut-outs thus providing at least two inwardly projecting projections of the ring for frictionally gripping a surface of an elongated member of the bracelet and/or necklace so as to adjustably fix the ornamental component at selected positions along the elongated member, an entirety of the cut-outs being free of material.
A bracelet or a necklace comprising:
- an elongated member;
- and
- an ornamental component and a number of freely movable beads strung on said elongated member;
- wherein the ornamental component is configured so that the projections resiliently grip the surface of the elongated member to adjustably fix the ornamental component along the elongated member.
A method for manufacturing an ornamental component, comprising:
- providing the housing;
- providing the ring;
- resiliently compressing said ring in a radial direction;
- and
- inserting said ring in said cavity through one of the openings;
- and
- allowing the ring to resiliently expand inside said cavity so that said ring extends between the rims so that the through hole forms part of a stringing hole.
A set of parts for assembly of an ornamental component, comprising:
- a housing with an ornamental surface and an interior cavity, wherein rims of end walls of the housing surround openings in the end walls, and
- a ring manufactured from a resilient friction material for being positioned in said cavity between said rims,
- wherein the ring comprises at least two cut-outs in an inside circumference of the ring, said cut-outs thus providing at least two inwardly projecting projections of the ring for frictionally gripping a surface of an elongated member of the bracelet and/or necklace so as to adjustably fix the ornamental component at selected positions along the elongated member, an entirety of the cut-outs being free of material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.