Closure mechanism for jewelry
AssigneePaj, Inc.
InventorFelix Chen
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Abstract
A jewelry clasp includes a lower arm and an upper arm that are hingedly joined to each other at one respective ends thereof. A locking pin is provided adjacent a second end of the upper arm and the locking pin extends toward the respective second end of the lower arm and locked inside a locking receptacle formed adjacent a second distal end of the lower arm. The locking receptacle contains two spring wires that extend transversely to the direction of the locking receptacle, the spring wires being spaced from each other at a distance slightly smaller than the diametrical size of a pin head of the locking pin. The clasp can be used as a general jewelry closure device.
Claims8
A jewelry closure, comprising:
- a lower arm and an upper arm, hingedly joined to each other at a first respective end thereof;
- a locking pin provided adjacent a second end of the upper arm, and extending toward a respective second end of the lower arm, the locking pin comprising at a distal end thereof a pin head;
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- a locking receptacle formed adjacent the second end of the lower arm, the locking receptacle containing therein at least one spring wire configured to resiliently deflect when the pin head of the locking pin is pushed into the locking receptacle, allowing the locking pin to move past the at least one spring wire so as to positively lock the second respective ends of the lower arm and the upper arm to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.