Earrings and methods of manufacture and use thereof
AssigneeVenus by Maria Tash, Inc.
InventorMaria Tashjian
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Abstract
Generally, this disclosure enables various earrings and methods of manufacture and use thereof. For example, some of these earrings are selectively reversible between different aesthetic appearances for wearing to different occasions. This selective reversibility is enabled through various modalities of operation (e.g., clock-like action, spinning action). These modalities of operation are technologically beneficial because these modalities of operation enable such earrings to be selectively reversed from various ear portions.
Claims30
An earring comprising:
- a post including a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion opposes the second end portion;
- a frontal piece including a base, a first wall, a second wall, and a bridge, wherein the base is secured to the first end portion, wherein the first wall extends from the base, wherein the second wall extends from the base, wherein the first wall and the second wall oppose each other, wherein the first wall and the second wall are spaced apart from each other such that a volume of space extends therebetween, wherein the bridge spans between the first wall and the second wall along the volume of space;
- a ring looped over the bridge between the first wall and the second wall such that the ring is configured to (a) freely slide along the bridge between the first wall and the second wall and (b) freely rotate about the bridge between the first wall and the second wall;
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- a decorative piece secured to the ring, wherein the decorative piece has a first side and a second side, wherein the first side opposes the second side, wherein the first side has a first decorative face, wherein the second side has a second decorative face, wherein the first decorative face is aesthetically different from the second decorative face,
- wherein the frontal piece is configured to rotate relative to an ear of a wearer based on at least one of rotating the decorative piece relative to the ear or spinning the decorative piece relative to the ear and thereby cause the first side with the first decorative face not facing the wearer and the second side with the second decorative face facing the wearer to reverse such that the first side with the first decorative face faces the wearer and the second side with the second decorative face does not face the wearer while the post extends through the ear between the first end portion and the second end portion.
The earring of claim 3, wherein the base and the first end portion are monolithic with each other.
A method comprising:
- manufacturing an earring comprising a post, a frontal piece, a ring, and a decorative piece, wherein the post including a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion opposes the second end portion, wherein the frontal piece including a base, a first wall, a second wall, and a bridge, wherein the base is secured to the first end portion, wherein the first wall extends from the base, wherein the second wall extends from the base, wherein the first wall and the second wall oppose each other, wherein the first wall and the second wall are spaced apart from each other such that a volume of space extends therebetween, wherein the bridge spans between the first wall and the second wall along the volume of space, wherein the ring is looped over the bridge between the first wall and the second wall such that the ring is configured to (a) freely slide along the bridge between the first wall and the second wall and (b) freely rotate about the bridge between the first wall and the second wall, wherein the decorative piece is secured to the ring, wherein the decorative piece has a first side and a second side, wherein the first side opposes the second side, wherein the first side has a first decorative face, wherein the second side has a second decorative face, wherein the first decorative face is aesthetically different from the second decorative face;
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- instructing a wearer to rotate the frontal piece relative to the ear based on at least one of rotating the decorative piece relative to the ear or spinning the decorative piece relative to the ear and thereby cause the first side with the first decorative face not facing the wearer and the second side with the second decorative face facing the wearer to reverse such that the first side with the first decorative face faces the wearer and the second side with the second decorative face does not face the wearer while the post extends through the ear between the first end portion and the second end portion.
A method comprising:
- causing a wearer having an ear to receive an earring comprising a post, a frontal piece, a ring, and a decorative piece, wherein the post including a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion opposes the second end portion, wherein the frontal piece including a base, a first wall, a second wall, and a bridge, wherein the base is secured to the first end portion, wherein the first wall extends from the base, wherein the second wall extends from the base, wherein the first wall and the second wall oppose each other, wherein the first wall and the second wall are spaced apart from each other such that a volume of space extends therebetween, wherein the bridge spans between the first wall and the second wall along the volume of space, wherein the ring is looped over the bridge between the first wall and the second wall such that the ring is configured to (a) freely slide along the bridge between the first wall and the second wall and (b) freely rotate about the bridge between the first wall and the second wall, wherein the decorative piece is secured to the ring, wherein the decorative piece has a first side and a second side, wherein the first side opposes the second side, wherein the first side has a first decorative face, wherein the second side has a second decorative face, wherein the first decorative face is aesthetically different from the second decorative face;
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- causing the wearer to rotate the frontal piece relative to the ear based on at least one of rotating the decorative piece relative to the ear or spinning the decorative piece relative to the ear and thereby cause the first side with the first decorative face not facing the wearer and the second side with the second decorative face facing the wearer to reverse such that the first side with the first decorative face faces the wearer and the second side with the second decorative face does not face the wearer while the post extends through the ear between the first end portion and the second end portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.