Clamping structure for personal ornament
AssigneeKabushikigaisha Pierring
InventorKenji TAKUMA
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Abstract
An earring including a primary ornamental body and a clamping member, a pair of mounting legs and a mounting base held in between formed at an end of the ornamental body and an end of the clamping member, respectively, the pair of mounting legs and the mounting base being pivotably attached to each other with one or two or more elastic metal plate members interposed therebetween, the pivot portion being swaged together with the metal plate member. The mounting base has a recessed groove or notch formed in its outer periphery, and when the mounting legs and the mounting base are relatively turned, the metal plate member is deflected into the recessed groove or notch of the mounting base, and the deflected portion is engaged with an end edge of the recessed groove or notch of the mounting base.
Claims3
An earring comprising a primary ornamental body as a first member and a clamping member as a second member, a pair of mounting legs and a mounting base held in therebetween being formed at an end of the primary ornamental body and an end of the clamping member, respectively, the pair of mounting legs and the mounting base being pivotably attached to each other with one or two or more elastic metal plate members interposed therebetween, the pivot portion being swaged together with the metal plate member, the clamping structure for a personal ornament being wherein
- the mounting base has a recessed groove or notch formed in its outer periphery, and when the mounting legs and the mounting base formed on the primary ornamental body as the first member and the clamping member as the second member, respectively, are relatively turned, the metal plate member is deflected inward into the recessed groove or notch of the mounting base, and the deflected portion is engaged with an end edge of the recessed groove or notch of the mounting base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.