Jewelry piece
AssigneeJoerg HEINZ GmbH & Co. KG
InventorMartin Heinz
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Abstract
An item of jewelry has a main body with a first and second end, which, in the closed state, is located opposite the first end. The main body defines a through-opening and the two ends of the main body can be moved away from one another to form a through-opening. The main body has a channel, in which at least one resiliently elastic element is movably arranged. The first end of at least one connecting element is fastened directly or indirectly on the first end of the main body, and which extends over a free space between the first and the second ends of the main body in the open state. When the first and second ends of the main body are moved apart the resulting activation of the resiliently elastic element generates a restoring force which moves the two ends of the main body towards one another.
Claims14
A piece of jewelry, comprising:
- a base body having a first end and a second end arranged oppositely to the first end in a closed state of the piece of jewelry, the base body defining a passage opening in said closed state;
- wherein the two ends of the base body can be moved away from one another to enlarge said passage opening to form a widened passage opening;
- the base body having a channel in which at least one resilient element is moveably arranged, wherein the channel of the base body extends from a first end to a second end of the base body;
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- the piece of jewelry having at least one connecting element, a first end of which is attached directly or indirectly to the first end of the base body;
- wherein the at least one connecting element extends across a space being present between the first end and the second end of the base body in the opened state and wherein a second end of the at least one connecting element engages with one
- end of the resilient element;
- wherein, when the first and the second ends of the base body are moved apart from each other to form the said widened passage opening, from the resulting loading of the resilient element a restoring force causing the two ends of the base body to move towards each other is generated.
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