Earring with unitary fastener

An earring for an ear with a lobe having a pierced opening comprising:

• an ornament;
• and
• a fastener of unitary construction and slidable sequentially through a pierced opening in an ear lobe for securing said ornament to said ear lobe via the pierced opening, said fastener including a substantially straight shank portion attached at one end to said ornament, an arcuate, resilient, intermediate portion looped away from the other end of said shank portion and then doubled back toward said shank portion in a plane common to said shank portion, and an ear contact portion substantially perpendicular to the shank portion and extending beyond said intermediate portion and said shank portion and spaced from said ornament a distance less than the thickness of the ear whereby when on the ear said shank portion extends through the pierced opening and the ear lobe is compressed between said ear contact portion and said ornament under pressure from said intermediate portion.

An earring for an ear with a lobe having a pierced opening therethrough, said earring comprising:

• an ornament;
• a one-piece fastener for securing said ornament to said ear lobe, said fastener having a substantially straight shank portion attached at one end to said ornament and extending away from said ornament, a generally arcuately shaped, spring clip-like, intermediate portion formed continuously with said shank portion and looped away from and then back toward said shank portion through an angle of approximately 270.degree., and an ear contact portion formed continuously with said spring clip portion and extending therefrom along an axis substantially perpendicular to, intersecting and continuing beyond said shank portion and disposed generally opposite and parallel to a back surface of said ornament and spaced away from said back surface a distance less than the thickness of the ear whereby said shank portion may be placed through the pierced opening with the ear lobe compressed between said ear contact portion and said back surface under spring pressure from said intermediate portion.