Skin jewelry
OwnerRita K. Frengerinventor
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Abstract
Decorative jewelry which may be worn on the skin of the wearer. The jewelry has a decorative portion and a flexible and resilient pad secured to the back side of the decorative portion by which the jewelry is attached to the skin of the wearer. The decorative portion, in specific embodiments, may be a precious stone or an artificial stone or a look-alike, which in one embodiment changes color in response to the amount of body heat transferred from the wearer.
Claims6
Decorative jewelry which can be worn on the skin of the wearer comprising a rigid decorative portion having a decorative front side and a non-decorative back side, a sheet of resilient and flexible material, said sheet having a resiliency and flexibility generally the same as the human skin, said sheet having an exposed surface facing away from said decorative portion, means for attaching said sheet to the back side of said decorative portion, a layer of adhesive on said exposed surface of said sheet, said decorative portion and sheet having edges extending generally perpendicularly from portions of said front and back sides and said exposed surface, said means comprising a rigid retainer covering said edges and a portion of said decorative front side, a back plate secured to said retainer, said decorative portion being snugged between said retainer and said back plate, means for securing said sheet to said back plate, at least a portion of said sheet and said adhesive layer being outside of said retainer.
Decorative jewelry which can be worn on the skin of the wearer comprising a rigid decorative portion having a decorative front side and a non-decorative back side, a sheet of resilient and flexible material, said sheet having an exposed surface facing away from said decorative portion, means for securely attaching said sheet to said back side of said decorative portion, and a layer of adhesive on said exposed surface of said sheet, said decorative portion and sheet have edges extending generally perpendicularly from portions of said front and back sides and said exposed surface, said means comprising a rigid retainer covering said edges and a portion of said decorative front side, a back plate secured to said retainer, said decorative portion being snugged between said retainer and said back plate, means for securing said sheet to said back plate, at least a portion of said sheet and said adhesive layer being outside of said retainer.
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