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US 4,309,743 AGranted
Intermittent light movement jewelry pendant
OwnerDanny W. Martininventor
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Abstract
An ornamental article of jewelry having an internally lighted pendant housing suspended from a necklace or bracelet for free irregular movement with body movement of the wearer. The internally lighted pendant housing encloses small batteries at the bottom and thereabove a low current demand light emitting structure that is subject to intermittent jiggled tilting to complete the battery-light circuit.
Claims10
In an article of jewelry having intermittent lighting:
- housing means;
- battery means contained within said housing means;
- light means;
- battery to light circuit means;
- circuit completing and breaking structural means contained within said housing means as part of said battery to light circuit means;
- and with said circuit completing and breaking structural means and said light means forming a balanced structure supported on said battery means for tilting movement thereof with movement of the article of jewelry;
- said balanced structure being in its circuit breaking condition when balanced and in its circuit completing condition when unbalanced by being tilted in any direction;
- and with tilting of said balanced structure to a circuit completing position on an intermittent basis and lighting of said light means on an intermittent basis induced by movement of the article of jewelry.
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