Jewelry articles
OwnerMartine Reinstein, Jacques Wurcelinventors
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Abstract
A set of jewelry articles comprises a plurality of supports of different natures and/or sizes, such as rings, necklaces, bracelets, ear-rings and the like and one or more identical settings, such as baskets or bezels carrying precious stones. The settings are adapted so as to be fixable, in a removable manner, on any support of the plurality of supports by means of male and female coupling elements. The female coupling element is located inside the settings. Each support and/or each setting is provided with a blocking lever inhibiting a relative movement between the setting and the support on which the setting is fixed.
Claims10
A jewelry article set comprising:
- a support;
- a setting having an ornamental element on a front face thereof and a backface;
- male and female elements for coupling said backface of said setting to said support;
- said female element being located and permanently fixed inside said setting and having a first groove which is open towards said backface of said setting and toward two opposite faces of said female element, said first groove having first and second parts, said first part of said first groove being broader than said second part, said second part of said first groove opening towards said backface of said setting and having an end which is substantially co-planar with said backface of said setting;
- said male element having a shape complementary to that of said first groove so that when said male element is inserted into said first groove of said female element through one of said two opposite faces of said female element, both said male and female elements are hidden from view and it is impossible to disengage said male element from said female element through said second part of said first groove;
- a blocking lever for fastening said male and female elements together, said blocking lever having one end connected to a pivot connected to said female element and having means on its other end for gripping said lever to a boss of said female element located inside said setting to fasten said blocking lever other end to said boss, when fastened said blocking lever extending within said setting and preventing a sliding movement between said male and female elements;
- said male element being a part of said support;
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- a notch provided in said support through which said blocking lever extends when it is fastened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.