US 4,406,296 AGranted

Jewelry system

AssigneeHoward Wexler

InventorsHoward Wexler, Joseph Spano

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Abstract

A system of jewelry intended primarily though not exclusively for children incorporating an improved interconnectable bead. The improved interconnectable bead consists of a bead body having a male and a female connector and an opening through the bead body which is substantially perpendicular to an axis drawn through the male and female connectors. The bead body is strung on a string passed through the opening. The string ends are passed through a ring opening larger than the male connector and secured. The bead body may swivel freely until the male connector abuts the outer wall of the ring. If tension is applied to the string, the male connector will slip into the opening in the ring and thereby will be partially concealed. The improved bead may be used with hats and hair attachments and means for suspending it therefrom may be hook and loop fastening means.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A swivel bead jewelry construction comprising:

(a) a bead body of resilient material having
(i) a protruding male connector comprising a neck terminating in a plug,
(ii) a female connector opposite the male connector and comprising a cavity opening into said body having a minimum-cross-section-portion spaced from the inner end thereof,
the dimensions of the plug and cavity being chosen so that the plug can be forced past the minimum-cross-section-portion of a cavity of a similarly shaped female connector and a similarly shaped male connector could be forced past the minimum-cross-section-portion of the cavity,
(iii) an opening therethrough, the opening being oriented substantially perpendicular to the axis of the male and female connectors,
(b) a ring whose central opening is larger than the maximum cross-sectional area of the plug, and
(c) a string passing through the opening in the bead body and the ring and being attached to the ring,
the length of the string being predetermined so that when the bead body is rotated about the string extending therethrough so that the male connector approaches the ring, tension must be exerted on the string to enable the plug to slip over the body of the ring into the central opening thereof.

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A jewelry system comprising:

a jewelry construction having (a) a bead body of resilient material having
(i) a protruding male connector comprising a neck terminating in a plug,
(ii) a female connector opposite the male connector and comprising a cavity opening into said body having a minimum-cross-section-portion spaced from the inner end thereof,
the dimensions of the plug and cavity being chosen so that the plug can be forced past the minimum-cross-section-portion of a cavity of a similarly shaped female connector and a similarly shaped male connector could be forced past the minimum-cross-section-portion of the cavity,
(iii) an opening therethrough, the opening being oriented substantially perpendicular to the axis of the male and female connectors,
(b) a ring whose central opening is larger than the maximum cross-sectional area of the plug,
(c) an end element having a cross-sectional area larger than the ring opening, and
(d) a string passing through the opening in the bead body and the ring and being attached to the end element,
the length of the string being predetermined so that when the bead body is rotated about the string extending therethrough so that the male connector approaches the ring, tension must be exerted on the string to enable the plug to slip over the body of the ring into the central opening thereof, and means to hang the jewelry construction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 06/339,824Filed 15 Jan 1982
Granted: 27 Sep 1983
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

A44C 25/001
Miscellaneous fancy ware for personal wear, e.g. pendants, crosses, crucifixes, charms: pendants
A41G 5/0093
Hair pieces, inserts, rolls, pads, or the like; Toupées: connected to head accessories or to hair accessories, e.g. connected to scarves
A44C 11/002
Watch chains; Ornamental chains: ornamental chains composed of pearls
A44C 15/006
Jewellery specially adapted to be worn on a specific part of the body not fully provided for in groups A44C1/00 - A44C9/00: on the head, e.g. diadem