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US 4,542,631 AGranted
Jewelry and the like adapted to define a plurality of objects or shapes
OwnerWilliam L. Esser, IIIinventor
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Abstract
A novelty which can be used as jewelry, pendants, pill or jewelry boxes, lockets and the like. The novelty includes a pair of opposed lobes which, when mated together, form a heart, and upon rotation of one lobe 180 degrees forms an ellipse. A pivoting means maintains the lobes tightly compressed while permitting rotation thereof. Compartments and chambers can be provided to permit the device to be used as a pillbox or a locket, as well as a piece of jewelry.
Claims11
A novelty comprising:
- a pair of arcuate lobes, each of said lobes having a plane end, said plane ends being positionable with their edges contiguous to each other;
- and
- means interconnecting said lobes in pivoting relationship with said plane ends urged into mutual contact which permit said lobes to be rotated from a first stable position in which the lobes form an ellipse configuration, to a second stable position in which the lobes form a heart configuration.
A novelty comprising:
- a pair of arcuate lobes, each of said lobes having a plane end, said plane ends being positionable with their edges contiguous to each other, each of said lobes having a chamber with an opening intermediate with said plane ends and a cap covering said opening;
- and
- means interconnecting said lobes in pivoting relationship with said plane ends urged into mutual contacts which permit said lobes to be rotated from a first stable position in which the lobes form an ellipse, to a second stable position in which the lobes form a heart, and to a third stable position in which the lobes are in planes perpendicular to each other exposing said caps to said chambers to permit the opening and closing of said caps for the storage of pills, jewelry and the like.
A novelty device comprising:
- a pair of arcuate lobes, each of said lobes having a plane end, said plane ends being positionable with their edges contiguous to each other, each of said lobes having opposed compartments, said compartments including a slidably secured cover which can be slide open to reveal a photo or the like contained in said compartment;
- and
- means interconnecting said lobes in pivoting relationship with said plane ends urged into mutual contact which permit said lobes to be rotated from a first stable position in which the lobes form an ellipse to a second stable position in which the lobes form a heart.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.