Jewelry with interchangeable ornamentation
OwnerDonna M. Lawinventor
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Abstract
A removable member, having a front surface for receiving a flexible sheet of ornamental material thereover, is attachably engageable with a backing member. A peripheral edge of the sheet is gripped and held between the engaged members. The backing member carries a post, clip, pin or other device for attachment to a selected substrate such as the human body or the clothing. The movable member is held in snap engagement with the backing member for convenient separation and changeability of the ornamental sheet material.
Claims3
A jewelry device for removably holding and displaying a selected ornamental flexible sheet member and for detachable securement to a selected substrate, said jewelry device comprising:
- (a) a backing member including
- (i) a front side,
- (ii) a rear side, and
- (iii) a plurality of forwardly directed flexible fingers;
- (b) a hollow removable member including
- (i) a front surface for receiving said sheet member thereover, and
- (ii) a rearwardly directed opening for receiving said fingers therein;
- (c) engagement means for detachably securing said removable member to said backing member including
- (i) an accurate contact surface circumscribing the opening of said removable member, and
- (ii) each of said fingers including a smooth outer recessed contact surface and a radially inwardly sloping end portion for cammingly engaging and receiving said arcuate contact surface;
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- (d) attachment means projecting from the rear side of said backing member for detachably securing said jewelry device to said substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.