Highly flexible jewelry band material
OwnerDavid N. Yurmaninventor
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Abstract
A highly flexible jewelry band material (100) comprising a plurality of interlocked helical members (134-148) with articulated surfaces (152,154) is disclosed.
Claims9
A flexible jewelry band material, comprising a plurality of substantially identical generally tubular hollow members, each of said hollow members having a central longitudinal axis, said hollow members all being formed with their respective axes in the same generally helical configuration, said hollow members being substantially equispaced about a circle to form a band material surface, with the axes of said hollow members extending in spaced relationship to each other along the lengths of said hollow members and said hollow members being configured and dimensioned to bear against each other at a plurality of points extending along the length of said tubular hollow members, said hollow members interlocking to form a self-supported, and substantially closed in cross-section unitary hollow band material, each of said hollow members being positioned adjacent two other hollow members and wherein the surface of each of said hollow members is impressed with the form of a helix, wherein said helixes impressed on said hollow members are disposed with a first orientation and said hollow members are formed into said interlocking helixes with a second, opposite orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.