US 5,081,853 AGranted

Adhesively securable postless earring

AssigneeEar Resistible Ideas, Inc.

InventorAmy L. Salyer

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Abstract

A comfortable, selectively removable earring comprises a decorative ornament portion, a heat and cold insulating as well as soft felt backing layer and a piece of two-sided adhesive-like tape. The felt backing is permanently secured to the earring ornament. The two-sided adhesive-like tape is overlayed on top of the felt backing. When desired to be worn, the wearer removes the paper covering from the exterior side of the two-sided adhesive-like tape to reveal the sticky adhesive. The earring can then be pressed against the ear and secured in place. It can be easily peeled off, as desired. For subsequent wearings of the earring, another piece of two side adhesive-like tape is overlayed onto the prior-used adhesive. Alternatively, the used adhesive can be removed from the felt backing and replaced with a new piece of two-sided adhesive-like tape.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A postless and clipless earring and associated multiple mechanisms for reusably securing the earring to an ear comprising:

a decorative jewelry ornament portion having a back portion which is substantially flat and thereby defining that portion of the earring intended to be secured to the ear;
a thermal insulative and flexible felt-like backing layer, fixedly secured to said back portion, said backing layer providing heat and material insulation between said back portion and the ear upon which it is intended to be worn;
and
said associated multiple mechanisms comprising selectively replaceable earring securing means for holding, in a selectively removable fashion, said earring to an ear, each of said securing means comprising a two-sided adhesive layer, each side originally provided with a sheet of release paper, the removal of the first of said sheets of release paper thereby exposing a first side of said two-sided adhesive layers, and providing the means for removably securing said securing means to said backing layer, and the selective removal of the second sheet of said release paper thereby exposing a second side of said two-sided adhesive layer and providing the means for removably securing said earring to an ear.

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