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US 5,491,986 AGranted
Interchangeable multiple mount head system for jewelry
AssigneeOmega Casting Corp.
InventorHoward White
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Abstract
A jewelry item having an interchangeable head capable of being attached to different jewelry items, such as a ring, bracelet or necklace.
Claims18
An item of jewelry comprising a body loop component and an interchangeable head component forming a jewelry system comprising:
- said interchangeable head comprising a decorative portion, said interchangeable head having a top and a bottom,
- a first side wall between said top and said bottom attached to said head,
- a second side wall between said top and said bottom;
- opposite to said first side wall, and attached to said head, and
- a third side wall between said top and said bottom, said third side wall located between said first and second side walls, and attached to said head,
- said body loop component having transverse securement means, said first and second side walls being open to said bottom for receiving said transverse securement means through said first and second side walls,
- said third side wall comprising an opening for receiving retainer means movable into said head through said third wall transversely to said transverse securement means and below said transverse securement means when said transverse securement means is received in said first and second side walls,
- the transverse securement means being frictionally held in place by said retainer means bearing against said transverse securement means,
- said retainer means comprising flexible coplanar elements permitting the size of the retainer means to be small enough to pass through said opening and large enough to be held in place after said retainer means is inserted in said opening,
- wherein the same interchangeable head may be secured to any of several different body loop components of jewelry such as a ring, necklace, or bracelet.
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