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US 5,638,700 AGranted
Earring post
OwnerJaime Shechterinventor
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Abstract
A claspless or backless earring post is formed with a pair of wire portions interconnected by a substantially full 360 degree spiral or looped portion. The pair of wire portions may be aligned along a common axis which passes through or is offset above the center of an ornament. If offset, the post can resist high pull out forces created by heavy ornaments and can also maintain an ornament in a predetermined orientation on the ear.
Claims19
An earring post, comprising:
- a stem portion;
- a free end portion, and
- a coiled portion located between and interconnecting said stem portion and said free end portion, said stem portion and said free end portion extending at least in part along a substantially common axis and wherein said coiled portion comprises a substantially full 360 degree, continuous turn defining a full loop.
An earring, comprising:
- an ornament;
- a base attached to said ornament;
- and
- an earring post rigidly connected to said base, said earring post comprising a stem portion having an axis extending substantially axially from said base, a looped portion extending radially outwardly from said axis over a first half loop to a midpoint and radially inwardly from said midpoint toward said axis over a second half loop, and a free end portion extending axially from said looped portion to a free end tip, said looped portion being radially offset from said stem portion and said free end portion and having a maximum radial offset at said midpoint.
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An earring, comprising:
- an ornament comprising a front surface portion, a rear surface portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, a centroid located centrally between said front, rear, top and bottom portions and an axis passing through said front and rear surface portions and said centroid;
- and
- an earring post having a stem portion connected to said ornament adjacent said top portion and above said centroid and said stem having an axis radially spaced from and generally parallel to said axis passing through said centroid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.