Apparatus for forming a jewelry item
AssigneePrimetime Mfg., Inc.
InventorJoseph Esposito
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Abstract
An article of manufacture and method for joining individual elements of a jewelry necklace or bracelet without using soldering. A connecting member, similar to a staple, is provided and metal forming processes are employed allowing the legs of the staple to pass through a hole formed between parallel rails in the respective basket settings with the legs being thereafter bent to connect and secure the respective basket settings.
Claims10
An article of manufacture for forming a jewelry item comprised of basket settings for holding a jewelry stone, the basket settings joined together to form a plurality of aligned and linked basket settings, said article comprising:
- a basket setting having opposite ends and sides, with the stone to be held in a basket section formed by such ends and sides,
- each of said ends of said basket setting comprising rail members;
- and a
- connector member linking adjoining basket settings to one another,
- said connector member comprising a base and a pair of extending leg members from said base, said leg member being passed through a hole defined between said rail members to connect adjacent pairs of said basket settings,
- wherein said connector members are secured to said basket settings by press fitting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.