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US 5,845,373 AGranted
Jewelry latch
OwnerErich Langerinventor
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Abstract
A latch for an article of jewelry, which comprises two magnetically attractable latch members, each latch member comprising a hollow body defining a cavity and open on one side, the hollow body having a circumferentially extending edge at the open side, a magnetic insert contained in the cavity, and a closure platelet covering the open side of the hollow body, the platelet being friction-fitted in the edge.
Claims3
A latch for an article of jewelry, which comprises two magnetically attractable latch members, each latch member comprising
- (a) a hollow body defining a cavity and open on one side, the hollow body having
- (1) a circumferentially extending edge at the open side,
- (b) a magnetic insert contained in the cavity, and
- (c) a closure platelet covering the open side of the hollow body, the platelet being friction-fitted in the edge,
- (d) the edge circularly surrounding the open side and the closure platelet having an outwardly converging frusto-conical circumference mating with a conforming circumferential groove in the edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.