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US 5,845,378 AGranted
Clasp for earring post
OwnerDavid D. Karmeli, Luca Lauritanoinventors
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Abstract
A clasp for the post of an earring has a c-shaped resilient pincer disk which engages onto the post. A washer with a hole therethrough is stacked with the pincer disk and both the disk and washer are held within a resilient elastic holder.
Claims9
An earring post clasp for an earring post having a diameter, the clasp comprising:
- a pincer disk made of resilient material and having an opening therein defining a pair of pincer arms that are connected to each other by a resilient bridge;
- said arms each having a pincer surface adapted to engage the post so that the pincer surfaces of said arms are on opposite sides of the post when the disk is in an engagement position on the post;
- said disk having a rest position when not engaged to a post, a space between said pincer surfaces in said rest position being less than the diameter of the post so that movement of said disk to said engagement position caused expansion of said opening and resilient bending of said bridge, resiliency of said bridge biasing said arms toward each other and biasing said pincer surfaces against the post;
- a washer superimposed on the pincer disk;
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- an elastic holder having an opening therethrough and containing the clasp and disk.
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An earring post clasp for an earring post having a diameter, the clasp comprising:
- a pincer disk made of resilient material and having an opening therein defining a pair of pincer arms that are connected to each other by a resilient bridge;
- said arms each having a pincer surface adapted to engage the post so that the pincer surfaces of said arms are on opposite sides of the post when the disk is in an engagement position on the post;
- said disk having a rest position when not engaged to a post, a space between said pincer surfaces in said rest position being less than the diameter of the post so that movement of said disk to said engagement position caused expansion of said opening and resilient bending of said bridge, resiliency of said bridge biasing said arms toward each other and biasing said pincer surfaces against the post;
- the opening being circular or oval and each of the pincer surfaces is an arc of a circle;
- each arm having a straight edge adjacent a pincer surface defining a slot between said arms, and an outwardly inclined surface defining a v-shaped opening into said slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.