Universal disposable earring retainer
OwnerJoyce Ann Hintoninventor
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Abstract
An earring retainer comprising an elastic material having a front side and a back side and a scoring or cut for receiving a post of an earring such that the post may puncture the elastic material and is held firmly by friction. The earring retainers are made and used by cutting an elastic material into esthetic shapes, making an axial scoring on each earring retainer from a front side to a back side for each earring retainer to receive an earring post, and then packaging the earring retainers against a backing sheet. By way of example, when made and used in this manner, each earring retainer can be cut into individual esthetic shapes and can be easily peeled away for use by the user.
Claims10
An earring and a retainer combination for retaining the earring to a user's earlobe, said earring having a post, the retainer comprising elastic material, without any preformed hole therein, for frictional attachment to said post, said elastic material having a front side and a back side, said front side being adapted to receive said post, said elastic material having no adhesive applied to either side thereof, and having a scoring on the front side of the elastic material, wherein the scoring does not penetrate through the elastic material.
An earring and a retainer combination for retaining said earring to a user's earlobe, said earring having a post, the retainer comprising elastic material without any preformed hole therein, for frictional attachment to said post, said elastic material having a front side and a back side, said elastic material having no adhesive applied to either side thereof, said front side adapted to receive said post and having a guide on the front side of the elastic material to help directing the post through the elastic material, wherein the guide does not penetrate through the elastic material.
A method of using an earring retainer for retaining an earring, said earring having a post, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an elastic material having a front side and a back side for frictional attachment to said post, said elastic material having no adhesive applied to either side thereof, said elastic material having no preformed hole therein;
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- inserting said earring post through the elastic material from the front side to the back side, thereby creating an opening through the elastic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.