Clasp for a jewelry item
AssigneeOrami Gold SRL
InventorsEmanuel Nicoletti, Alessia Emanuela Nicoletti
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Abstract
An item of jewelry having an having an essentially linear construction made of swivel elements linked together to produce a closed loop by connecting first and second end pieces belonging to opposite ends, wherein a clasp thereof includes a pin attached to the first end piece and passes through a hole belonging to the second end piece, at least one end of the pin having a swelling (enlarged end) suited to snapping into a safety clip provided with intrinsic elasticity and rotatably coupled to the first or to the second end piece.
Claims7
A clasp for linking opposite ends of an item of jewelry, said clasp comprising first and second end pieces, said first end piece providing a cavity between first and second projections that have respective first and second holes therethrough which are aligned with one another, said first hole having a first portion with smaller diameter than a second portion;
- said second end piece defining a male part which is positionable in said cavity, said male part including a third hole therethrough which is aligned with said first and second holes when said male part is positioned in said cavity;
- a pin having enlarged ends which is movably positioned in said first hole and is slidable through said third hole and said second hole to extend beyond said second projection;
- and an elastic safety clip rotatably attached to one of said first and second end pieces to snap fit over an enlarged end of said pin when extending beyond said second projection.
An item of jewelry formed of swivel elements linked together to provide an essentially linear construction having opposite first and second end pieces that can be moved together to form the item of jewelry into a closed loop, said first end piece providing a cavity between first and second projections that have respective first and second holes therethrough which are aligned with one another, first hole having a first portion with smaller diameter than a second portion;
- said second end piece defining a male part which is positionable in said cavity, said male part including a third hole therethrough which is aligned with said first and second holes when said male part is positioned in said cavity;
- a pin having enlarged ends which is movably positioned in said first hole and is slidable through said third hole and said second hole to extend beyond said second projection;
- and an elastic safety clip rotatably attached to one of said first and second end pieces to snap fit over an enlarged end of said pin when extending beyond said second projection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.