Hinge construction, especially for items of jewellery
AssigneeAbbeycrest PLC
InventorJohn Peters
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Abstract
A method and hinge construction for mounting to an item, such as, jewelry. An H-shaped mounting plate has two support legs for mounting to the item. The plate has a hinge pin pivotally receiving the Y-shaped end of a hinge component with the opposite end of the component securable to a clasp plate mounted to the item.
Claims12
A method of forming a hinge comprising a hinge pin (44) and a hinge component (24), which is hinged to the hinge pin (44), characterised in that the hinge component (24) is attached to the hinge pin (44) to pivot thereon having a portion (42) of Y-shape with arms (46, 48), and the attachment is by the step of positioning the pin (44) between the arms (46, 48) of the Y-shape, followed by the step of bending at least one of the arms (46, 48) around the pin (44) so that it will be retained by the arms (46, 48) enabling the component (24) to hinge on the pin (44), and wherein the hinge pin (44) is formed as a crossbar (44) extending between two support legs of an H-shaped portion of a mounting plate (40) the two support legs have bottom mounting ends for attachment to an item of jewelry.
A method of forming a hinge comprising a hinge component (24) which is hinged to a hinge pin (44), characterised in that the hinge component (24) is attached to the hinge pin (44) to pivot thereon by having a portion (42) of Y-shape, and the attachment is by positioning the pin (44) between the arms (46, 48) of the Y-shape, followed by the step of bending of at least one of the arms (46, 48) around the pin (44) so that it will be retained by the arms (46, 48) enabling the component (24) to hinge on the pin (44), and wherein
- both arms (46, 48) of the Y-shape may be bent around the pin (44) to the same extent, the extremities (50, 52) of the arms (46, 48) are shaped to be complimentary to each other, so that they abut and neatly inter-fit when bent around the pin (44), and
- wherein one extremity (50) has a convex shape, and the other (52) is concave.
A method of forming a hinge comprising a hinge pin (44) and a hinge component (24), which is hinged to the hinge pin (44), characterised in that the hinge component (24) is attached to the hinge pin (44) to pivot thereon by having a portion (42) of Y-shape with arms (46, 48), and the attachment is by positioning the pin (44) between the arms (46, 48) of the Y-shape, followed by the step of bending at least one of the arms (46, 48) around the pin (44) so that it will be retained by the arms (46, 48) enabling the component (24) to hinge on the pin (44), and wherein in order to provide the hinge pin (44) a mounting plate (40) is provided, and
- wherein the hinge is formed on an item of jewelry which has an earring body (14), and
- wherein the earring body (14) of the item of jewelry is notched to provide locations (60) for the hinge component (24) and the mounting plate (40), so that they lie with their planes at right angles to the plane of the body (14).
A hinge construction comprising:
- a mounting plate, having an H-shaped portion defining a pair of legs and a hinge pin extending therebetween, said pair of legs have bottom mounting for attachment to an item of jewelry and,
- a hinge component attached to said pin to pivot thereon, said component having a portion of Y-shape with arms;
- said pin positioned between said arms with at least one of said arms bent around said pin retaining said pin and hinging said component on said pin,
- said arms including distal ends mateable together when at least one of said arms are bent around said pin.
A hinge construction comprising:
- a hinge pin;
- and,
- a hinge component attached to said pin to pivot thereon, said component having a portion of Y-shape with arms, said pin positioned between said arms with at least one of said arms bent around said pin retaining said pin and hinging said component on said pin, and
- wherein both of said arms are bent around said pin to the same extent and have extremities and
- wherein one of said extremities has a concave shape and the other of said extremities has a convex shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.