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US 6,601,408 B2Granted
Interchangeable ornament jewelry display
OwnerGregg Burgardinventor
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Abstract
An interchangeable and rotatable jewelry display for beads or ornaments. The invention provides a stable changing and retaining mechanism. Also, a method for displaying and rotating interchangeable ornaments.
Claims18
A jewelry apparatus for interchangeably displaying and rotating an ornament, said apparatus comprising:
- a receiver defining therein a vertically situated J-shaped groove;
- a catch slidably and rotatably inserted into said receiver;
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- a shaft for interchangeably receiving and holding the ornament and allowing the ornament to rotate around said shaft, said shaft engageable with and disengageable from said catch, and positionally secured in said receiver by said catch.
1 more element
A method for interchangeably displaying at least one rotatable ornament on a jewelry piece comprising a catch engaged with a shaft and a receiver, the receiver defining therein a J-shaped groove having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion with an open end, the method comprising the following steps:
- a) rotating the catch downward in the vertical portion of the groove in the receiver;
- b) sliding the catch sideways out of the open end of the groove in the receiver to disengage the catch from the shaft;
- c) removing at least one ornament from the shaft;
- d) threading at least one ornament on the shaft;
- e) replacing the catch in the receiver to re-engage the catch with the shaft;
- (f) rotating the catch upward in the vertical portion of the groove in the receiver;
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- (g) allowing the ornament to rotate about the shaft.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.