Jewelry pendant

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention relates to a jewelry pendant used by suspending a decorative piece to which a jewel or the like is mounted.

#2. Description of the Related Art

#In the accompanying drawings:

#FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state where a conventional jewelry pendant is worm;

#FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view showing a state where the conventional jewelry pendant is worm;

#Embodiments of a jewelry pendant according to the present invention will be described hereinbelow with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 shows a first embodiment of the present invention and is a front view of a first jewelry pendant in which a first decorative piece is mounted to a first pedestal. FIG. 4 is a side view thereof.

#The first jewelry pendant 10 is composed of: a pedestal 11 formed of a precious metal such as gold, silver, or platinum, or a metal such as brass; a first decorative piece 30 having a jewel such as a diamond, emerald, or ruby mounted thereto; and a necklace chain 60 formed of the same precious metal or the like described above in order to suspend the decorative piece 30 over a wearer's chest A (see FIG. 13).

#As shown in FIG. 3, the pedestal 11 of the first jewelry pendant 10 generally defines a vertically extending inverted triangle as seen from the front. A through hole 13 is formed along a width of a chain connecting portion provided in a wide head portion 12 of the pedestal 11. The necklace chain 60 is passed through the through hole 13 when the jewelry pendant 10 is worn. If the through hole running though the chain connecting portion is enlarged, a necklace chain having a larger diameter, a plurality of small-diameter necklace chains that are twined together, a pearl necklace or the like may be passed through the through hole.