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US 6,718,797 B2Granted
Jewelry system including a locket clasp for conversion of a bracelet into a necklace
OwnerMargaret Plumlyinventor
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Abstract
A jewelry finding is provided as a neck accessory that enables a flexible bracelet to be worn as a necklace. Locket clasps are provided at the ends of the neck accessory to provide secure interconnection of the bracelet clasp ends with the neck accessory, while at the same time enclosing and obscuring from view the connection hardware. According to an alternate embodiment, a universal approach is implemented that uses flexible loops to modify clasp ends of most any flexible bracelet to be connectible to fastening posts in the locket clasps of the neck accessory.
Claims25
A jewelry combination comprising:
- a flexible, elongate jewelry strand having a first clasp end and a second clasp end;
- a flexible, elongate finding strand having a first end and a second end;
- a first hollow locket clasp having a first end which includes an opening to the interior, a second closed end, a first fastening member on an interior surface thereof and a second fastening member on an exterior surface at the second closed end;
- a second hollow locket clasp having a first end which includes an opening to the interior, a second closed end, a first fastening member on an interior surface thereof and a second fastening member on an exterior surface at the second closed end,
- wherein the first clasp end of the flexible, elongate jewelry strand extends through the opening of said first hollow locket clasp and is detachably affixed to the first fastening member of the first hollow locket clasp and the second clasp end of the flexible, elongate jewelry strand extend through the opening of said second hollow locket clasp and is detachably affixed to the first fastening member of the second hollow locket clasp such that the first and second clasp ends are obscured from view, and
- wherein the first end of the flexible, elongate finding strand is affixed to the second fastening member of the first hollow locket clasp and the second end of the flexible, elongate finding strand is affixed to the second fastening member of the second hollow locket clasp.
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A jewelry combination comprising:
- a flexible, elongate jewelry strand having a first clasp end and a second clasp end;
- a flexible, elongate finding strand which comprises,
- a first separate flexible elongate finding strand including at one end thereof a first end and at another end thereof a detachable clasp end, and
- a second separate flexible elongate finding strand including at one end thereof a second end and at another end thereof a detachable clasp end;
- a first hollow locket clasp having a first end which includes an opening to the interior, a second closed end, a first fastening member on an interior surface thereof and a second fastening member on an exterior surface at the second closed end;
- a second hollow locket clasp having a first end which includes an opening to the interior, a second closed end, a first fastening member on an interior surface thereof and a second fastening member on an exterior surface at the second closed end,
- wherein the first clasp end of the flexible, elongate jewelry strand extends through the opening of said first hollow locket clasp and is detachably affixed to the first fastening member of the first hollow locket clasp and the second clasp end of the flexible, elongate jewelry strand extends through the opening of said second hollow locket clasp and is detachably affixed to the first fastening member of the second hollow locket clasp such that the first and second clasp ends are obscured from view,
- wherein the first end of the flexible, elongate finding strand is affixed to the second fastening member of the first hollow locket clasp and the second end of the flexible, elongate finding strand is affixed to the second fastening member of the second hollow locket clasp, and,
- wherein the detachable clasp end of the first and second separate flexible elongate finding strands are detachably secured together.
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A jewelry finding for detachable assembly with a flexible, elongated jewelry strand having a first clasp end and a second clasp end comprising:
- a flexible, elongate finding strand having a first end and a second end;
- a first hollow locket clasp having a first end which includes an opening to the interior, a second closed end, a first fastening member on an interior surface thereof and a second fastening member on an exterior surface at the second closed end;
- a second hollow locket clasp having a first end which includes an opening to the interior, a second closed end, a first fastening member on an interior surface thereof and a second fastening member on an exterior surface at the second closed end,
- wherein upon detachable assembly with the flexible, elongate jewelry strand the first clasp end of the flexible, elongate jewelry strand extends through the opening and is detachably affixed to the first fastening member of the first hollow locket clasp and the second clasp end of the flexible, elongate jewelry strand extends through the opening and is detachably affixed to the first fastening member of the second hollow locket clasp such that the first and second clasp ends are obscured from view, and
- wherein the first end of the flexible, elongate finding strand is affixed to the second fastening member of the first hollow locket clasp and the second end of the flexible, elongate finding strand is affixed to the second fastening member of the second hollow locket clasp.
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A jewelry finding for detachable securing to a flexible, elongate jewelry strand having a first clasp end and a second clasp end comprising:
- a flexible, elongate finding strand which comprises,
- a first separate flexible elongate finding strand including at one end thereof a first end and at another end thereof a detachable clasp end, and
- a second separate flexible elongate finding strand including at one end thereof a second end and at another end thereof a detachable clasp end;
- a first hollow locket clasp having a first end which includes an opening to the interior, a second closed end, a first fastening member on an interior surface thereof and a second fastening member on an exterior surface at the second closed end;
- a second hollow locket clasp having a first end which includes an opening to the interior, a second closed end, a first fastening member on an interior surface thereof and a second fastening member at on an exterior surface at the second closed end
- wherein upon detachable assembly with the flexible, elongate jewelry strand the first clasp end of the flexible, elongate jewelry strand extends through the opening of the first hollow locket clasp and is detachably affixed to the first fastening member of the first hollow locket clasp and the second clasp end of the flexible, elongate jewelry strand extends through the opening of the second hollow locket clasp and is detachably affixed to the first fastening member of the second hollow locket clasp such that the first and second clasp ends are obscured from view,
- wherein the first end of the flexible, elongate finding strand is affixed to the second fastening member of the first hollow locket clasp and the second end of the flexible, elongate finding strand is affixed to the second fastening member of the second hollow locket clasp, and,
- wherein the detachable clasp end of the first and second separate flexible elongate finding strands are detachably secured together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.