US 6,810,685 B2Granted

Jewelry fastener assembly

AssigneeJ.R. Esposito Designs, Inc.

InventorJoseph R. Esposito, Jr.

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Abstract

A jewelry fastener assembly which can be utilized to support a pendant or enhancer. The jewelry fastener assembly includes a clasp for securing an article of jewelry on a user, and a coupling device for releasably securing the enhancer to the clasp. The clasp preferably includes a first and second member supported on opposite ends of the article of jewelry, the first and second members being configured to releasably engage each other in a first, engaged position where the enhancer is not utilized. The coupling device preferably includes a third and a fourth member supported on the sides of the enhancer. The third member is configured to releasably engage the first member of the clasp, and the fourth member is configured to releasably engage the second member of the clasp in a second, engaged position where the enhancer is supported between the clasp and releasably secured thereto.

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Dependent claims

A jewelry fastener assembly comprising:

a clasp including a first member supported on one end of an article of jewelry and a second member supported on an opposite end of the article of jewelry, one of the first and second members including a male, snap-style projection and the other of the first and second members including a female receptacle constructed and dimensioned to matingly receive the male, snap-style projection there in the first and second members being constructed and arranged to releasably engage each other in a first, engaged position;
a coupling device including a third member supported on one side of the coupling device and constructed and arranged to releasably engage the first member, a fourth member supported on another side of the coupling device and constructed and arranged to releasably engage the second member in a second, engaged position, wherein one of the third and fourth members includes a male, snap-style projection constructed and arranged to fit within the female receptacle of the corresponding first or second member, and the other of the third and fourth members includes a female receptacle configured and dimensioned to matingly receive the projection of the first or second member therein;
each of said female receptacles including an aperture bounded by a raised wall;
an ornamental enhancer including an upper edge constructed and arranged to support the coupling device;
and
wherein in the second engaged position the coupling device is disposed between the first member and the second member, such that the third member of the coupling device is releasably engaged with the first member of the article of jewelry and the fourth member of the coupling device is releasably engaged with the second member of the article of jewelry, and the enhancer is supported from the coupling device such that it hangs below the coupling device.

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A jewelry fastener assembly comprising:

a clasp including a first member supported on one end of an article of jewelry and a second member supported on an opposite end of the article of jewelry, one of the first and second members including a male, snap-style projection and the other of the first and second members including a female receptacle constructed and dimensioned to matingly receive the male, snap-style projection therein, the first and second members being constructed and arranged to releasably engage each other in a first, engaged position;
a coupling device including:
a third member supported on one side of the coupling device and constructed and arranged to releasably engage the first member;
a fourth member supported on an other side of the coupling device and constructed and arranged to releasably engage the second member in a second, engaged position, wherein one of the third and fourth members includes a male, snap-style projection constructed and arranged to fit within the female receptacle of the corresponding first or second member, and the other of the third and fourth members includes a female receptacle configured and dimensioned to matingly receive the projection of the first or second member therein;
each of said female receptacles including an aperture bounded by a raised wall;
an ornamental enhancer including an upper edge constructed and arranged to support the coupling device;
and
wherein in the second engaged position the coupling device is supported by the first member and the second member of the clasp, and is releasably engaged therewith, and the enhancer is supported from the coupling device such that it hangs below the coupling device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.