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US 7,013,675 B2Granted
Smooth backed pierced earring
OwnerTerri Marquez-Pickeringinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is an earring for a pierced ear comprising a shaft mounted on a base; a connector having a cavity for engaging the shaft and an adapter on the obverse; and a cap able to be affixed to the adapter on one side and a decorative aspect of the earring attached on the obverse.
Claims11
An earring for a pierced ear comprising:
- (a) a shaft, said shaft being mounted on a base;
- (b) a connector having a top surface and a bottom surface, a cavity with means for engaging said shaft for fitting flush against a pierced ear on said bottom surface and an adapter projecting from said top surface of the connector, said adapter being a nipple;
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- (c) a cap having a cavity to receive said adapter on one side and a decorative aspect of the earring attached on the other side, said cap comprising a flexible component capable of expanding to receive said nipple and retracting to grasp said nipple when said nipple and said cavity are pressed together.
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A method of wearing an earring for a pierced ear comprising a shaft, said shaft having a base;
- a connector having a top surface and a bottom surface, a cavity with means for engaging said shaft for fitting flush against a pierced ear on said bottom surface and an adapter projecting from said top surface of the connector, said adapter being a nipple;
- and a cap having a cavity to receive said adapter on one side and a decorative aspect of the earring attached on the other side, said cap comprising a flexible component capable of expanding to receive said nipple and retracting to grasp said nipple when said nipple and said cavity are pressed together comprising the step of:
- (a) inserting said shaft through a pierced ear wherein said base is capable of fitting flush against a back of a pierced ear and said shaft protrudes from a front of a pierced ear;
- (b) affixing said connector onto said shaft by inserting said shaft into said cavity wherein said adapter is positioned away from a front of a pierced ear;
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- (c) affixing said cap to said adapter such that said decorative aspect is positioned away from a front of a pierced ear.
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An earring for a pierced ear comprising:
- (a) a shaft, said shaft being mounted on a base;
- (b) a connector having a top surface and a bottom surface, a cavity with means for engaging said shaft for fitting flush against a pierced ear on said bottom surface and an adapter projecting from said top surface of the connector, said adapter being a pin having a flat head extending perpendicularly from the top surface of said connector;
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- (c) a cap having a key-hole-shaped slot capable of receiving said pin head of said adapter on one side and a decorative aspect of the earring attached on the other side.
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A method of wearing an earring for a pierced ear comprising a shaft, said shaft being mounted on a base;
- a connector having a top surface and a bottom surface, a cavity with means for engaging said shaft for fitting flush against a pierced ear on said bottom surface and an adapter projecting from said top surface of the connector, said adapter being a pin having a flat head extending perpendicularly from the top surface of said connector;
- and a cap having a keyhole-shaped slot capable of receiving said pin head of said adapter on one side and a decorative aspect of the earring attached on the other side comprising the step of:
- (a) inserting said shaft through a pierced ear wherein said base is capable of fitting flush against a back of a pierced ear and said shaft protrudes from a front of a pierced ear;
- (b) affixing said connector onto said shaft by inserting said shaft into said cavity wherein said adapter is positioned away from a front of a pierced ear;
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- (c) affixing said cap to said adapter such that said decorative aspect is positioned away from a front of a pierced ear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.