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US 7,086,123 B2Granted
Cuff clip jewelry device
OwnerBobby J. Carterinventor
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Abstract
A cuff clip jewelry device is provided in the form of a spring-biased cuff clamp having a decorative charm adhesively secured thereon and a U-shaped shoe clip connected to the cuff clamp with a detachable length of sterling silver chain. The cuff clamp is attached to the cuff of a baggy pant leg and the shoe clip is slipped onto the upper portion of the back of a shoe. The jewelry device prevents the cuff of the baggy pant leg from dropping below the heel of the shoe and being dragged on the ground.
Claims6
A cuff clip jewelry device comprising:
- a spring-biased cuff clamp having a first side, a second side, a first end and a second end;
- a decorative charm adhesively secured on said second side of said cuff clamp;
- a one piece U-shaped shoe clip formed from flat stock having a first leg connected by a bend to a V-shaped second leg, wherein said first leg has a first rounded distal end, said second leg has a second rounded distal end, said first leg and said second leg are connected by a bend and said second rounded distal end is angularly bent to form a guide to facilitate insertion of said shoe clip over an upper portion of a back of a shoe;
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- detachable means for connecting said second leg of said shoe clip to said second side of said cuff clamp, wherein said detachable means comprises:
- a first pair of apertures formed in said second side of said clamp adjacent said first end and a second pair of apertures formed in said second leg of said shoe clip adjacent said bend;
- a first jump ring mounted in said first pair of apertures of said cuff clamp;
- a second jump ring mounted in said second pair of apertures of said shoe clip;
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- a chain having a lobster clasp at one end and connected at a second end to said second jump ring.
7 more elements
A cuff clip jewelry device, comprising:
- a spring-biased cuff clamp, said cuff clamp having a front portion, a back portion, a first end and a second end, said cuff clip including jaws formed on said front and back portions adjacent said first end and a first pair of holes formed in said back portion adjacent said first end of said clamp to facilitate attachment to the hem of a pant leg;
- a first jump ring mounted in said first pair of holes;
- a decorative charm adhesively secured to said front portion of said clamp;
- a U-shaped shoe clip, said shoe clip having an inner leg having a first rounded distal end connected at a proximal end by a bend to a proximal end of an outer leg also having a rounded distal end, said distal end of said outer leg being bent at an angle to facilitate attachment of said shoe clip over an upper portion of the back of a shoe, a second pair of holes formed in said outer leg adjacent said bend;
- a second jump ring mounted in said second pair of holes;
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- a sterling silver chain having a first end and a second end, a sterling silver lobster clasp connected to said first end, wherein said lobster clasp is detachably connected to said first jump ring and said second end of said chain is connected to said second jump ring.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.