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US 7,178,364 B2Granted
Personal adornment
OwnerKristen M. Shapiro, Lauren L. Messelianinventors
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Abstract
A personal adornment such as a belt, necklace or bracelet is created from linkable, soft plastic elements each of which includes a decorative body of distinctive shape and a short strap extending integrally therefrom. Each strap has an aperture and each body has a male protrusion formed on the back side thereof. A loop of desired length is assembled from the desired number of links. A kit includes a number of links arranged in a clear plastic container.
Claims9
A personal adornment comprising:
- a plurality of detachably interlinkable elements, each element including a body of pliant plastic material in an ornamental shape and having front and rear surfaces and, integral therewith, a non-coplanar strap of the same material extending from the body and containing an aperture spaced from the body said strap having a width which is substantially less than the width of the ornamental shape;
- said body having in protruding relationship to said rear surface a projection of such size and shape as to fit linkingly into the strap aperture such that the ornamental shape overlies and hides the strap aperture of an adjacent element when the elements are linked;
- wherein the projection extends from the rear surface of the body near an edge thereof farthest from the integral strap such that the link between adjacent interlinked elements is off center relative to the ornamental shape;
- whereby the elements may be interlinked with one another in a chain or closed loop of substantially any desired length.
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A kit for maldng personal adornments comprising:
- a container;
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- within said container, a plurality of detachably interlinkable elements, each element including a body of pliant plastic material in an ornamental shape and having front and rear surfaces and, integral therewith, a non-coplanar strap of the same material extending from the body and containing an aperture spaced from the body said strap having a width which is substantially less than the width of the ornamental shape;
- said body having in protruding relationship to said rear surface a projection of such size and shape as to fit linkingly into the strap aperture such that the ornamental shape overlies and hides the strap aperture of an adjacent element when the elements are linked;
- wherein the projection extends from the rear surface of the body near an edge thereof farthest from the integral strap such that the link between adjacent interlinked elements is off center relative to the ornamental shape;
- whereby the elements may be interlinked with one another in a chain or closed loop of substantially any desired length.
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A necklace comprising:
- a plirality of detachably interlinked elements, each element including a body of pliant plastic material having front and rear surfaces and, integral therewith, a non-coplanar strap of the same material in an ornamental shape and extending from the body and containing an aperture spaced from the body said strap having a width which is substantially less than the width of the ornamental shape;
- said body having in protruding relationship to said rear surface a projection of such size and shape as to fit linkingly into the strap aperture such that the ornamental shape overlies and hides the strap aperture of an adjacent element when the elements are linked;
- wherein the projection extends from the rear surface of the body near an edge thereof farthest from the intearal strap such that the link between adjacent interlinked elements is off center relative to the ornamental shape:
- whereby the elements may be interlinked with one another in a chain or closed loop of substantially any desired length.
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A bracelet comprising:
- a plurality of detachably interlinked elements, each element including a body of pliant plastic material having front and rear surfaces and, integral therewith, a non-coplanar strap of the same material in an ornamental shape and extending from the body and containing an aperture spaced from the body said strap having a width which is substantially less than the width of the ornamental shape;
- said body having in protnxiing relationship to said rear surface a projection of such size and shape as to fit linkingly into the strap aperture such that the ornamental shape overlies and hides the strap aperture of an adjacent element when the elements are linked;
- wherein the projection extends from the rear surface of the body near an edge thereof farthest from the intearal strap such that the link between adjacent interlinked elements is off center relative to the ornamental shape:
- whereby the elements may be interlinked with one another in a chain or closed loop of substantially any desired length.
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A belt comprising:
- a plurality of detachably interlinked elements, each element including a body of pliant plastic material having front and rear surfaces and, integral therewith, a non-coplanar strap of the same material in an ornamental shape and extending from the body and containing an aperture spaced from the body said strap having a width which is substantially less than the width of the ornamental shape;
- said body having in protruding relationship to said rear surface a projection of such size and shape as to fit linkingly into the strap aperture such that the ornamental shape overlies and hides the strap aperture of an adjacent element when the elements are linked;
- wherein the projection extends from the rear surface of the body near an edge thereof farthest from the integral strap such that the link between adjacent interlinked elements is off center relative to the ornamental shape;
- whereby the elements may be interlinked with one another in a chain or closed loop of substantially any desired length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.