US 7,322,213 B2Granted

Modifiable jewelry

OwnerAlon Tamir, Ran Tamir +1inventors

InventorsAlon Tamir, Ran Tamir, Nobuhiro Mizushima

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Abstract

A modifiable piece of jewelry has at least two ornamental display components. The first display component has opposite front and back sides which are finished as jeweled, gemstone, precious metal exterior or other finished ornamental display surface. The display surfaces are different and, in most cases, contrasting in ornamentation, color, jewelry setting, gemstone design, or precious metal exterior surface. A second ornamental display component also has opposite front and back sides with jeweled, gemstone, precious metal exterior or other finished ornamental display surfaces. The second ornamental component fits snugly within a cut-out of the first ornamental component. Internal surfaces of the first component and external surfaces of the second component form tight surfaces-to-surfaces connections, in order to maintain the components one within another. The different finished ornamental display surfaces of each component permits the single piece of jewelry to be worn in a variety of different display positions.

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Dependent claims

Modifiable jewelry comprising:

a first ornamental component having two opposing sides, said component comprising a first finished display surface on one side of the component and a second finished display surface on the second side of the component, said component having a cut-out opening and means by which the component is hung from a chain;
a second ornamental component having two opposing sides and means by which the second component is hung from a chain, said second component comprising a first finished display surface on one side of the component and a second finished display surface on the second side of the component, said second ornamental component being insertable into the cut-out opening;
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means to maintain the second ornamental component fixedly within the cut-out opening such that the means for hanging of the first ornamental component and the means for hanging of the second ornamental component means are congruent when the second ornamental component is fixedly positioned within the cut-out opening of the first ornamental component, whereby when the second ornamental component is inserted within the cut-out opening the jewelry can be displayed in at least four different display positions and when the second ornamental component is removed from the first ornamental component, the jewelry can be displayed in at least four additional different display positions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.