Jewelry article utilizing a linear stone setting
OwnerRichard Warren Bireninventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An article of jewelry supports a plurality of primary stones in a linear mounting array and which is bordered on both sides by accent stones. The girdles of the primary stones and of the accent stones are positioned close to each other with the accent stone girdles being above the primary stone girdles. A method of making the article of jewelry includes the use of a lost wax casting process followed by hand-setting of the accent stones and an application of a highly reflective coating, such as rhodium to surfaces that are adjacent the areas of congruence of the primary and accent stones. The resultant piece of jewelry presents the appearance of floating or unsupported primary stones.
Claims20
An article of jewelry comprising:
- a jewelry article body;
- a segmented slot formed in said body and including spaced slot apertures, including aperture wall segments, and slot webs;
- a plurality of spaced posts bounding said segmented slot and extending above said slot aperture wall segments;
- a plurality of primary stones positioned in said segmented slot in a linear setting;
- a plurality of accent stone receiving sockets in said body intermediate said posts;
- and
- an accent stone in each said accent stone receiving socket and in engagement with said one of said spaced posts bounding each said accent socket, each said primary stone and each said accent stone having a girdle and a crown and wherein said primary stone girdles are situated beneath said accent stone girdles.
An article of jewelry comprising:
- a jewelry article body;
- a segmented slot formed in said body and including spaced slot apertures, including arcuate aperture wall segments with aperture wall segment grooves, and slot webs;
- a plurality of spaced posts bounding said segmented slot and extending above said slot aperture wall segments;
- a plurality of primary stones positioned in said segmented slot in a linear setting;
- a plurality of accent stone receiving sockets in said body intermediate said posts;
- and
- an accent stone in each said accent stone receiving socket and in engagement with said one of said spaced posts bounding each said accent socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.