Fastener and ornament including the fastener
AssigneeRight Planning Ltd.
InventorYoshiyuki Tanio
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Abstract
A pierced earring fastener 1 has: a pinching member 2 made of three balls 2a, 2a, 2a; a holder 3 that is a rubber-like elastic member; and a ring 5 for tightening the pinching member 2 and the holder 3. The three balls 2a, 2a, 2a are disposed in a ring shape at intervals of 120 degrees in a circumferential direction, as elements that form the pinching member 2. These balls are retained at predetermined positions by means of the holder 3. The holder completely surrounds the circular pinching member 2 formed by the three balls 2a. A through hole 3a penetrating a center of both of end faces 3c, 3c is formed via a gap 2b formed at the center of a ring formed by the pinching member 2 closed inside thereof.
Claims9
A fastener comprising:
- an elastic member that is formed essentially of rubber or soft synthetic resin, being elastically deformable;
- a pinching member that is harder than the elastic member, is capable of being retained at a predetermined position so as to be surroundingly enveloped by the elastic member, and moving in an extending direction with elastic deformation of the elastic member, in a state in which the pinching member is embedded in the elastic member;
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- a restraining member that has a hardness equal to or greater than that of the elastic member, and is capable of restricting movement of the pinching member in the extending direction and the elastic deformation of the elastic member being caused by the movement of the pinching member, in a state in which at least a part of a periphery of the elastic member is surrounded by the restraining member, and fastening a portion of a ornament indirectly with the elastic member and the pinching member in a state of being non-contiguous with the pinching member,
- wherein the pinching member is enveloped in the elastic member being non-contiguous with the restraining member, and the portion of the ornament is pinched by the pinching member, thereby restricting and retaining the ornament.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.