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US 8,297,076 B2Granted
Jewelry piece reinforced with nano diamonds
AssigneeSelect Jewelry, Inc.
InventorRonen Seliktar
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Abstract
A jewelry piece is formed with a jewelry body made of epoxy material, defining an outer surface and cast in the shape of a piece of jewelry in the form of a ring, pendant, earring, brooch, bracelet, anklet, necklace, and the like. The epoxy has a material density approximating that of gold and the decorative metal layer made of precious metal is affixed to the outer surface of the jewelry body in a thickness greater than 0.125 μm. The decorative body may be surface mounted to the jewelry or it may be inlaid or affixed in other similar fashion.
Claims18
A jewelry piece, comprising:
- a jewelry body made of epoxy resin material, defining an outer surface, in the shape of a piece of jewelry;
- a decorative non-plated metal layer made of a cast gold metal affixed over at least 10 percent of the outer surface of the jewelry body, the metal layer having a thickness that is greater than .0125 μm and less than 1.5 thousandth of an inch;
- and said epoxy or resin material being suffused with nano diamonds for added strength, rigidity and improved appearance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.