Jewelry article with replaceable ornaments
AssigneeJ.K. Jewelry, Inc.
InventorJohn Kaupp
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Abstract
An article of jewelry with interchangeable ornaments has an elongated support or a strand that has a proximal end that is permanently affixed to a first ring cap mad a distal end that is removably affixed to a second ring cap. The second cap has female threads that threadably engage/disengage with a male threaded plug defined on the distal end of the strand to facilitate slidable insertions/removal of ornaments and smart beads. The first ring cap includes a clasp that is attachable to a loop of the second ring cap to define a closed position of the article. The first and second ring caps may include magnets that magnetically attach to each other that define an inbuilt clasp for the article.
Claims12
A jewelry article comprising:
- an elongated strand, the elongated strand having an outer diameter;
- a plug located on an end of the elongated strand, the plug having an outermost diameter that is equal to the outer diameter of the elongated strand, the plug having male threads:
- a second ring cap, the second ring cap having female threads on an interior surface of the second ring cap, the female threads being sized for mating with the male threads of the plug;
- at least one bead, the at least one bead having a through hole;
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- a flexible resilient tube, the flexible resilient tube being positioned within the through hole of the at least one bead,
- wherein the at least one bead is slidably positioned on the elongated strand with the flexible tube engaging the elongated strand so as to fixedly position and prevent movement of the at least one bead on the elongated strand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.