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US 8,617,683 B2Granted
Decorative accessory
OwnerAubren M. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A decorative assembly and a kit for creating a plurality of decorative assemblies including at least one foundation piece, at least one fanciful element and at least one connector to couple the fanciful element to the foundation piece.
Claims9
A decorative accessory comprising:
- a foundation piece comprising a cylindrical body with an open first end and an open second end, opposite the first end, so that the foundation piece can be worn on a user's digit, the foundation piece having an aperture through a side wall;
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- at least one generally planar fanciful element having an aperture therethrough wherein the at least one generally fanciful element is placed on the foundation piece so that the aperture in the fanciful element overlies the aperture in the foundation piece;
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- a connector having a first end and a second end connected to each other by a shank wherein the first end is slightly larger than the apertures in the at least one fanciful element and foundation piece, wherein the first end extends through the apertures in the planar fanciful element and the foundation piece so that the first end is on an inner surface of the side wall of the foundation piece facing the user's digit when the foundation piece is worn and the second end of the connector is exposed through the aperture in the at least one fanciful element thereby coupling the at least one fanciful element to the foundation piece.
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A kit for creating a plurality of decorative assemblies comprising:
- a plurality of foundation pieces, each of the plurality of foundation pieces comprising a cylindrical body with an open first end and an open second end, opposite the first end, so that each of the plurality of foundation pieces can be worn on a user's digit, each foundation piece having an aperture through a side wall;
- a plurality of generally planar fanciful elements each having an aperture therethrough wherein each of the plurality of generally planar fanciful elements can be placed on a foundation piece so that the aperture in the fanciful elements overlies the aperture in the foundation piece;
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- a plurality of connectors, each of the plurality of connectors having a first end and a second end connected to each other by a shank wherein the first end is slightly larger than the apertures in the foundation pieces and fanciful elements, wherein the first end extends through the apertures in the planar fanciful element and the foundation piece so that the first end of one of the plurality of connectors is on an inner surface of the side wall of one of the plurality of the foundation pieces facing the user's digit when the foundation piece is worn and the second end of the one connector is exposed through the aperture in the fanciful element thereby coupling at least one fanciful element to the one foundation piece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.