# US 9,516,931 B2 · Customizable ornament for jewelry or costume jewelry products > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,516,931 B2 - Document ID: US9516931B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/401,222 - Filed: 2013-05-21 - Published: 2015-03-26 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2012-05-22 - Assignees: Effe Effe Immobiliare S.R.L. - Applicants: Effe Effe Immobiliare S.r.l. - Inventors: Elena Mencagli; Gerard Martin Poubel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9516931B2 ## CPC - A44C 17/0216: {with automatic locking action, e.g. by using a spring} - A41D 27/08: Trimmings; Ornaments - A44B 1/32: Shank inserted into counterpiece and locked by sliding or rotating - A44C: PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS - A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES - A44B: BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE (fastenings specially adapted for footwear A43C) ## Abstract The present invention concerns the field of jewelry and costume jewelry, and in particular its object is a customizable ornament that is suitable for forming, or for being incorporated in, a product such as a bracelet, a necklace, a ring, earrings, a pendant or any other similar personal accessory item. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An ornament comprising: a base with a peripheral belt developing in a ring shape around a central axis (X), a diaphragm located inside said belt delimits a front seat, and a passage formed centrally on said diaphragm; an insert reversibly connected to said base, comprising a head adapted to be housed inside said front seat displaying a front face thereof provided with a decoration and a stem projecting from the head and comprising locking means to be inserted inside said passage and rotated around said axis (X) so as to establish a lock against the extraction of the insert following a mechanical abutment between the stem and said diaphragm; and elastic means arranged on said diaphragm inside said front seat, suitable for elastically urging said head in a direction opposite to that of insertion of said stem inside said passage. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The ornament according to claim 1, wherein said locking means comprise a cross piece that extends so as to form a T-shape from one free end of a shaft adapted to extend along said axis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The ornament according to claim 2, wherein said passage has a section that is elongated according to a diametrical axis, with an enlarged cylindrical central portion adapted to receive said shaft, and end portions adapted to receive said cross piece. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The ornament according to claim 2, wherein said diaphragm defines, on the side opposite to said front seat, a rear concavity inside which a protrusion axially projects, a free end of which has means for engaging said cross piece in the rotated locking configuration, the axial extension of said protrusion being such as to allow the free rotation of said stem when said head abuts against said diaphragm, said engagement means being engaged due to the axial abutment of said cross piece urged by said elastic means. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The ornament according to claim 4, wherein said engagement means comprise a pair of recesses formed in said free end of the protrusion, diametrically aligned along a direction that is substantially perpendicular with respect to the diameter along which the section of said passage extends. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The ornament according to claim 1, wherein said elastic means comprise a laminar disc matchingly shaped with the perimeter of said front seat placed over and in contact with said diaphragm, said disc having a central window with a shape substantially congruent with the section of said passage, means for anchoring the disc to said base and at least one leaf portion raised with respect to the plane of the disc and suitable for reacting elastically to the bending caused by a force in the axial direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The ornament according to claim 6, wherein said laminar disc comprises two raised leaf portions, configured as respective circular segments that extend peripherally along diametrically opposite arcs, defined with shaped cuts that leave the portions themselves fixedly attached with one end to the rest of the disc, and free at the opposite end reaching a position that is the most raised from the plane of the same disc. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The ornament according to claim 7, wherein said two portions are symmetrical to one another, the free ends of the portions being aligned along a same diameter, the same applying to the ends attached to the disc. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The ornament according to claim 6, wherein said anchoring means comprise a pair of tabs extending from respective ends of said window and adapted to be folded to hook onto said diaphragm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The ornament according to claim 1, wherein an outer surface of said ring-like belt comprises connection means of the ornament adapted to be used to embody the same ornament in a jewel or other clothing accessory. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The ornament according to claim 10, wherein said connection means comprise two circumferential grooves that develop according to two diametrically opposite arcs. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A jewel or other clothing accessory comprising at least one ornament according to claim 1. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) A kit comprising a jewel according to claim 12, and at least one replacement additional head with a front face with a different decoration, customization or the like.