Jewelry setting

A jewelry setting for supporting a jewel comprising a one-piece support member that includes a base portion having multiple sides, a plurality of elongated prongs with one extending from each respective side of the base portion, each said elongated prong including contiguous respective proximal biasing portion and distal retaining portion, each said proximal biasing portion extending integrally from a respective side of the base portion, each said retaining portion for capturing the jewel and having a longitudinal axis C that extends at an angle to a longitudinal axis A of the proximal biasing portion, and wherein at least said proximal biasing portion has a width defined as an arcuate cross-section in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the proximal biasing portion, wherein the proximal biasing portion has a length greater than a length of the distal retaining portion, and wherein the proximal biasing portion includes contiguous first and second biasing portions with the first biasing portion being more proximally arranged than the second biasing portion and the first biasing portion longitudinal axis A being longer than the second biasing portion longitudinal axis B, and wherein a width of each prong portion is less than a length of a respective prong portion, and wherein each of the first and second biasing portions have respective longitudinal axes that are disposed at an obtuse angle less than 180 degree.