Jewelry – Body member encircling ornament – Having securement detail
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-10
2003-01-21
Knight, Anthony (Department: 3676)
Jewelry
Body member encircling ornament
Having securement detail
C063S008000, C063S014500, C024S574100, C024S587110
Reexamination Certificate
active
06508080
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a connecting device which is used for jewelry and accessories, such as a pearl necklace, and a chain necklace.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A connecting device which is used for jewelry and accessories such as a pearl necklace, as shown in
FIG. 1
, is conventionally known as a clasp. For instance, a clasp
20
comprises a female member
21
, which is a box having a insertion aperture
22
, and male member
26
made of a metal plate bent into a V-shape and formed as a plate-spring. It is used by inserting or pulling out the male member
26
, formed into a flat shape by using the fingers to press portion
27
against the back portion, into the aperture of the female member
21
.
However, the above-mentioned clasp
20
has a disadvantage in that it is difficult to wear. For instance, it is often necessary to move the clasp
20
to the front of the neck to confirm that the male member
26
is surely connected to the female member
21
, and then to move the clasp back behind the neck when the necklace is used. Furthermore, it is not easy to form the male member
26
to a flat shape by pressing portion
28
using the fingers, and portion
28
must be inserted into the aperture
22
and surely hooked in the hook-recess
23
.
Another example, as shown in
FIG. 2
, is a connecting device
30
with a coiled spring which solved the above problem of operating difficulties (Japan Utility Patent Publication No. H7-30730). This example includes a male member
31
formed as around-bar shape having a connecting groove
32
on the surrounding surface, and a female member
35
formed as a cylinder having a hook frame
37
movable in the up-down direction. Pushing button
38
and coil-spring
36
a
are also arranged in female member
35
. The coil-spring
36
a
biases the hook frame
37
in the direction of the connecting groove
32
of the male member
31
when the male member
31
is inserted in. Therefore, the connecting groove
32
is hooked by the hook frame
37
, so that the male member
33
is connected to the female member
35
. Also, the connection is released when the push button
38
is pushed downwards by a finger, so that the male member
31
is able to be pulled out from the female member
35
.
However, the connecting device
30
requires a certain size coil spring
36
a
to prevent a reduction in elastic power after long time use. Therefore, the size of connecting device
30
is not able to be minimized. Moreover, the connecting device
30
has a problem in that it is not easy to be constructed because it has many small parts, and the cost of the connecting device
30
becomes very expensive as a part used for jewelry and accessories.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a connecting device for jewelry and accessories which is capable of eliminating the above-mentioned problems, which is easy to wear, and which is constructed of only a few small parts so that the cost is very reasonable.
For this purpose, in accordance with the present invention, a connecting device for jewelry and accessories comprises a male member formed as a pole having a taper-like head, a groove on the surrounding surface of the bottom, and a connecting portion for connecting the device to jewelry and accessories at the end. The device also comprises a female member formed as an open and close box. The female member includes a cover with or without a guide cylinder or a guide wall having a half-circle inserting aperture for insertion of the male member at one side in the longitudinal direction, a base having a hook-recess for the groove of the male member, and a connecting portion to connect to jewelry and accessories at the end. The box is made so that an axis penetrates the cover and the base, and so that a spring member biasing the cover and the base in the closing direction is installed.
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Knight Anthony
Pickard Alison K.
Seberupico Corporation
Wenderoth , Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
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