Illumination – With wearing apparel or body support – Jewelry
Patent
1993-01-21
1993-10-12
Cole, Richard R.
Illumination
With wearing apparel or body support
Jewelry
362800, F21L 1508
Patent
active
052531490
ABSTRACT:
Illuminated jewelry connectable to a wearer as an earring, a clothes pendant or the like includes a light-emitting diode (LED) connected onto an enlarged flat base member at one end of an elongated stem. A miniature battery housing also includes a stem cavity positioned immediately adjacent and generally coextensive with the battery compartment to supportively receive and releasably retain the distal portion of the stem therewithin. The stem and housing are structured so that an electrical circuit is completed between the battery and the LED through the stem when the stem is fully inserted to the bottom of the stem cavity. In this configuration, a gap between the enlarged base member and the housing generally equal to the thickness of the wearer's earlobe or article of clothing is defined. A transparent lens over the LED may be provided to enhance decorative illumination. The stem preferably has two detented positions within the stem cavity, the first a partially inserted position wherein the device may be held for wearing and storage without LED illumination and a second fully inserted position when the LED is illuminated.
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Kaye Jonathan L.
Ostema Loren D.
Cole Richard R.
Prescott Charles J.
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