Jewelry – Having direct body attachment – Pendant jewel
Patent
1990-01-24
1992-01-07
Brittain, James R.
Jewelry
Having direct body attachment
Pendant jewel
A44C 700
Patent
active
050779877
ABSTRACT:
An interchangeable earring holder is disclosed for interchangeably receiving at least one of a variety of different earring accessories. The earring holder includes an earring holder body and earring support means in the form of a hook shaped member which is pivotally mounted relative to the lower end of the earring holder body. The hook shaped member is pivotally mounted between an open position extending generally transverse to the body for interchangeably receiving at least one earring accessory and a closed position where the hook shaped member is generally aligned with the earring holder body. The hook shaped member and the earring holder body are constructed for releasable interengagement when the hook shaped member extends generally aligned with the earring holder body. Preferably, the earring holder body includes a depression formed in a lower end thereof for receiving an outer free end of the hook shaped member in releasable locking engagement therewith. The hook shaped member is also preferably constructed as a spring member enabling the outer free thereof to be mounted in spring biased releasable engagement with the depression formed in the lower end of the earring holder body. When the hook shaped member is pivoted to an open position, extending generally transverse to the earring holder body, a variety of different types of earring thereafter accessories may be mounted over the hook shaped member. Thereafter, the hook shaped member is moved to its closed position in general alignment with and releasably locked to the earring holder body in the aforesaid manner.
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Brittain James R.
Leith Marijana T.
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