Supports: racks – Special article – Jewelry
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-24
2001-03-27
Chin-Shue, Alvin (Department: 3634)
Supports: racks
Special article
Jewelry
Reexamination Certificate
active
06206208
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to jewelry boxes and more particularly pertains to a new jewelry stand for organizing various types of jewelry.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of jewelry boxes is known in the prior art. More specifically, jewelry boxes heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which heave been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art jewelry boxes include U.S. Pat. No. 5,052,563; U.S. Pat. No. 5,370,453; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 344,647; U.S. Pat. No. 4,720,012; U.S. Pat. No. 4,390,099; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 335,593.
In these respects, the jewelry stand according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of organizing various types of jewelry.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of jewelry boxes now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new jewelry stand construction wherein the same can be utilized for organizing various types of jewelry.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new jewelry stand apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the jewelry boxes mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new jewelry stand which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art jewelry boxes, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally includes a weighted base having a flat circular bottom face with a first diameter and a flat circular top face with a second diameter less than the first diameter; a vertically oriented post rotatably coupled to the top face of the base about a central vertical axis, the post having four elongated side faces extending between a top and bottom end thereof, each side face having three spaced O-ring binder rings each having an inboard end hingably coupled to the post and an outboard end with a pair of free ends with a first orientation in engagement with each other and a second orientation separated from each other; a decorative assembly including a threaded shaft extending upwardly from the post and a hemispherical decoration screwably coupled to the post; and a plurality of planar rectangular plates each formed from a rigid material, each plate having a periphery including a short top edge, a short bottom edge and a pair of elongated side edges, an inboard one of the side edges of each plate having three vertically aligned apertures formed therein for releasably coupling with the binder rings of one of the side faces of the post, the top edge of each plate having a plurality of rectangular cut outs formed therein and having varying widths for supporting necklaces, each plate further having a matrix of circular bores formed therein adjacent to the bottom edge thereof for receiving posts of pierce earrings and a matrix of diamond-shaped bores formed in each plate adjacent to the bottom edge thereof beneath the matrix of circular bores for receiving clips of clip earrings.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new jewelry stand apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the jewelry boxes mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new jewelry stand which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art jewelry boxes, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new jewelry stand which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new jewelry stand which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new jewelry stand which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such jewelry stand economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new jewelry stand which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new jewelry stand for organizing various types of jewelry.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new jewelry stand that includes a base and a post rotatably coupled thereto. Also included is a plurality of planar plates each with an inboard edge coupled to the post for supporting jewelry thereon.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4850658 (1989-07-01), Sandor
patent: 5054624 (1991-10-01), Camp
patent: 5979678 (1999-11-01), Kelly
Chin-Shue Alvin
Purol Sarah
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