Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Article holder attachable to apparel or body – Neck supported holder
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-06
2001-01-09
Sakran, Victor N. (Department: 3626)
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Article holder attachable to apparel or body
Neck supported holder
C024S003130, C024S11600R, C024S299000, C063S004000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06170127
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an ornament hanging ring for a necklace, and more particularly, the present invention relates to an ornament hanging ring for a necklace, which is connected to an ornament to hang the ornament on a necklace string and is structured such that it can be directly attached to and detached from the necklace string.
2. Description of the Related Art
Generally, the neck of the human body may be ornamented with a necklace which is hung around it, for the purpose of making clothes look better and achieving a certain aesthetic feeling. Such a necklace
10
comprises, as shown in
FIG. 1
, a necklace string
12
which has a predetermined length to be hung around the neck of the human body. Both ends of the necklace string
12
are formed with a pair of connecting members (not shown), respectively, which selectively connect or disconnect the ends of the necklace string
12
. The necklace
10
may include an ornament
14
such as a diamond, a pearl, etc. which is hung on the necklace string
12
as occasion demands, and a hanger ring
16
which is coupled to an upper end of the ornament
14
to enable the ornament
14
to be easily hung on the necklace string
12
.
Further, while it is possible for the hanger ring
16
used for hanging the ornament
14
on the necklace string
12
to be integrally coupled to the ornament
14
, it is the norm in most cases that, as shown in
FIG. 1
, a separate ring
14
a
is provided at the upper end of the ornament
14
to be hooked on the hanger ring
16
.
When it is required to hang the ornament
14
on the necklace string
12
in a state wherein the ornament
14
is hooked on the hanger ring
16
via the separate ring
14
a
, one end of the necklace string
12
is passed through the hanger ring
16
, the ornament
14
is moved to be positioned at a substantially middle portion of the necklace string
12
, and the pair of connecting members formed at both ends of the necklace string
12
are connected with each other after the necklace string
12
is placed around the neck of the human body, whereby wearing of the necklace
10
is completed.
However, the necklace
10
of the conventional art, in which the ornament
14
is hung on the necklace string
12
by the hanger ring
16
, suffers from defects in that since the necklace string
12
cannot be passed through the hanger ring
16
when a plurality of jewels such as pearls are threaded on the necklace string
12
, the ornament
14
cannot be hung on the necklace string
12
, and since one end of the necklace string
12
must be passed through the hanger ring
16
and the hanger ring
16
must be moved in its position even when the ornament
14
can be hung on the necklace string
12
, inconvenience is caused. Specifically, in the case that the necklace string
12
is worn around the neck of the human body, because the necklace string
12
can be placed around the neck of the human body and the pair of connecting members can be connected with each other only after the pair of connecting members of the necklace string
12
are disconnected from each other and the ornament
14
is threaded on the necklace string
12
via the hanger ring
16
, a great deal of effort and time is required.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the problems occurring in the related art, and an object of the present invention is to provide an ornament hanging ring for a necklace, which is structured such that it can be directly attached to and detached from a necklace string, whereby an ornament can be hung on the necklace string irrespective of a shape and a kind of the necklace string and an ornament replacement operation can be conveniently performed in a short time while the necklace string is worn around the neck of the human body.
In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hanger ring connected to an ornament for hanging the ornament on a necklace string, the hanger ring comprising: a lower member having a body of a substantially ∪-shaped configuration, which is formed at an upper part with a curved portion, at a middle part with a first pin hole, and at one surface with an elastic member receiving depression, the body possessing an eye portion secured to a lower end of the body for hooking the ornament, a release preventing projection extending upward from one side of an upper end of the body, and an ornamental knob portion defined at the other side of the upper end of the body such that it is opposed to the release preventing projection, the ornamental knob portion having preselected width and contour for allowing ornaments to be attached thereto or formed thereon and extending upward by a predetermined length from the other side of the upper end for enabling a finger to come into contact therewith; an upper member having a pair of side plates of a semi-elliptical configuration, which are formed with a pair of second pin holes, respectively, and define an inserting space therebetween for allowing the body of the lower member to be inserted into the inserting space such that the upper member is rotatably coupled to the body of the lower member, and a curved engaging portion of a substantially ∩-shaped configuration, which is integrally formed with upper ends of the pair of side plates and has a free end brought into contact with a free end of the release preventing projection; a pin inserted through the first pin hole and the pair of second pin holes for rotatably coupling the upper member to the body of the lower member; and an elastic member received into the elastic member receiving depression of the lower member for exerting elastic force to the upper member such that the upper member is returned to its original position when rotated outward about the pin, the elastic member having one end fastened to the upper member and the other end fastened to the lower member.
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