Jewelry – Body member encircling ornament
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-24
2002-08-06
Knight, Anthony (Department: 3676)
Jewelry
Body member encircling ornament
C063S003100, C063S039000, C063S900000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06427486
ABSTRACT:
FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an articulated metal band. More particularly, the invention is directed to an articulated band characterized in that it is devoid of pins and other mechanical devices for physically connecting adjacent segmental sectors or elements of the band to one another. A critical feature of the band of the invention is that it is formed of discrete metal bodies which are magnetically charged. Arrangeable, as desired, in various physical configurations, the charged metallic component elements of the band bond or adhere positively and firmly to one another, magnetically, to provide any of a selectable series of distinct and varied physical configurations or designs.
In one preferred embodiment of the invention, the articulated band assumes the physical form of a closed-loop bracelet. In each of at least two different and distinct designs or physical arrangement of component parts of embodiments of the present invention, the loop structure which constitutes the bracelet defines an uninterrupted, continuous, repetitive and endless pattern.
None of the prior art “magnetic” bracelets is believed to have the versatility of the bracelets of the present invention. None is believed to include a capability of assuming separate and distinct design configurations by a simple and rapid rearrangement of the family of magnetic physical elements employed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides structural magnetically charged metallic elements or bodies for bonding firmly to one another in various selectable patterns or designs to form an articulated band.
It is an important feature of the band of the invention that the component parts are held firmly together as a stable “unitary” structure without the use of, and without the need for pins, wires, or cording, or fasteners of any type.
A principal object of the present invention is to provide magnetically charged discrete metallic bodies of particular physical configurations and to arrange the bodies for bonding interengagement with one another to form a lineal array, thereby to establish an articulated band. The bodies are composed of magnetic material exclusive of decorative and protective coatings.
A related object of the present invention is to provide an articulated band of magnetically charged discrete metallic bodies where a majority of the bodies have at least one curved surface, a longitudinal axis and opposed magnetic poles.
It is an important feature of the present invention that there is provided a lineal array of magnetically charged metallic bodies bonded to one another to form an articulated band which can be bent upon itself to form a closed loop, the loop defining an uninterrupted, repetitive and endless pattern.
A related feature of the articulated, pinless, metallic band of the invention is that it is conveniently converted to a closed loop finding utility as a decorative bracelet.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention the magnetic bodies include cylinders magnetized in a direction at right angles to the longitudinal axis if each cylinder.
In addition to cylrindrical components, a preferred embodiment of the invention includes discs, these being magnetized in a radial direction thereof.
It is a feature of one embodiment of the invention that the bodies of the band include cylinders and discs which have substantially corresponding diameters.
In one preferred arrangement of the cylinders and the discs of the articulated band of the invention, there are included cylinders and discs arranged so that the end faces of the discs are disposed at end faces of the cylinders, coaxially therewith and in contacting abutment thereagainst to bond magnetically therewith.
In another embodiment of the invention including discs and cylinders, the discs are disposed adjacent but offset axially from centers of end faces of the cylinders and in substantially axial correspondence with lines defined by abutting tangential lineal contact zones of contiguous cylinders of the band with one another.
In a principal embodiment of the invention the articulated band is curved upon itself with opposite ends joined to one another to form an endless looped structure.
A related feature of the invention characterizing the articulated band is that the looped structure defines an uninterrupted, continuous, repetitive and endless pattern.
It is a principal, important and critical feature of the articulated band of the invention that it is devoid of pins and other mechanical devices or elements for physically connecting adjacent segmental sectors of the band to one another.
The articulated band of the invention is characterized by a high degree of flexibility in a plane defined by a lineal array of cylindrical bodies and discs bonded thereto.
In one preferred embodiment of the articulated band of the invention, connector structures disposed at opposed ends of the band and bonded magnetically thereto serve releasably to couple the ends of the band to one another to form a closed loop structure.
It is an important functional feature of the articulated band of the invention that each of the component physical elements which define the band structurally has at least two surfaces, and that these surfaces include at least one which is curved or arcuate.
It is an exceedingly important design feature of the articulated band of the invention that in a closed loop configuration the band exhibits aesthetic design features and finds use as a decorative bracelet.
In one preferred embodiment of the invention including cylinders and discs, the cylinders have a diameter of about ¼ th inch and a height of about ¼ the inch, and the discs have a thickness of about {fraction (1/12)} th inch and a diameter of about ¼ th inch.
It is a related feature of the invention that the dimensions of the component parts are not critical. They may vary, within practical limits.
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Berkman Michael G.
Pickard Alison
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