Ornamental member for accessory

Abstract

An ornamental member for an accessory is in the form of a frame surrounding an opening, or is in the form of a base plate formed of a rigid material having rigidity and being integral with the frame. A slit is formed through one side wall of the ornamental member, the slit being longer than the width of an upper end of the opening between two side walls adjacent to the one side wall. An ornamental sheet is removably insertable through the slit, and all edges of the ornamental sheet are concealed by the frame with the ornamental sheet inserted. One accessory exhibits various different ornamental appearances by remobably inserting various kinds of ornamental sheets into the ornamental member.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to an ornamental member for an accessory in which various kinds of ornamental sheets are each detachably inserted into a ornamental member surrounded by, for example, a quadrilateral, diamond-shaped or rectangular frame, whereby one accessory can exhibit various different decorative appearances, and an accessory using the same such as a finger ring, a pendant, a necklace, a bracelet, a clip earring, an earring for a pierced ear, an anklet, cuff links, a tiepin, a buckle for a belt or a watch strap.[0002] The conventional accessories have been produced by combining noble metals, plated articles, jewels, semi-precious stones such as agate and turquoise, glass beads and the like. As a result, one accessory has a fixed design, and does not exhibit other different decorative appearances.[0003] Recently, accessories have come into more general use, and it has been in fashion to have many accessories of various kinds and to use various ones depending on...

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Benefits of technology

[0009] The use of the ornamental member for an accessory makes possible to obtain a different appearances by purchasing one accessory such as a finger ring, a necklace, a pendant, cuff links or a tiepin, and changing the ornamental sheet, which increases the usefulness of the accessory.

[0022] The ornamental sheet 5 may be any, as long as it can be removably inserted through the slit 4, has such a form and a size that all edges of the sheet are concealed under the border portion 2b after insertion, and has a decorative appearance. Specifically, a sheet having a thickness of 80 to 400 .mu.m can be used to which a pattern has been imparted or metallic luster has been imparted by vapor deposition with aluminum, and moreover, which is laminated with a plastic sheet to impart such rigidity that the sheet can be easily removed or inserted through the slit. Further, the ornamental sheet can also be constituted by a thin sheet 7 composed of ordinary printing paper or stationary and a transparent or translucent plastic protective sheet 8 having a thickness of 80 to 400 .mu.m. The combinations of color and / or pattern and / or texture of the thin sheet 7 and pattern optionally imparted to and transparency of the protective sheet 8 can impart to the ornamental member various different ornamental appearances.

[0025] The hologram processing of the invention can be easily conducted with a commercially available hologram-processing machine, such as "Davis Light Machine" or "Light Machine" manufactured by Dimensional Arts, U.S.A. That is to say, the unevenness is directly or indirectly engraved on the surface of the smooth film by a laser beam high in coherence. The term "pattern" as used in the invention means a concept including not only a simple continuous pattern, but also a three-dimensional image.

[0029] FIGS. 3 and 4 show an ornamental member composed of only a frame 2 having a slit 4 without a base plate. In this case, a backing sheet 9 having rigidity is required as a protective member substituting for the base plate 1. Accordingly, an ornamental sheet 5 is overlaid onto the backing sheet 9, and the superposed sheets are inserted through the slit 4. In FIG. 4, border portions 2b on the front side and the back side are identical to each other in width. However, the width on the back side can made greater than that on the front side to enhance the reinforcing effect. The space between the front and back border portions defines a groove 13 that holds edge portions of the ornamental sheet 5 and the back sheet 9.

[0036] FIG. 10 is a view illustrating the relationship among the form of the base plate 1, the direction in which the sectional form is rectangular, and the slit. Even if the slit 4 does not cross at right angles a direction in which the sectional form of the base plate is rectangular, when the slit 4 is provided on a side wall crossing a direction in which the sectional form of the base plate is rectangular, insertion and removal of the ornamental sheet 5 are easy.

[0037] However, in the case of the diamond form as shown in FIG. 7-d, when the direction in which the sectional form of the base plate becomes rectangular is the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 7-d, insertion and removal of the ornamental sheet 5 becomes somewhat inconvenient. However, when the radius of curvature is not so great, insertion and removal of the ornamental sheet 5 are possible, and decorative effect is also high. Although the form in which the curved surface is concave is shown in FIG. 9, the curved surface may be convex.

Problems solved by technology

However, it is uneconomical to have many accessories of various kinds even if the individual accessories are inexpensive.

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