Adjustable Jewelry Assembly
a technology of adjustable clasps and jewelry pieces, applied in the field of jewelry, can solve the problems of inability to wear necklaces and other jewelry at appropriate fashionable lengths, inconvenient mounting of pendants on new chains, time-consuming and expensive, etc., and achieve the effect of preventing relative movemen
Inactive Publication Date: 2007-11-01
GROSSER SAMUELS JACQUELIN
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"The present invention provides an adjustable clasp for jewelry that allows for easy and convenient adjustment to accommodate the wearer's size, clothing type, and fashion preferences. The clasp includes a biasing portion that pushes the walls apart and a tab for easy adjustment. The flexible member is secured to the clasp and has legs that extend through the openings in the clasp. The flexible member can slide along the legs to adjust the size of the loop portion when the tabs are moved relative to each other against the biasing force. This allows for precise adjustment of the jewelry without compromising its appearance or functionality."
Problems solved by technology
Thus, mounting a pendant on a new chain can be inconvenient, time consuming and expensive.
In some cases, such persons have been unable to wear necklaces and other jewelry at appropriate fashionable lengths.
Moreover, the style and type of a person's clothing can interfere with the appearance of a necklace and affect the way the necklace hangs.
Such clasps are relatively small in size and thus are relatively difficult to manipulate.
The parts must be separately cast, formed and assembled together using skilled labor, resulting in additional expense to the adjustable jewelry assembly.
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[0035] Referring to the drawings, and to and to FIGS. 1A-1D and 2 in particular, an adjustable jewelry assembly 10 comprises an elongate, flexible jewelry member 12 and an adjustable jewelry clasp 14. The flexible member 12 can be formed of any suitable material, such as metal, fabric, string, plastic or silicone, and is preferably formed as a jewelry chain of base metal such as stainless steel, nickel, aluminum and so on, and more preferably as semi-precious or precious metal such as such as gold, silver, platinum, various alloys thereof and so on, using methods that are well known in the art.
[0036] As shown, the flexible member 12 includes a loop portion 16 extending from one side of the clasp 14, and a pair of legs 18 and 20 extending from the opposite side of the clasp. The loop portion 16 can extend around the neck 22 of a wearer 24 with the clasp 14 located behind the neck and the legs 18 and 20 extending generally downward from the clasp. The leg 18 terminates in a first fre...
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An adjustable jewelry assembly includes a jewelry chain or other flexible member slidably mounted to a clasp for adjusting a hanging length or opening size of the flexible member. The clasp is formed from a single piece of thin sheet material and includes a pair of walls connected together by a biasing portion. Superimposed tabs with openings extend from the walls in opposite directions. The flexible member is normally held against movement in the clasp by opposing biasing forces exerted by the edges of the openings from the biasing portion. When the walls are pressed toward each other, the flexible member may be slid through the clasp until the desired hanging length or opening size is achieved, then released to clamp the clasp and flexible member against relative movement.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates generally to jewelry, and more particularly to a jewelry assembly having an adjustable clasp and a length of jewelry chain, such as a necklace, bracelet, anklet, and so on, adjustably held by the clasp for adapting the hanging length or opening size of jewelry around a person to a desired amount to thereby accommodate the person's body size, clothing type, and fashion preferences. [0002] For many years, people have worn necklaces at different lengths depending upon the prevailing fashion at the time. During some years the common length has been a short choker length of approximately fifteen inches. During other years the common length has been eighteen inches or longer. The trends in length have come and gone repeatedly over the decades. [0003] Necklaces commonly comprise a fixed length of flexible chain made from one or more precious metals, such as gold, silver and platinum, and these chains are available in a wide variety ...
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IPC IPC(8): A44C5/00
CPCA44C15/005
Inventor GROSSER-SAMUELS, JACQUELINBURNS, WILLIAM
Owner GROSSER SAMUELS JACQUELIN