Jewelry apparatus

Abstract

A gemstone arrangement is provided comprising: four gemstones, wherein the four gemstones are arranged in two rows and two columns to form a square having four sides each of the four sides made up of two of the gemstones sides; eight round cut gemstones, wherein two of the eight round cut gemstones abut a first side of the larger square, two of the eight round cut gemstones abut a second side of the larger square, two of the eight round cut gemstones abut a third side of the larger square, two of said eight round cut gemstones abut a fourth side of the larger square.

Description

[0001]The present invention relates generally to jewelry and a method for setting gemstones. In particular, the present invention relates to arrangements of gemstones that enhance their visual characteristics.[0002]Gemstones may be arranged to enhance the appearance of the individual gems and the group of gems. Together, they may enhance their visual characteristics and cause light to reflect or refract providing a visually pleasing arrangement.[0003]One issue within the art is that larger gemstones are more expensive, so it is desirable to provide a setting that looks like one large gemstone, but is in fact comprised of a number of smaller gemstones. However, this can be difficult to provide the appearance of a single solid gemstone when using only round gemstones.[0004]U.S. Pat. No. 4,936,115 issued to Messica provides a central gem with complementary gemstones at least partially surrounding the central gem and a setting for the central gem and complementary gemstones. The complem...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]According to a first embodiment, a gemstone arrangement is provided comprising: four gemstones, wherein the four gemstones are arranged in two rows and two columns to form a square having four sides each of the four sides made up of two of the gemstones sides; eight round cut gemstones, wherein two of the eight round cut gemstones abut a first side of the larger square, two of the eight round cut gemstones abut a second side of the larger square, two of the eight round cut gemstones abut a third side of the larger square, two of the eight round cut gemstones abut a fourth side of the larger square.

[0009]According to another embodiment, a gemstone arrangement is provided comprising: four square cut gemstones, wherein the four gemstones are arranged in two rows and two columns to form a square having four sides each of the four sides made up of two of the gemstones sides; eight round cut gemstones, wherein two of the eight round cut gemstones abut a first side of the larger square, two of the eight round cut gemstones abut a second side of the larger square, two of the eight round cut gemstones abut a third side of the larger square, two of the eight round cut gemstones abut a fourth side of the larger square, wherein the height of the four gemstones and the eight round cut gemstones are within thirty percent of the same height of any of the four gemstones and the eight round cut gemstones.

Problems solved by technology

One issue within the art is that larger gemstones are more expensive, so it is desirable to provide a setting that looks like one large gemstone, but is in fact comprised of a number of smaller gemstones.

However, this can be difficult to provide the appearance of a single solid gemstone when using only round gemstones.

The '115 patent though, is very complicated to fabricate and expensive.

Specifically, mounting gemstones of different heights is very complicated.

The complementary gemstones are twice the length of the center gem and in use this is very difficult to fabricate.

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