Ornament lock with wide opening ornament clasp
a wide-opening, ornament-locking technology, applied in the field of jewelry, can solve the problems of difficult to insert ornament rings into the clasping portion, and achieve the effect of improving the safety of the clasping portion
Inactive Publication Date: 2012-11-08
MIDAS CHAIN
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"The patent describes an ornament lock that can be attached to a necklace or bracelet. The lock has two arms that can be opened by pressing a finger grasp on one of the arms. The arms are closed by a spring when the finger grasp is released. The lock is designed to hold decorations like pendants or rings securely. The ornament arms are shaped like curved half-spheres and are attached to a disc-shaped lock body. The lock body has a loop for attaching a jewelry chain. The lock and its parts can be decorated with surface ornamental shapes. The technical effects of this invention are a secure and easy-to-use ornament lock that can be attached to various jewelry items."
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One problem with such a prior art ornament lock is that opening 18 created by the movement inward of arm 16 accommodates only ornaments or ornamental rings of a certain maximum thickness.
Further, the limited access provided by opening 18 may make it difficult to insert the ornament ring into the clasping portion 17, particularly for older users or for people with vision problems, hand-eye coordination challenges or the like.
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[0020]Ornament lock 20 will herein be described with reference to FIGS. 2A-2C, 3A and 3B. As illustrated in FIG. 2B, clasp arms 26a and 26b are moved apart so that joining region 27 between clasp arms 26a and 26b is in the open position and decorations or ornaments can be inserted into the clasp 25. This opening of the clasp 25 is accomplished by pressing on finger grasp 29 positioned on clasp arm 26a. Biasing member 33, which may be a spring such as a spiral spring, inside the lock body 22 of the ornament lock 20 will then bias close the clasp 25 when the finger grasp 29 is released. A necklace, chain, bracelet, broach or other means for securing the ornament lock 22 to the wearer may be attached to ornament lock 20 by chain fastener 21 also attached to lock body 22. The ornament inserted into the clasp may be a ring, pin, lock or chain that secures a pendant, locket, broach or other decoration or jewelry.
[0021]FIGS. 3A and 3B illustrate the inside portion of lock body 22 of orname...
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An ornament lock with a clasp for holding pendants or other jewelry is provided. A finger grasp is positioned on an arm of the clasp for opening the clasp arms. A biasing member positioned inside the ornament lock biases closed the clasp. The clasp may be opened to a wide open position to accommodate a thicker pendant or pendant ring and to make it easier and more convenient for the wearer to insert the jewelry into the clasp.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to the field of jewelry and more particularly to ornament holders and ornament locks, including ornament locks attached to necklaces or the like.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Ornament locks have been used for centuries to secure ornaments, such as pendants or other decorative objects to a necklace, bracelet or other type of chain or other device used for affixing jewelry, ornaments or other decorations to the human body.[0003]As illustrated in FIGS. 1A and 1B, for example, an ornament lock 10 attached to a necklace 11 or to other types of chains by means of chain fastener 12 can be opened by sliding grasp 14 in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 1A so that arm 16 of the clasp portion 17 moves in to create an opening 18 through which an ornament or decoration (not shown) can be inserted into clasp portion 17. FIG. 1A illustrates a clasp portion 17 in a closed position with the arms of clasp portion 17 joining or close...
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IPC IPC(8): A44B99/00
CPCY10T24/44017A44C5/2038
Inventor OZKOK, LUTFI
Owner MIDAS CHAIN