Interchangeable Jewelry Mounting With Elastic Gem Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing jewelry designs require professional assistance, such as a goldsmith, to change the number or type of gemstones, making it costly and inconvenient for individuals to customize their jewelry.
Innovation Solution
A jewelry design featuring a carrier body with a holding element and interchangeable decorative elements, utilizing elastically deformable apertures and retaining bolts with constrictions, allowing users to easily attach or remove decorative elements without specialized tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional jewelry design is used, then the jewelry structure is simple and secure, but the user cannot easily change or customize the gemstones without professional help
Solution Approach 1:
The jewelry is divided into separate modular components: a carrier body with holding elements and interchangeable decorative elements. This segmentation allows users to independently replace decorative elements without affecting the overall structure, enabling easy customization while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The holding elements incorporate elastically deformable apertures that dynamically adapt to the decorative elements being inserted and removed. This elastic deformation mechanism allows users to easily attach and detach decorative elements through simple insertion and removal actions without requiring specialized tools or skills.
2Reliability
If professional goldsmith intervention is required for changes, then the jewelry security and craftsmanship are maintained, but the cost and time consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The jewelry system enables self-service customization where users can independently replace decorative elements using the built-in holding elements with elastically deformable apertures. This eliminates the need for professional goldsmith intervention for routine changes, reducing time loss while maintaining secure attachment through the same mechanical system.
3Ease of operation
If the holding element uses a rigid fixed structure, then the manufacturing precision is high, but the user cannot easily attach or remove decorative elements
Solution Approach 1:
The holding element's aperture transitions from a rigid fixed dimension to an elastically deformable parameter that can dynamically adjust during insertion and removal operations. This parameter change allows the aperture to expand during attachment and contract during removal, providing ease of operation while maintaining manufacturing precision through controlled elastic deformation.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to securely and easily swap decorative elements, including gemstones, within their jewelry, enhancing customization and reducing the need for professional intervention.
Implementation Method 1
said holding element comprises apertures or openings which are elastically deformable so that a decorative element can be attached to the holding element via said aperture or opening and fixed therein
Implementation Method 2
sections of the holding element around the aperture or opening project into and surround the respective constriction of a retaining bolt... a form-fit connection can be generated such that the decorative elements can be removed by elastically deforming the holding element
Data Source
AI summary
An item of jewelry having a plurality of interchangeable decorative elements, the jewelry comprising an elastically deformable holding element and the decorative elements comprises a retaining bolt that is protruding from a core of the decorative element and which comprises a head at its end and comprises a constriction between the core and the head, wherein sections of the holding element project into the constrictions.