Interchangeable Jewelry Setting System With Rotatable Locking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing jewelry settings often have permanently attached ornamental elements, limiting design flexibility and requiring intricate mechanisms that add bulk, making them difficult to manufacture and limiting interchangeability.
Innovation Solution
An interchangeable jewelry setting system featuring rotatably interconnected ring portions with armatures that secure and release ornamental elements, allowing for easy insertion, removal, and replacement, utilizing a locking mechanism to prevent unintended rotation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a permanent attachment mechanism is used for ornamental elements, then the jewelry piece maintains structural integrity, but the design flexibility and interchangeability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The jewelry piece is divided into separate modular components: the setting with mounting structure and the ornamental element. The setting includes a mounting structure with retention arms that can independently engage and disengage from the ornamental element, allowing separation while maintaining structural integrity when assembled.
Solution Approach 2:
The retention mechanism uses movable retention arms that can transition between engaged and disengaged states. The arms are spring-loaded or elastically deformable, allowing dynamic adjustment to secure the ornamental element firmly during wear, yet enabling easy release when needed for interchangeability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If intricate mechanisms are used to enable interchangeability, then the ornamental elements can be replaced, but the manufacturing complexity and bulk increase
Solution Approach 1:
The complex release mechanism is extracted and simplified to a single accessible feature: a release button or lever that the wearer can operate. The internal mechanism is minimized to simple spring-loaded arms that automatically engage and hold the ornamental element without requiring complex locking systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The retention mechanism is designed to be self-actuating through spring force or elastic deformation. Once the ornamental element is inserted, the retention arms automatically engage and secure it without requiring additional locking steps or complex mechanisms.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional clasp mechanisms are used for gemstones, then the ornamental element can be secured, but the ornamental appearance is constrained
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure is designed with a universal interface that can accommodate various ornamental element shapes, sizes, and styles. The retention arms are positioned and shaped to securely hold different types of ornaments without requiring different mechanisms, enabling diverse ornamental appearances while maintaining ease of operation.
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AI summary
An interchangeable jewelry setting system that allows for the insertion, removal and replacement of ornamental elements onto a jewelry piece is provided. The jewelry piece may comprise any type of or piece of jewelry onto which an ornamental setting may be fitted such as, for example, a ring, necklace, earring, bracelet, broach, pin, etc. Likewise, any ornamental element may be disposed on the interchangeable setting of the invention, such as, for example, a metallic engraving, ornamental design element, etc.