Abstract: Luminaires including a charging base and a rechargeable illuminating personal ornament. The charging base includes a power cable connectable to an external power source and a power connector. The rechargeable illuminating personal ornament is connected to the charging base and has a shell, a light source attached to the shell, a rechargeable power source located in the shell and connected to the light source, and a corresponding power connector defining an opening in the shell and coupled to the rechargeable power source. The power connector of the charging base is coupled to the corresponding power connector of the rechargeable illuminating personal ornament.

Abstract: The present invention an illuminated two-piece exhibit includes a first arcuate arm, a second arcuate arm joined to the first arcuate end at a proximate end, an intermediary arc extends between the first arcuate arm and the second arcuate arm at a distal end, a diffusor configured for receiving a light source, a centrally located receptacle extending between the first arcuate arm and the second arcuate arm, a window extending from the centrally located receptacle through the first arcuate arm and the second arcuate arm, the diffusor extending from said centrally located receptacle and at least partially through the window wherein the diffusor is configured for illumination by the light source.

Abstract: A jewelry charm includes a pair of identical main body sections, each having an inside facing surface, an outside facing surface, a centrally located cylindrical protrusion that is positioned along the inside facing surfaces, a centrally located cylindrical indentation that is positioned along the inside facing surfaces, an elongated indentation that encircles the cylindrical indentation and protrusion, a bonding agent that is positioned between the pair of main body sections, and a connector having a proximal end that is secured between the pair of main body sections and a distal end that is positioned away from the pair of main body sections.

Abstract: A locket is provided including a cap and a base. The cap includes a cylindrical wall portion; a top portion combining with the cylindrical portion to define an internal cap aperture, the internal aperture having internal threads defined therein; and a decorative element protruding from the top portion in a direction opposite of the cylindrical wall portion. The base includes a bottom and a cylindrical wall, the cylindrical wall defining an internal base aperture. The base further including outwardly protruding threads operable to selectively engage threads of the cap such that rotational motion of the cap or base causes engagement and disengagement of the cap and the base. The base further including a track including upper and lower annular elements, the track sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of a coupler therein.

Abstract: The present technology generally relates to a jewelry system and specifically to a modular interchangeable jewelry system comprised of one or more interconnecting and exchangeable modular components. The jewelry system may comprise a ruggedized modular locket system. The ruggedized modular locket system may comprise a coupling system adapted to interlock various modular components.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for jewelry may comprise a locket system comprising first and second portions that may be attached to define an interior cavity. The locket system may also comprise a seal adapted to seal the interior cavity.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for jewelry may comprise modular elements that may be connected to form jewelry. For example, a jewelry system may comprise locket elements adapted to be attached to one another. The jewelry system may further comprise linking elements and connection points adapted to substantially easily attach and detach the various elements.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for jewelry may comprise an insert system for insertion into a locket system. The insert system may include a rotation inhibitor adapted to inhibit rotation of the insert system within the locket.

Abstract: A process for producing openable photograph holders by providing a laminar sheet made of metallic material, plastically deforming by molding the laminar sheet to obtain a first semi-finished piece and a second semi-finished piece having a profile substantially equal to the profile of the first semi-finished piece, arranging a pair of shaped bottoms having profiles substantially equal each other and to the profile of the semi-finished pieces, removing material in the first semi-finished piece of rounded shape to form an ornamental pattern. One shaped bottom is coupled to each semi-finished piece to form two half portions of the openable holder, each of which presents an outer surface and an inner surface to house a photo, and constraining together the half portions to form the openable photograph holder in which the inner surface of a first half portion faces the inner surface of a second half portion.

Abstract: A locket is provided including a cap and a base. The cap includes a cylindrical wall portion; a top portion combining with the cylindrical portion to define an internal cap aperture, the internal aperture having internal threads defined therein; and a decorative element protruding from the top portion in a direction opposite of the cylindrical wall portion. The base includes a bottom and a cylindrical wall, the cylindrical wall defining an internal base aperture. The base further including outwardly protruding threads operable to selectively engage threads of the cap such that rotational motion of the cap or base causes engagement and disengagement of the cap and the base. The base further including a track including upper and lower annular elements, the track sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of a coupler therein.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for jewelry, purses and other accessories is provided. The locking mechanism comprises first and second magnetically attracted surfaces and a collar. The second magnetically attracted surface is adapted for magnetic coupling to the first magnetically attracted surface. The collar is hingeably coupled to either the first or second magnetically attracted surfaces and is operable between an open position and a closed position. When the first and second magnetically attracted surface are magnetically coupled one to the other, and the collar is in the closed position, at least a portion of the collar surrounds a perimeter of the first and second magnetically attracted surfaces.

Abstract: The invention is a folding locket which can take the form of an oblong or cylindrical locket, and can be folded into a generally heart shaped locket. In either of these configurations, oblong or heart, the locket can be opened by rotating the two halves of the locket apart. When the two halves of the locket are rotated apart, a picture, hidden on each side of the locket becomes visible; thus, opening the locket makes visible two pictures which can be selected by the user. The pictures displayed in the mounting are mounted in the position which spans the fold line of the locket.

Abstract: Provided is a circular advertising frame for receiving a picture, comprising a main frame, a socket half-frame, an insert half-frame, a hanging ring, a concave-convex locking device, and a diaphragm. The circular advertising frame features convenient hanging, easy picture replacement, good stability, esthetic shape and light weight.

Abstract: A metal decorative article includes: a first decorative member formed with a first hole pattern of through-holes, the first hole pattern having inner and outer sides, each of the through-holes extending from the outer side to the inner side, and having an outer peripheral edge on the outer side and an inner peripheral edge on the inner side, the outer peripheral edge of each of the through-holes having dimensions different from those of the inner peripheral edge of the respective one of the through-holes; a second decorative member formed with a second hole pattern of through-holes having inner and outer sides that are respectively symmetrical to the inner and outer sides of the first hole pattern; and a frame defining a frame space. The first and second decorative members are respectively received in the frame space of the frame such that the inner sides face each other and are spaced apart from each other by a gap.

Abstract: An ornament (1; 11; 21) for a jewellery system, which ornament (1; 11; 21) comprises a base portion (2; 22) that is provided with at least one notch (3; 23a, 23) for receiving an elongate element, and ornamental element (4; 14; 24a, 24b) that can be mounted on the base portion in such a manner that it extends across the notch and thus encloses the elongate element. The base portion (2; 22) and the ornamental element (4; 14; 24a, 24b) are configured such that the ornamental element (4; 14; 24a, 24b) can, in a releasable manner, be mounted on the base portion (2; 22) with any randomly selected orientation relative to the notch (3; 23a, 23b). Additionally, a jewellery system that comprises an elongate element and at least one ornament (1; 11; 21) as described above.

Abstract: A piece of jewelry includes an enclosure formed by a frame and by two parallel crystals connected to the frame in a sealed manner. A plurality of independent annular elements are placed inside the enclosure one within another. These annular elements are free to move in rotation and in translation within the enclosure and one within another.

Abstract: A decorative jewelry item comprises a base member (2) with a hollow interior and a decorative top (7), a cap (19) brought down over the decorative top, and a fastener arrangement (21) for fixing the cap to the base member after the cap is brought into contact with the decorative top. The cap has an opening (23, 25) therein through which the decorative top (7, 9) of the base member can be observed. All exposed surfaces of the base member (2) and cap (19) may have surface finishing features and/or graphic representations or designs to make the jewelry item more attractive. In an alternative construction, a decorative insert is inserted, through an opening in the top of a hollow base member, and is fixed within the base member with the insert below the base member top and viewable through the top opening. The jewelry item may be designed to have the appearance of a single decorative unit, or to have the appearance of a double (or greater) decorative unit. Such units have application in many jewelry items.

Abstract: An article of jewelry comprising a bracelet having a single framed compartment or a plurality of framed compartments each of which releasably receives a photograph or some similar medium with indicia thereon. Each framed compartment is formed of a rear plate for containing and protecting the back of the photograph(s) and four sidewalls integrally formed therewith. Openings are formed in two of the opposing sidewalls to receive a thin resilient cord or the like employed to connect the framed compartments in a series or a single framed compartment to various other desired objects. A separate opening is formed within the rear plate to receive an implement to facilitate the removal of the photograph. Spacer members are provided to keep the series of framed compartment equally separated from the next and ensure the bracelet's overall flexibility.

Abstract: A mixture of crystals comprising natural ring silicates and natural silica for stimulation of the thymus gland.

Abstract: A method and a system are provided for the safe berthing of marine vessels in the high seas and other unprotected open waters. The invention allows a large vessel to be berthed alongside in close enough proximity to a marine structure that conventional loading arm equipment may be used to load and unload the vessel under most environmental conditions. One or more floating dolphins moored to the bottom of the sea and provided with fendering means are used for berthing the vessel alongside to the marine structure. The preferred type of floating dolphin is a triangular semi-submersible moored buoyant structure comprising three buoyant column members, or “caissons”, arranged in vertical fashion, three buoyant hull segments, or “pontoons”, that support and separate the column members and provide heave damping to the moored buoyant structure, and three horizontal bracing members that retain the tops of the column members in place.

Abstract: The piece of jewelry comprises an enclosure formed by a frame and by two parallel crystals connected to the frame in a sealed manner. A plurality of independent annular elements are placed inside the enclosure one within another. These annular elements are free to move in rotation and in translation within the enclosure and one within another.

Abstract: A jewelry finding is provided as a neck accessory that enables a flexible bracelet to be worn as a necklace. Locket clasps are provided at the ends of the neck accessory to provide secure interconnection of the bracelet clasp ends with the neck accessory, while at the same time enclosing and obscuring from view the connection hardware. According to an alternate embodiment, a universal approach is implemented that uses flexible loops to modify clasp ends of most any flexible bracelet to be connectible to fastening posts in the locket clasps of the neck accessory.

Abstract: A fashion bracelet having an elongated flexible strap and a case. The elongated flexible strap has two securable ends and an aperture formed therein. The case includes a base wall and a side wall defining a partially enclosed area with at least one indentation that is adapted to receive and secure at least one interchangeable cosmetic item. The partially enclosed area is enclosed by a cover pivotally mounted to the side wall, and the base wall and side wall are adapted to secure the case to the aperture of the flexible strap.

Abstract: A piece of jewelry in the form of a necklace or bracelet which would have a permanently sealed, air-tight chamber within for secure containment of a small portion of the ashes of a loved one, baby teeth of a child, or a lock of hair of someone important to the user of the jewelry. The piece of jewerly may include more than one chamber for containment of ashes, teeth, or hair of more than one person important to the user. Also included is a method for sealing the same within such a piece of jewelry with silicone sealant. Applications may include, but are not limited to, use by grandparents to feel closer to a grandchild living at a remote distance from them, use by parents to commemorate important occasions involving their children, and use by boyfriends, girlfriends, and spouses for feeling closer to the one they love particularly when facing a separation, such as that required by military duty.

Abstract: A locket comprising a front cover and a back cover shaped to accommodate a leaf interposed between the covers when the locket is closed, wherein the leaf comprises an annular member having a central plane, a radially inner portion and a radially outer portion, the radially inner portion being thicker than the radially outer portion in a direction transverse to the central plane, such that the radially inner portion is thick enough to carry a photograph, picture etc whilst the radially outer portion is relatively thin thereby reducing the overall thickness of the locket.

Abstract: Dice and craps stick jewelry which includes a dice bracelet, a dice ring, a dice and craps stick belt buckle, a craps stick ring, a single-loop craps stick bracelet or ring, a dice and craps stick pendant, dice and craps stick earrings, a dice and craps stick tie tack, a dice and craps stick barrette, dice and craps stick shirt studs, a ring base charm bracelet, dice and craps stick cuff links, a craps stick offset ring, a dice and craps stick money clip, a dice and craps stick button cover, a dual craps stick pendant, a bezel disc craps stick pendant, a dice and craps stick charm and a craps stick pin. The dice and craps stick jewelry are each characterized by one or more miniature die attached to the dice contact leg of a miniature craps stick, the stick handle of which may be shaped in a spiral, as in the dice bracelet and dice ring or elongated, as in other dice and craps stick jewelry disclosed in the invention.

Abstract: An ornament including a compact-disc which comprises a concave ring, a size controlling device for securing a cutout portion formed in a part of the concave ring so to hold the compact-disc, and a device for attaching a chain to the size controlling device for suspending the concave ring by the size controlling device.

Abstract: A pendent defines a generally heart-shaped housing having an interior cavity formed therein and an internal heart-shaped aperture at its center. A planar support base is formed at the lower portion of the heart-shaped housing while an upwardly extending cylindrical neck portion is formed in the upper portion of the heart-shaped housing. A cap includes a cylindrical stopper receivable within the housing neck to provide closure of the interior cavity thereof. The heart-shaped housing interior cavity is divided by an interior wall into a closed sealed cavity portion which receives and supports a liquid and glitter particle combination. The remaining portion of the housing interior cavity is accessible through the neck portion to provide a refillable reservoir for liquids such as cologne, perfume or the like. A heart-shaped compact having mating half portions is receivable within the heart-shaped interior aperture of the housing and is securable to the pendent by a tight fit therebetween.

Abstract: A safe-sex device comprising an ornamental brooch that includes an emblem suggesting a message to a viewer that the wearer of the brooch carries a prophylactic against venereal infection, the emblem being positioned either inside or outside the clothing worn by the wearer. The brooch includes a clasp for removably attaching the emblem to the clothing. A packet having flexible foil walls containing the prophylactic, namely, a condom, is positioned in a packet holder that is removably mounted to the brooch located either behind the clothing out of sight of the viewer or external to the clothing behind the emblem. The packet holder has biasable holding walls that have a recess and a button that are located within the augmented borders of the condom, which is configured as a closed plane curve, so that the packet holder is removably gripped between the biasable holding walls.

Abstract: A brooch including a support fixed in a housing, two flaps pivotally coupled to the support, a rod fixed in the housing, a board fixed on the rod, two rotary members pivotally coupled to the board, and a shaft rotatably engaged on the rod and having two cams engaged with the flaps and the rotary members so as to rotate the flaps and the rotary members.

Abstract: An article of jewelry is disclosed having a separable housing positionable into a first open position and a second closed position. A plurality of photo holders are hingeably connected together so as to extend in side-by-side relationship from the housing when the housing is separated and to fold over upon themselves for storage inside the housing when the housing is in its second closed position. A releasable clamp secures the housing together when in its second closed position and a carrying chain is employed from which the housing downwardly depends. Each photo holder is centrally recessed to receive and mount a picture. The article is composed of either metal or plastic.

Abstract: A container for medications and the like is formed of two interfitting halves which are held together in gas-tight relation by a resiliently flexible seal, the resiliently flexible seal permitting ready separation of the container halves by an incapacitated person.

Abstract: A novelty which can be used as jewelry, pendants, pill or jewelry boxes, lockets and the like. The novelty includes a pair of opposed lobes which, when mated together, form a heart, and upon rotation of one lobe 180 degrees forms an ellipse. A pivoting means maintains the lobes tightly compressed while permitting rotation thereof. Compartments and chambers can be provided to permit the device to be used as a pillbox or a locket, as well as a piece of jewelry.

Abstract: An improved apparatus incorporated in a cast metal frame of circular configuration to allow one frame to accommodate similar objects of slightly different sizes and retain them therein to prevent rotation of the object within the cast frame. Further improvements are designed in the retaining means which rigidly hold the object in cast frames of circular, rectangular and oval configurations while at the same time allowing the retaining means to be easily removed.

Abstract: A pendant type capsule is provided to be worn on the person as jewelry and having within an air and water-tight cavity therewithin a small microfilm containing the medical history or medical and personal characteristics of the person carrying or wearing the jewerly together with a suitable light sensitive backing for or adjacent to the film to provide lighting characteristics, and a lens at the other end of the cavity, with the film and lens fixedly mounted to provide fixed focus for observing the medical history of the person without the necessity of using other devices.

Abstract: An information locket includes an outer housing having substantially parallel front back walls and a partial side wall, and an inner member which is pivotally connected between the front and back walls. The inner member includes a magnifying lens portion and an inner member side wall. The inner member has a storage position in which it is held between the front and back walls of outer housing with a portion of the inner member side wall forming the remaining portion of the outer housing side wall. An information bearing card, which contains personal and medical information printed in substantially reduced form, is held in a compartment formed by one surface of the magnifying lens and the inner member side wall. When the inner member is pivoted to a viewing position, the information bearing card may be removed from the compartment and read by looking through the magnifying lens portion of the inner member.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a locket portably suitable to be worn on a chain or cord around a person's neck, opens as a base and lid, of which the base supports the pivotally opening lid and also from within space thereof a microfilm support carrying removable, replaceable and disposable transparent plastic-encased microfilm viewable in magnification through a replaceable plastic magnifying glass wedge-mounted in the wall of the lid, the microfilm support being a short frame circumscribing a through space across which the microfilm is mounted, the microfilm transparent casing being stepped at its base and being mounted slidably into an insertion-slot space, and the frame being inexpensively a single structure formed into a hinge and mounting slot spring-biased outwardly to a viewing state and position from a compacted collapsed storage position down-position at which the lid is closed upon the base to form enclosure space storing the microfilm mounted on the microfilm support.

Abstract: An illuminated display is presented on an ornamental article through a lens carried by the article. The article has a case in which the lens is mounted which contains a miniature incandescent lamp adjacent to the lens providing the light for illuminating the display. The case also defines a battery compartment configured to hold a miniature electric battery which provides the energy for illuminating the lamp. The case also has mounted therein an externally accessible switch for selectively energizing and de-energizing the lamp.

Abstract: A frame apparatus is disclosed which may comprise a pendant for mounting a coin, the frame having a first and second section defining an opening in the center thereof, the opening having flanges on either face thereof, defining a groove in between them. The frame sections have inner faces that are abutable against one another and outer edges which are secured to one another. One of the frames has a series of indentations positioned along the outer edge whereas the outer frame section has a plurality of bosses extending from the outer edge which are received by the indentations when the inner faces of the frames abut one another. A typing member is positioned around the outer edge of the frame sections such as a coil spring received in a groove that extends downwardly from the outer edges towards the center of the opening.One end of the spring may be tapered for insertion into the opposite end of the spring to provide a removable connecting member.

Abstract: A coin carrying locket has a hollow compartment for the storage of at least one coin. A coin-receiving slot and a coin ejection slot are formed in a peripheral wall of the locket at spaced locations. A pair of springs are mounted within the locket. One of the springs biases the coin towards ejection from the ejection slot whereas the other spring prevents ejection of the coins and is pivotally mounted with a tab portion thereof extending through a wall of the locket for manipulation to permit the ejection of the coin.