Body Member Encircling Ornament Patents (Class 63/3)
  • Patent number: 11957222
    Abstract: Jewelry items having at least one rotating ornament to capture a wearer's or viewer's attention are disclosed. The jewelry item may be a ring or pendant having at least one axle. At least one ornament may be coupled about the axle and the ornament may be configured to spin or rotate around the axle as well as slide along the length of the axle. At least one prong may be coupled to the body of the jewelry item to hold a stone in a position above the axle and rotating ornaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MAURICE KRAIEM & COMPANY
    Inventors: Dmitry Marmershteyn, Desi Kraiem
  • Patent number: 11950666
    Abstract: A method includes the selection of a jewelry blank having a chamber for receiving a gem. The chamber is partially filled with a first layer of UV resin. Cremation remains are placed within the first layer of resin or on the surface of the first layer of resin. Then, UV light is used to cure the first layer of resin. A second layer of resin partially fills the remaining void and is cured. Diamond dust may be added to the top surface of the cured second layer. A final layer of protective resin is added into the remaining space of the chamber and cured to create the finished jewelry piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: EverWith Ltd.
    Inventor: Jonathan Burton
  • Patent number: 11937748
    Abstract: A method and system provide a portable container for carrying hand sanitizer that may include a wearable wristband dispenser. The wristband dispenser may be made of a material which is flexible and has bistable spring bands. The wristband may have materials in common with slap bracelets or snap bracelets. The wristband dispenser may have a substantially linear geometry in a first position, and then it may have a substantially circular geometry after the wristband dispenser is “slapped” or “snapped” around wrist of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Andy Alexander Hilgers
  • Patent number: 11904100
    Abstract: A therapeutic cognitive focus device for improving the cognitive focus of a user in a learning environment by providing a variety of tactile sensations for the user is described. The device includes a strap having ends adaptable to form a bracelet or the like, and having various focus elements attached to or formed on the strap for a user to engage in hyperactive movements to increase cognitive focus. A first focus element comprising at least one rotatable bead, a second focus element comprising a plurality of fabric paint patterns, and a third focus element comprising at least one adjustable string having various shaped weighted ends, each providing a variety of tactile sensations when engaged by the user. The tactile sensations provided to the user when operating the device contribute to increasing cognitive focus when used in a learning environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Glinski, Tom Kleine
  • Patent number: 11857031
    Abstract: Attachment systems for attaching a wearable electronic device to a user including a sizing band and a retaining band are disclosed. The retaining band can include a plug assembly (e.g., actuatable button, retractable arms, etc.) configured to be inserted in a selected eyelet of the sizing band. Upon insertion into the eyelet, the plug assembly can resist unintended separation of the sizing and retaining band by increasing its outer dimension. Release can be achieved by allowing the user to decrease the outer dimension of the plug assembly so that removal from the selected eyelet is easily achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Yuvraj Singh
  • Patent number: 11853030
    Abstract: A smart ring includes a body including flexible material, a first part, a second part removably connected to the first part, and at least one pair of break-away portions disposed within the body separate from the first part and the second part. One or more of a battery, a charging unit, a processor unit, a user input unit, a communication unit, a memory unit, at least one sensor unit, an output unit or a user input unit is disposed in or on one of the first part and the second part. Each of the break-away portions of the pair of break-away portions is removable from the other break-away portion upon movement of one break-away portion in a direction away from the other break-away portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BLUEOWL, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Jason Sanchez
  • Patent number: 11849818
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of commemorating at least one special date for an individual with a customized jewelry design. The method comprises selecting at least one day, from numbers 1 through 31, and at least one month, from numbers 1 through 12, that the individual wishes to commemorate; placing at least one first design element which corresponds to the at least one selected day on a base element, said base element divided into sixty visible or invisible segments to represent a clock face with a top point on the clock face representing noon or midnight and referred to as a zero point, wherein the placement of the at least one first design element represents at least one minute hand of the clock and placing at least one second design element which corresponds to the at least one selected month on the base element, wherein the placement of the at least one second design element represents at least one hour hand of the clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Steven J. Bauer
  • Patent number: 11825921
    Abstract: A modifiable jewelry system. The modifiable jewelry system may include a main jewelry body, wherein the main jewelry body may include a track along at least a portion of the main jewelry body and a securing component. The modifiable jewelry system may further include one or more attachable/detachable components, the one or more attachable/detachable components may include a decorative portion and a retaining body portion, wherein the retaining body portion may be configured to be received by the track of the main body, and wherein the received retaining body portion may be releasable retained within an internal portion of the track via the securing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Katherine Irene Canivet, Daniel Wallace Canivet, Douglas Wallace Canivet
  • Patent number: 11800912
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rotary adjustable watch band comprising a rectangular housing with a rotary gear extending therethrough, a tab extends upwardly from the housing, a fastener extending down from the housing and the fastener being in communication with the rotary gear whereby rotation of the rotary gear incrementally spaces the fastener from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventor: Crayton Caswell
  • Patent number: 11744335
    Abstract: A ring accessory comprises an outer loop and an elastic piece placed in the outer loop. The outer loop comprises a lateral loop and a top cover located above the lateral loop. The top cover has a hole for a ring head passing through. An inner side of the top cover at an edge of the hole comprises at least three deep recesses, and a shallow recess between every two adjacent deep recesses. A distance from the deep recess to hole center is greater than a distance from the shallow recess to the hole center. The elastic piece has recesses corresponding to the deep recesses and shallow recesses on the top cover. The elastic piece is an annulus with a wave shape, the elastic piece deep recesses are located at the bottom of the wave, and the elastic piece shallow recesses are located at the top of the wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen Aimeng Technology, LTD
    Inventor: Huabin Yao
  • Patent number: 11696625
    Abstract: Prayer devices are provide that include (i) a multi-point connector comprising a first-connecting-structure and a second-connecting-structure and (ii) a hoop-component including a first end and a second end, in which the first-connecting-structure is configured to releasably or permanently engage the first end of the hoop-component and the second-connecting-structure is configured to releasably engage the second end of the hoop-component. The prayer devices may also include at least one bead directly or indirectly mounted, such as slidably mounted, on the hoop-component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MY MISSION MESSAGE, LLC
    Inventor: Melissa Lyn McCoury
  • Patent number: 11659900
    Abstract: A wearable accessory for storing and dispensing liquid and a method of using the same are provided. The accessory can include a housing having a loop structure with a through-hole configured to receive a hand of a user therethrough, and a liquid container enclosed within the housing. The through-hole can be sized for the user's lower arm. The liquid container can include a first end having a sealable opening for adding liquid for storing and dispensing, and a second end in fluid communication with a nozzle opening recessed in an external surface on the front side of the housing. The nozzle opening can be configured to receive and dispense a volume of atomized liquid from a sprayer coupled to the second end of the liquid container when the sprayer is activated by an actuator integrated into the housing. The recessed nozzle opening prevents the user from contacting the sprayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Koren, Benjamin Samuel Koren
  • Patent number: 11523663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to accessories for which small gemstones can be utilized and a method for manufacturing same. The technical gist of the present invention is to firmly fix small gemstones, which are difficult to use due to the small size thereof, to accessories (rings, bracelets, or earrings) by a simple method, and minimize the deformation of earrings due to heat by welding a wire to the earrings with laser, thereby reducing manufacturing cost and increasing completeness of products (accessories).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: JIT & CO CO., LTD
    Inventor: Hyo Min Lim
  • Patent number: 11503883
    Abstract: A band accessory includes a first accessory component and a second accessory component which slidably engage each other for attachment to a wearable band. The accessory components each include an upper strip and a lower strip that are laterally spaced by a connector strip. The first upper strip has a top surface that includes a decorative feature. An upper track groove is formed in one of the accessory components, and a rail is formed in the other accessory component, such that the upper rail slidably engages the upper track groove. At least one magnet on the first and/or second accessory components secures the first and second accessory components in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: 3B International Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Jeff Anthony Bray
  • Patent number: 11406166
    Abstract: An illuminable hair attachment assembly for providing remotely controlled illumination includes a hair attachment, which in turn comprises a shell. At least one face of the shell is substantially transparent. A bulb is engaged to the shell and is positioned in the shell. A fastener engaged to the shell can engage a lock of hair. The hair attachment is one of a plurality of hair attachments, at least one of which has a microprocessor, a battery, and a first transceiver engaged to and positioned in the shell. The microprocessor is operationally engaged to the battery and the first transceiver. The shells are selectively mutually couplable so that all the bulbs of mutually coupled hair attachments are operationally engaged to the microprocessor. Programming code positioned on an electronic device of a user and enables the electronic device to signal the microprocessor to selectively actuate the bulbs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Jasu Robinson-Okai
  • Patent number: 11397451
    Abstract: A highly convenient electronic device used while being worn on a body is provided. The electronic device is an arm-worn electronic device including a display panel, a power storage device, a circuit, and a sealing structure. The display panel displays an image with power supplied from the power storage device. The circuit includes an antenna and charges the power storage device wirelessly. Inside the sealing structure, the display panel, the power storage device, and the circuit are provided. The sealing structure includes a portion that transmits visible light. The sealing structure can be worn on an arm or is connected to a structure body that can be worn on an arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yoshitani, Hideaki Kuwabara, Natsuko Takase
  • Patent number: 11347263
    Abstract: An arm-worn electronic device used while being worn on an arm is proposed. A novel device that includes a display portion having a curved surface, a secondary battery having a curved surface, and a member for being worn on a user's upper arm so that the display portion and the secondary battery are worn on the user's upper arm. Part of the display portion overlaps with the secondary battery. The novel device is useful for workers in the manufacturing industry and the distribution industry, police officers, fire fighters, health workers, care workers, sales people who work with their hands when it is worn on their arms. The novel device can also be used as military equipment or a wearable computer that assists a user who operates a vehicle or a plane, for the military's sake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11241068
    Abstract: A stretchable watch band can include braided strands that provide a comfortable fit around the wrist of the user. The watch band can stretch and conform to the user based on the elasticity within each strand and based on the ability of the strands to move relative to each other. End sections of the watch band can include attachment elements that securely connect the watch band to a housing of the watch. The end sections can be configured to releasable connect to the housing in a manner that is reliable and easy for a user. Additionally, the watch band can provide a smooth transition from the size and/or shape of the housing to a size and/or shape of a continuous section of the watch band. Additionally, the watch band can conceal portions thereof other than the braided strands when connected to the housing of the watch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy S. Lui, Osamu Yabe, Zebinah P. Masse, Clayton J. McCoy, Benjamin A. Stevenson, Hsiang Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 11160720
    Abstract: A massage aid takes the form of a ring configured to be worn on a body part, such as a finger, of a user and, once activated, creates a vibration which emanates from the ring and through the finger. In accordance with the invention, the ring includes an eccentric load mounted for rotation relative to an inner ring such that, upon the circumferential rotation of the eccentric load about the inner ring, vibrations are created and transferred to throughout the finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Novelle Medco, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis Edward Dietrich
  • Patent number: 10925357
    Abstract: The ornamental ring for fingers comprises: one crown element to be fitted around a finger of a user and having an inner hollow space; and adjusting means of the inner diameter of the crown element comprising at least two adjusting elements movable between an enclosed configuration wherein the inner diameter is minimum and an enlarged configuration wherein the inner diameter is maximum; in which the adjusting means comprise an elastic element of annular shape inserted into the inner space and interposed between the crown element and the adjusting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventor: Andres Mauricio Zuluaga Escobar
  • Patent number: 10893725
    Abstract: Rubber silicone bracelets are a popular type of wristband worn today; however, they lack in both customization of content as well as size. The biggest problem with current wristbands is that they are designed for a single cause and are manufactured to represent one specific purpose. The new customizable wristband has a unique design of linking together elastic panels and rigid connectors. It's design allows users to combine links containing different images, words or phrases and connecting those links to form a band. This gives an individual the ability to not only change the look and size of the band but to display the things they are passionate about into a single wristband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventor: Brandon Wolf
  • Patent number: 10772397
    Abstract: Jewelry that includes a topographical feature of a selected geographic location is made by obtaining topographic data for a geographic area around the selected location. The data is then used to create a topographic surface that is representative of the topography of the area and the 3D surface is adjusted for scale, viewpoint, and other features and merged with a template for a piece of jewelry. The resulting merged object is printed and the printed object is cast to produce a piece of jewelry that includes a topographic representation of the selected location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventor: Courtney Reckord
  • Patent number: 10729209
    Abstract: A watch strap with a plurality of quickly interchangeable, decorative plates attached to express a person's characteristic or style. The watch strap allows for the removal of decorative plates on the watch strap via manipulating a “tab” attached to the plates. Another variation of the invention is to depress a button, attached to the plate, beneath the watch strap. The plates may also be removably secured via a plurality of screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventors: Smith Blanc, Jamarl Kevin Simon, Claude Cadet
  • Patent number: 10463117
    Abstract: Disclosed is an operable bracelet. The operable bracelet enables a user to wrap around the operable bracelet on a body part of the user to support at least one hair accessory. The operable bracelet comprising a bracelet body having an oval or a circular shape; at least one retaining feature extended along with circumference of outer side of the operable bracelet to accommodate the at least one hair accessory; at least one elevated feature positioned on outer side of the operable bracelet in parallel to the at least one retaining feature and elevated above the bracelet body, configured to elevated the at least one hair accessory from the at least one retaining feature to make the at least one hair accessory accessible for removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventor: Carl Jarecki
  • Patent number: 10429888
    Abstract: This invention is a wearable computer display device for the wrist and/or forearm with an upper distal-to-proximal extension and one or more forearm-extending computer displays. It has a gap or opening below the upper distal-to-proximal extension into which a garment sleeve can be inserted. This enables a person to the see the computer displays even when the person is wearing a long-sleeve garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 10152082
    Abstract: Wearable electronic devices that provide robustness against variations in user form are described. The wearable electronic devices include a set of pod structures arranged in an annular configuration having a variable circumference, with adaptive physical coupling between adjacent pairs of pod structures. Adaptive physical coupling advantageously accommodates different user sizes, forms, and movements and enhances the overall ergonomics of the wearable electronic devices. Adaptive physical coupling also maintains substantially constant and/or equal angular spacing between components of the wearable electronic devices regardless of the form of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: NORTH INC.
    Inventor: Matthew Bailey
  • Patent number: 9775413
    Abstract: A versatile jewelry includes a main body having a inner surface arranged to be worn against the wrist and an outer surface opposite the inner surface. First and second end portions define a clearance sized to receive the wrist when the main body is donned by the user. A circumferential groove is formed in the main body. A hair band is adapted to be selectively disposed within the groove and to span the clearance at a height above the inner surface. The main body is arranged to substantially hold the hair band in place when the hair band is disposed in the groove. The hair band has an elasticity and the main body has a rigidity arranged to resist the elasticity of the hair band and to distribute pressure from the hair band away from the wrist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: AST DESIGN, LLC
    Inventors: Arni Thor Ingimundarson, Shireen Maria Thor
  • Patent number: 9770076
    Abstract: A versatile jewelry includes a semi-rigid or rigid main body defining a circumferential groove. The main body has first and second opposing end portions with a clearance therebetween sized to receive a user's wrist. At least one hair accessory is adapted to be disposed in the groove and span the clearance. The at least one hair accessory has an elasticity and the main body has a rigidity arranged to resist the elasticity of the at least one hair accessory without deformation of the main body and to distribute pressure from the at least one hair accessory away from the wrist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: AST DESIGN, LLC
    Inventors: Arni Thor Ingimundarson, Shireen Maria Thor
  • Patent number: 9765551
    Abstract: A housing comprised of substantially arced configured first and second pieces pivotally coupled with one another to form an enclosure that defines a substantially circular-cylindrical hole for encompassing and securing an article therein. The housing includes a magnetic switch for resetting an internal alarm system of the EAS alarm tag to OFF, an interlocking sensor switch and an auxiliary sensor switch for arming the EAS alarm tag. When both the interlock sensor switch and the auxiliary sensor switch are closed, the internal alarm system of the EAS alarm tag is armed and set to ON, and if any one of the interlocking sensor switch and the auxiliary sensor switch is tampered, an alarm (external the EAS alarm tag and or) of the EAS alarm tag is triggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Universal Surveillance Corporation
    Inventors: Adel O. Sayegh, Edgardo Redublo, Weiliang Tong, Mingxing Chen
  • Patent number: 9629425
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to jewelry articles comprising a substrate and a metallic, external coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Frederick Goldman, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Derrig
  • Patent number: 9609922
    Abstract: The present invention provides a band for encircling another object with latch attachment. The band includes a plurality of layers, combined together in a stacked arrangement, where the front side facing of the first layer will form a front side facing of the band, and the back side facing of the last layer will form a back side facing of the band. A latch attachment including a latch connection point, where the latch attachment is located between two adjacent layers of the plurality of layers at an internal position along a length of the band proximate to one end of the band, but still a distance away from an edge of said one end of the band. Each layer between the location of the latch attachment within the stack of the plurality of layers and the back side facing of the band has a corresponding aligned opening in the layer for exposing the latch connection point through the back side facing of the band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventor: Toshihiro Fujimura
  • Patent number: 9445652
    Abstract: A mechanism for manually rotating decorative items, such as a gemstone, on an item of jewelry. The mechanism includes a circular ring gear that engages gears formed on a manually rotated crown member and on the mounting securing for the decorative items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Inventor: Elias Yousef
  • Patent number: 9433265
    Abstract: A wrist-worn bracelet displaying health indicators constructed to ensure correct and optimal fitting on a wrist of user for the effective detection of functioning of human body. The wrist-worn bracelet includes a first wristband portion and a second wristband portion connected to the first wristband portion to form a closed loop. The second wristband portion includes at least one inwardly-bent portion. A contour of the at least one inwardly-bent portion is capable of being changed by heating and bending the inwardly-bent portion so that an inner diameter of the closed loop is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Shiung Chang, Shu-Chen Chuang, Chia-Hsin Chang, Hsin-Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 9072348
    Abstract: A jewelry piece in which the precious stone is replaced with an apparatus comprising a screen, wherein the apparatus is capable of receiving from a smart phone and displaying on the screen an image a user selects from a plurality of choices, in order to make the jewelry piece appear as having a particular precious stone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Inventor: Javid Vahid
  • Publication number: 20150143846
    Abstract: A bracelet apparatus may include a first ring shaped portion forming an orifice. The first ring shaped portion may be substantially rigid and may include a first connection portion positioned on a first side of the first ring shaped portion and a second connection portion positioned on an opposite second side of the first ring shaped portion. The first and second connection portions may be in a fixed relation to each other. The first and second connection portions may form a connection mechanism. The first connection portion may include an external connection device and the second connection portion may include an internal connection device. The first connection portion may include a portion of external thread and the second connection portion may include a portion of internal thread. The ring shaped portion may have a variety of different shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Kinekt Design, LLC
    Inventors: Glen Liberman, Rachel Liberman, Jess Fugler
  • Patent number: 9034488
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to jewelry articles comprising a substrate and a metallic, external coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Frederick Goldman, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Derrig
  • Publication number: 20150124573
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an external part of a timepiece, including: providing a metallic base made of a first material including titanium and/or a first titanium alloy; providing at least one metallic cover plate made of a second material, the second material including a second metal chosen from among gold or platinum, and/or a second alloy including at least gold or platinum, the at least one cover plate being of a thickness greater than or equal to 0.5 millimeters; brazing the cover plate onto the base with a braze material chosen for brazing titanium with gold or respectively platinum to form a bimetallic blank; and shaping the bimetallic blank to give the external part its final form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventor: Daniel Knuchel
  • Publication number: 20150114038
    Abstract: The JR Model Bracelet has any number of uses, but it is mainly designed for use as an emergency leash string replacement for surfboards/surfers/surfing. A functional surfing and fashion accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Andrew Loden
  • Patent number: 9010146
    Abstract: The specification describes a wearable decorative article comprising at least first and second separate body components selectively inter-relatable with each other in a predetermined order of assembly to thereby define a unitary article, such as, for example, a ring, pendant, watch, etc. When the at least first and second separate body components are assembled to define the unitary article, at least the first and second separate body components further define a bounded opening dimensioned to receive a retaining member, such as, for instance, a finger or neck-encircling band, wrist, etc. therein. The unitary article is characterized in that it can be completely disassembled into the at least first and second separate body components only if a retaining member is not present in the bounded opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventor: Nava Wiegert
  • Patent number: 8998484
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a method for forming a watch strap part includes the steps of: placing an insert plate within a mold; and injecting a moldable material into the mold around the insert plate so as to at least partially embed the insert plate and form a body of the watch strap part with the insert plate defining a floor of a recessed portion formed in the body of the watch strap part. The recessed portion is configured to receive a decorative insert that is securely attached to the insert plate and provides a decorative appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Inventor: Pascal Savoy
  • Patent number: 8973399
    Abstract: A charm for a chain and/or ribbon and/or belt in the form of a necklace, a bracelet or the like, characterized in that this charm is provided with a time-rendering device and optionally an insert to facilitate securement of the charm to the chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Timebeads, LLC
    Inventors: Kent R. Heiden, Kris Gielen
  • Publication number: 20150052943
    Abstract: A wristband for wear upon the wrist of a wearer includes a band member having a continuous length configured to encircle the wrist of a wearer, the band member having an outer surface oriented away from the wearer's body and an opposed inner surface oriented against the wearer's body. The wristband includes at least a first ornament selectively and interchangeably coupled to an outer surface of the band member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Shaen R. Inglis
  • Publication number: 20150007609
    Abstract: A jewelry setting having a first appearance in ambient light a second appearance displaying an embedded design in ultraviolet light. The setting is formed from first and second groups of gemstones that have the same color quality in ambient light. The second group of gemstones that form the embedded design, have a different color quality when subject to the ultraviolet light. When the setting is subjected to ultraviolet light the second group of gemstones fluoresces to display the embedded image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Simon Zelikman
  • Patent number: 8927107
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a coated jewelry article or a coated component of a jewelry article, comprising a jewelry article or a component of a jewelry article, a first metallic coating, and a second metallic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Frederick Goldman, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Derrig
  • Publication number: 20140360228
    Abstract: A fabric wrap jewelry item embodiment includes an elongate strip of fabric having a width, an elongate length, and two ends, wherein the elongate length is sized to wrap at least twice around an appendage of a wearer and the ends connected together to form a loop of fabric material, and a pendant affixed to the elongate strip of fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Amy Lori Cochrane
  • Patent number: 8904820
    Abstract: A wearable dining utensil comprises a rigid function portion for engaging food, a holder for holding the dining utensil, a shapeable connector having a third linking part and a fourth linking part for fixing a bendable portion, and a fifth linking part having an outlet for linking with the fourth linking part. One end of the rigid function portion also serves as a male linker and the opposite end has a first linking part. One end of the holder serves as a female linker for linking with the male linker, and the opposite end has a second linking part. When the female linker is linked with the male linker, the dining utensil forms a loop, and when the outlet is linked with the fourth linking part, the dining utensil forms a regular utensil. According to various connecting profiles, the dining utensils can form a bracelet, necklace or an ornament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Inventor: Yu-Chiuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20140345322
    Abstract: A multi- piece jewelry is disclosed where the jewelry is formed of interlockable and interchangeable circular elements. The multi-piece jewelry of this disclosure allows the user to easily assemble the elements of the jewelry in various designs without any tools. A kit comprising the elements is also disclosed to combine the elements in different ways to form a number of different designs. The jewelry of this invention may be a bracelet or ring. The kit may also comprise pendants, earrings, hair accessories or other jewelry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Ashot Logian, Arthur Sargsyan
  • Publication number: 20140345321
    Abstract: An article of jewelry for wearing on the body may comprise a sintered polycrystalline diamond compact with substantially no metal catalyst. As many of the metal catalysts commonly used in the art are known to cause skin irritation, such a sintered compact with substantially no metal catalyst may be more biocompatible than previously known. A method for forming such a biocompatible sintered polycrystalline diamond compact comprises mixing diamond powder and metal catalyst powder into a mixture and sintering the mixture under elevated temperature and pressure conditions to form a sintered compact. The sintered compact may then be leached in an acid or other solution to substantially remove the metal catalyst from the sintered compact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Ronald B. Crockett, Neil Cannon
  • Publication number: 20140338398
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly system including first and second parts each including a blind recess and at least one third part including a through hole. According to the invention, the assembly system further includes a permanent securing device including a pin mounted in the through hole of the at least one third part, the pin including, at a first end, a first means of locking one of the first and second parts in its blind recess, and a socket whose external wall includes a second means of locking the other of the first and second parts in its blind recess, and whose internal wall is welded to the second end of the pin in order to join the first, second and at least one third parts to each other with no plastic deformation of the first and second parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Comadur S.A.
    Inventors: Alain GEISER, Sylvain Boucard
  • Publication number: 20140298858
    Abstract: A bracelet includes a first wristband portion having a first connecting end and a first lock end opposite to the first connecting end, a second wristband portion having a second connecting end and a second lock end opposite to the second connecting end, and a lock mechanism. The seconded connecting end is rotatably connected to the first connecting end. The first lock end is connected to the second lock end, thereby locking the first wristband portion and the second wristband portion together to surrounding a receiving space for receiving a user's wrist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: MING-SHIUNG CHANG, CHIA-HSIN CHANG, PAO-CHING MAO, SHIH-KUO TSAI, HSIN-WEI WANG