Patents by Inventor Fay L. Waldron

Fay L. Waldron has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4803852
    Abstract: An earring for suspending any of a variety of charms or the like therefrom. The earring comprises a loop member and a mechanism on the backside of the loop member for attaching the loop member to an ear. The loop member has a generally narrow throat adapted for allowing a link of a charm to be pulled therethrough to attach or detach the charm to the earring, the throat being positioned along the loop member generally adjacent the attaching mechanism so that the throat is closed by the ear of the wearer when the earring is attached to the ear, thereby to secure the charm to the loop. Also disclosed is such an earring having a loop member spring-biased from an open position wherein the link of a charm may be passed through the throat toward a closed position wherein the throat is narrower than the link of a charm thereby to secure the charm to the loop member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Inventor: Fay L. Waldron