Patents by Inventor Joseph B. Rissin

Joseph B. Rissin 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).

  • Publication number: 20030182778
    Abstract: An ear-nut or jewelry clasp for gripping a post extending from the back of an earring or other piece of jewelry or ornament. The clasp has an added pair of gripping tabs which are preferably longer and/or wider or otherwise distinctive from the friction fingers which secure the post of the earring. These added gripping tabs facilitate gripping by the user when removing the clasp from the post. To further facilitate the gripping of these tabs, a metal separator in a round shape (or any open-shape that allows it to clear the post with room to spare, such as in the shape of an animal, an oval, a rectangle, square, sphere, or star, etc.) is affixed between the tabs to prevent them from being squeezed together by the pressure of the user's fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Joseph B. Rissin, Toby Rissin
  • Patent number: 6571579
    Abstract: An improved earring stabilizer that provides additional support, improved stability and added comfort to a wearer of earrings. The earring stabilizer is used to contact an earring wearer's ear and prevent the earrings from sagging on the ear of the wearer. More particularly, the earring stabilizer of the present invention consist of two extension bars and an earring stabilizer that may be cast, stamped, wire formed or manufactured to be a single, uniform article. Alternatively, the earring stabilizer may be secured to an earring retaining means through the use of a mount, by solder, or other attachment means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Rissin's Solutions, LLC.
    Inventor: Joseph B. Rissin
  • Publication number: 20020124364
    Abstract: An ear-nut or jewelry clasp for gripping a post extending from the back of an earring or other piece of jewelry or ornament. The clasp has a pair of gripping tabs 22 which are longer and/or wider than other parts of a clasp to facilitate gripping by the user when removing the clasp from the post. The clasp may also have a radially outward extending earring stabilizer to avoid ear lobe bending by heavy earrings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph B. Rissin, Toby Rissin
  • Patent number: 5906114
    Abstract: An earring stabilizer for assisting in the support of an earring, especially for use with earrings for pierced ears. The stabilizer comprises an extension bar and a contact member, where the contact member preferably presents a concave surface for a comfortable fit adjacent to the eminentia conchae of the wearer's ear. The stabilizer is designed to attach to the earring behind the wearer's ear, where the earring is supported on the lobule of the ear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Inventor: Joseph B. Rissin