Abstract: An earring stay consisting of two parts resembling in structure a pierced earring and furnishing when mounted a platform at each surface of the ear lobe such that screw-on earrings can be clamped firmly against the platforms and will not exert their pressure on the lobe. The parts include a tube portion and a shaft portion which enter the pierced lobe and which are smooth inside and out. The male shaft fits snugly inside the hollow tube portion of its female counterpart protruding through the aperture in the lobe, and is held thus by vacuum, friction, or the pressure of an attached earring clasp.

Abstract: The Earring Stay is a piece of jewelry similar to an earring in size, shape and composition. It differs from the conventional earring in that the two sections, when inserted into a pierced ear lobe, form a comfortable platform on each side of the ear lobe. Screw-on earrings can then be anchored securely to these platforms. The Earring Stay consists of two parts, one a hollow tube threaded on the inside, and connected to a thin disk, the other a threaded shaft connected to another thin disk. And these disks are the platforms of the Earring Stay. One of the platforms is provided with means, such as a circumferential lip, to prevent the screw-on earring from slipping off the platform.