Jewelry organizer with cushioned pads and strips
The uniqueness off this present invention to the art is the detachable, cushioned pads and strips, along with the use of loop and hook fasteners. This uniqueness enables the jewelry lover to view, organize, retrieve, and replace jewelry effortlessly. This present invention is a compact jewelry organizer. Its design is to store numerous pairs of earrings, necklaces, bracelets, bangles, pendants, and rings while utilizing a minimal amount of space. This container is compact, and permits a view of all jewelry at a glance without having to finger through different containers or compartments.
I CLAIM THE BENEFIT OF EARLIER PROVISIONAL APPLICATION NUMBER: 60/649,005—FILED ON Feb. 1, 2005.
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCHNOT APPLICABLE
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BACKGROUND FIELD OF INVENTIONThis invention relates to the problem of organizing, selecting, displaying, and storing jewelry. Numerous attempts for improvements have been made with diverse containers such as compartmented boxes, padded trays, and hanging apparatuses. Prior art has proved to be cumbersome and awkward to work with for those who house numerous jewelry pieces.
DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ARTThere have been countless attempts to invent an apparatus that fulfills the need of storing and organizing jewelry. Prior art in this field has been cluttered with an incalculable amount of jewelry boxes and other storage devices. Prior inventions have failed to alleviate the inconvenience and clutter of storing numerous pieces of jewelry in a user-friendly manner.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,474,466 to Barahona (2002) and U.S. Pat. No. 5,121,833 to Lindsay, et al. (1992) and U.S. Pat. No. 4,923,069 Germain et al. (1990) show devices that hold a plurality of pairs of earrings, as present invention. Although said prior art holds a plurality of pairs of earrings, it handles awkwardly, and is impractical for daily use. Earrings are generally stored in drawers and compartments of jewelry boxes or jewelry organizers. U.S. Pat. No. 5,692,605 Lai (1997), an example of a jewelry box with a compartment commonly used for storing earrings. Storing earrings in drawers or compartments, as such, creates clutter, and an opportunity for the earrings to entangle. It is also frustrating, as well as time consuming to dig and finger through drawers and compartments looking for earrings or other jewelry pieces.
OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGEHence, besides the objects and advantages of the pads and strips already mentioned, several objects and advantages of this invention are:
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- (a) to provide a beautiful jewelry organizer in which to store a numerous pairs of earrings, without the risk of entanglement of earrings.
- (b) to provide a way to view the display of earrings, and other jewelry at a glance, without the searching and fingering through a drawer or compartment.
- (c) to provide a user friendly way of retrieving and replacing earrings by detaching earring cushions.
- (d) to provide an easy way of organizing jewelry by placing earring, ring, and strip cushions in a desired arrangement.
Further objects and advantages are to: 1) effectively utilize less area of space than is commonly required to house a jewelry collection of the average jewelry lover, and 2) to have the ability to display a collection of jewelry in a well planned, user friendly, lustrous manner.
DRAWINGSIn the drawings, closely related figures have the same number but different alphabetic suffixes.
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- 11 inside lining cloth
- 12 inside hook fastener strip
- 13 door lining cloth
- 14 door hook fastener strip
- 15 inside base of wooden box
- 16 length side of box
- 17 width side of box
- 18 door
- 19 hinge
- 20 earring cushion
- 21 eyelet
- 22 earring loop fastener patch
- 23 earring pad
- 24 cushion strip
- 25 strip pad
- 26 strip loop fastener patch
- 27 strip loop fastener
- 28 strip hook fastener
- 29 ring cushion strip
- 30 bracket
The earring cushion 20 is constructed with 2 pieces of satin type fabric that encloses an earring pad 23 (
The earring cushion 20 has a loop fastener patch 22 sewn to the back of it (
The cushion strip 24 has loop fastener sewn along the length of the front of it (
Operation
The manner of utilizing the jewelry organizer is unlike the use of prior art jewelry boxes and jewelry organizers. After selecting the jewelry item at a glance the user will pull an earring cushion from the jewelry organizer to remove a pair of earrings or pendant, and then replace the earring cushion. The user will detach the roll of a cushion strip to remove a necklace, bracelet, or bangle, then re-roll and attach. The user will detach the roll of a cushion strip to remove a ring from a ring cushion strip, then re-roll and attach.
(1) The user, facing jewelry organizer, will open the door of wooden box (
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(3) Necklaces, bracelets, and bangles are housed on a cushion strip 24. Close all clasps and hooks on said jewelry and place the circle of the jewelry on the end of cushion strip 24 (
(4) Rings are placed on a ring cushion strip 29. The circle of the ring is placed on the end of the ring cushion strip 26. Then pull the bottom-end of the ring cushion strip up, towards the top of the cushion strip and stop at adjusted size and attach the strip hook fastener 28 (
(5) The sole purpose of the use of brackets 30 (
Claims
1. A beautiful compact jewelry organizer designed to securely store numerous pairs of earrings, necklaces, bracelets, bangles, pendants, and rings. Jewelry is viewed at a glance, and is easily retrieved. Detachable cushions make organizing, retrieving, and replacing jewelry easy.
2. Earring cushions are used to store earring without the risk of entanglement of earrings. Earrings such as post-type with clasp, clip-on, hook, and lever back are kept on an earring cushion. Earrings are worn on the earring cushion much like earrings are worn on the human ear.
Type: Application
Filed: Jan 31, 2006
Publication Date: Aug 3, 2006
Inventor: Stephanie Roberts (Chattanooga, TN)
Application Number: 11/344,482
International Classification: A45C 11/04 (20060101);