JEWELRY CONCEALMENT APPARATUS
An illustrated view of an exemplary jewelry concealment apparatus for concealing jewelry and preventing potential theft is presented. The jewelry concealment apparatus is useful for a diversion to thieves searching for jewelry to steal when invading a home, office, etc. Also, the jewelry concealment apparatus is useful providing an enhancement to a room or other area. The apparatus has a vessel, a lid and a flower arrangement. The vessel is void in the interior and is preferably a vase. The lid is substantially flat. One or more coupling devices are coupled to a bottom of the platform when the bottom is coupled to a top edge of a top of the vessel. The one or more couplings may be the same or different and are preferably hooks. Items such as jewelry are removably coupled to the couplings. A bottom of the flower arrangement is removably coupled to a top of the platform. A top of the flower arrangement is a flowering group that is preferably artificial.
This invention relates to jewelry storage. More particularly, it relates to concealment of jewelry while being storage.
BACKGROUNDJewelry consists of small decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewelry may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for example. For many centuries metal, often combined with gemstones, has been the normal material for jewelry, but other materials such as shells and other plant materials may be used. It is one of the oldest types of archaeological artefact—with 100,000-year-old beads made from Nasserist shells thought to be the oldest known jewelry.
The basic forms of jewelry vary between cultures but are often extremely long-lived; in European cultures the most common forms of jewelry listed above have persisted since ancient times, while other forms such as adornments for the nose or ankle, important in other cultures, are much less common.
Jewelry may be made from a wide range of materials. Gemstones and similar materials such as amber and coral, precious metals, beads, and shells have been widely used, and enamel has often been important. In most cultures' jewelry can be understood as a status symbol, for its material properties, its patterns, or for meaningful symbols.
Jewelry has been made to adorn nearly every part of the body, from hairpins to toe rings, and even genital jewelry. The patterns of wearing jewelry between the sexes, and by children and older people can vary greatly between cultures, but adult women have been the most consistent wearers of jewelry; in modern European culture the amount worn by adult males is relatively low compared with other cultures and other periods in European culture.
A cabinet is a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers for storing miscellaneous items. Cabinets usually have one or more doors on the front, which are mounted with door hardware, and occasionally a lock. Cabinets may have one or more doors, drawers, and/or shelves. Short cabinets often have a finished surface on top that can be used for display or storage for items such as jewelry.
There are obvious risks associated with keeping valuable jewelry, gem in your home, but you cannot simply keep everything you own in a storage locker or safe. After all, the whole point of owning a stunning pair of diamond earrings or is so you can enjoy it. If you simply lock your valuables away and keep them out of sight, you rob yourself of their enjoyment and make your life a little less fun. Often times, locks are easy prey for a thief once they know are can tell where jewelry is hidden.
In light of the foregoing, it would be desirable to devise an improved a storage apparatus to store jewelry such that it is inconspicuous to thieves who are in search of jewelry items.
The phrases “in one embodiment,” “in various embodiments,” “in some embodiments,” and the like are used repeatedly. Such phrases do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. The terms “comprising,” “having,” and “including” are synonymous, unless the context dictates otherwise. Such terms do not generally signify a closed list.
“Above,” “adhesive,” “affixing,” “any,” “around,” “both,” “bottom,” “by,” “comprising,” “consistent,” “customized,” “enclosing,” “friction,” “in,” “labeled,” “lower,” “magnetic,” “marked,” “new,” “nominal,” “not,” “of,” “other,” “outside,” “outwardly,” “particular,” “permanently,” “preventing,” “raised,” “respectively,” “reversibly,” “round,” “square,” “substantial,” “supporting,” “surrounded,” “surrounding,” “threaded,” “to,” “top,” “using,” “wherein,” “with,” or other such descriptors herein are used in their normal yes-or-no sense, not as terms of degree, unless context dictates otherwise.
Reference is now made in detail to the description of the embodiments as illustrated in the drawings. While embodiments are described in connection with the drawings and related descriptions, there is no intent to limit the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein. On the contrary, the intent is to cover all alternatives, modifications and equivalents. In alternate embodiments, additional devices, or combinations of illustrated devices, may be added to, or combined, without limiting the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein.
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The jewelry concealment apparatus 100 is preferably ten (10) inches in height, however other heights are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, eight (8) inches, twelve (12) inches, etc. The jewelry concealment apparatus 100 is preferably four (4) inches in width, however other widths are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, three (3) inches, five (5) inches, etc.
The jewelry concealment apparatus 100 has a vessel 200, a platform 300 and a floral arrangement 400.
The vessel 200 is preferably a vase, however other vessels are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, a tube, a planter, a box, etc. The vessel 100 is preferably made of a porcelain material, however other materials are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, aluminum, plastic, paper-mache, copper, etc.
The vessel 200 has a plurality of sides 201, 202, 203, 204, a top 205, a bottom 206 and an interior 207. The bottom 206 of the vessel 200 is useful to set on a surface and provide stability to the vessel 200. The bottom 206 of the vessel 200 is preferably flat but may have some undulations and or flexibility such that the vessel sets level on an uneven surface.
The sides 201, 202, 203, 204 of the vessel 200 preferably have a decorative shape. The sides 201, 202, 203, 204 of the vessel 200 are preferably decorated but may remain undecorated as desired.
The top 205 of the vessel 200 is preferably open, such that access to the interior 207 of the vessel 200. The top 205 of the vessel 200 has a top edge 208. The interior 207 of the vessel 200 of the vessel 200 is substantially void, but may have be less than a substantial portion void thereby attributing weight to the vessel 200 and adding stability.
The platform 300 has a top 301, a bottom 302 and a plurality of coupling devices 303. The platform 300 is preferably substantially the same size as the top 205 of the vessel 200. The top 301 of the platform 300 is preferably substantially flat. The bottom 302 of the platform 300 is removably coupled to the top edge 208 of the top 205 of the vessel 200.
A top end 305 of each of the plurality of coupling devices 303 of the platform 300 are securely and and/or removably coupled to the bottom 302 of the platform 300. The coupling devices 303 of the platform 300 are preferably a hook shape, however other types of coupling devices are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, netting, bags, etc. The coupling devices 303 of the platform 300 are useful to holding items 304. The items 304 are preferably jewelry, however other smaller types items are hereby contemplated, including but not limited to, wallet, watch, etc.
The coupling devices 303 of the platform 300 is preferably made of a plastic material, however other materials are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, metal such as steel, aluminum, titanium, poly-vinyl chloride (PVC), etc. The coupling device 303 may each be the same or may be a different type of coupling device as desired. One or more of the plurality of coupling devices 303 of the platform 300 may have a hook shape 306. The hook shape 306 of the coupling device 303 of the platform 300 are useful to hang items 304 such that entanglement is limited and ease of adding or removing the item 304 from the jewelry concealment apparatus 100 is efficient and easy.
The floral arrangement 400 is preferably artificial, although real flowers as desired. The floral arrangement 400 has a top 401 and a bottom 402. The top 401 of the floral arrangements 400 are a flower grouping. The flower grouping is preferably artificial, however the flowering grouping of the top 401 of the floral arrangement 400 may be hereby real flowers as desired.
The bottom 402 of the floral arrangement 400 is removably coupled to the top 301 of the platform 300. The bottom 402 of the floral arrangement 400 is preferably flat but may be substantially flat as desired.
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A user first places the items 304 they wish to conceal in onto the coupling devices 303 coupled to the bottom 302 of the platform 300. The bottom 302 of the platform 300 is placed and coupled to the top 201 of the vessel 200, where the items 303 are configured to be contained within the interior 207 of the vessel 200.
One the platform 300 has been coupled to the top 201 of the vessel 200 and the items 303 are configured in the interior 207 of the vessel 200, the bottom 402 of the floral arrangement 400 is removably coupled to the top 301 of the platform 300, thereby concealing the items 304 inside of the vessel 200.
In the numbered clauses below, specific combinations of aspects and embodiments are articulated in a shorthand form such that (1) according to respective embodiments, for each instance in which a “component” or other such identifiers appear to be introduced (with “a” or “an,” e.g.) more than once in a given chain of clauses, such designations may either identify the same entity or distinct entities; and (2) what might be called “dependent” clauses below may or may not incorporate, in respective embodiments, the features of “independent” clauses to which they refer or other features described above.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing specific exemplary processes and/or devices and/or technologies are representative of more general processes and/or devices and/or technologies taught elsewhere herein, such as in the claims filed herewith and/or elsewhere in the present application.
The features described with respect to one embodiment may be applied to other embodiments or combined with or interchanged with the features of other embodiments, as appropriate, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.
Claims
1. A jewelry concealment apparatus for concealing items, the apparatus comprising:
- a vessel, the vessel having a bottom, a top and an interior;
- a platform, the platform having a top and a bottom, wherein the platform being removably coupled to a top of the vessel;
- a plurality of couplings, the plurality of couplings configured to hold the items, wherein the plurality of couplings being coupled to a bottom of the platform, and wherein the items coupled to the plurality of couplings being configured to be in the interior of the vessel; and
- a floral arrangement, the floral arrangement having a top and a bottom, wherein the bottom of the floral arrangement being removably coupled to the top of the platform, thereby concealing the items in the interior of the vessel.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interior of the vessel being a void.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vessel being a vase.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vessel being made of a porcelain material.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus having a height being ten (10) inches.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus having a width being four (4) inches.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vessel having a plurality of sides.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the side being decorated
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the top of the floral arrangement being a flower group.
10. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the flower group being artificial flowers.
11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a bottom of the vessel being flat.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the bottom of the vessel being configured to be coupled to a surface.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bottom of the floral arrangement being flat.
14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the top of the platform being flat.
15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the items being a jewelry.
16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the coupling devices having a hook shape.
17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the coupling devices being different than at least another of the coupling devices.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 22, 2019
Publication Date: Feb 25, 2021
Inventor: Joann Sunkett (Glenn Dale, MD)
Application Number: 16/547,924
