Wearable Jewelry with Rotatable Mechanism

Abstract

A wearable jewelry includes a base member having a receiving chamber provided in a top portion thereof, a precious ornament and a rotation mechanism. The precious ornament element is provided with a mounting arrangement underneath, wherein the mounting arrangement is eccentrically provided with respect to the mass and shape of the ornament element. The rotatable mechanism includes a rotor body configured to be sited in the receiving chamber of the base member, a bearing device provided in the rotor body, and a rotor element rotatably mounted on the rotor body through the bearing device. The rotor element is affixed with the mounting arrangement of the ornament element so as to elevate and eccentrically mount the ornament element on top of the base member such that the ornament element is able to freely and smoothly rotate above the base member for any tangent force applied to the ornament element.

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

Field of Invention

The present invention relates to a wearable jewelry, and more particularly to a wearable jewelry which precious element is mounted on a base member by means of a rotatable mechanism such that the precious element is capable of rotating with respect to a base member worn on a wearer for enhancing decorative and aesthetic values of the jewelry.

Description of Related Arts

Most decorative jewelry are made of precious metals and/or stones without any movable parts. One or more precious stones such as gems or diamonds are mounted on a seat of a base member of a wearable jewelry such as a ring, a bracelet, pendant of necklace or other planar or dimensional surface structured accordingly.

Referring to FIG. 1, U.S. Pat. application, US2006/0277946, discloses a rotatable mechanism for jewelry and decorative pieces where a plurality of ball-bearings is used to connected decorative pieces together with a main fixed piece, allowing the easy rotation spinning of the inner ring 41 relative to the outer ring 40 on the same plane. Similar device was disclosed in U.S. Pat. number 5203183, as shown in FIG. 2, wherein an earring of unitary construction having a first ornamental portion 10 which is rotatable with respect to a second ornamental portion 11 which remains fixed with an earlobe post 13. However, both the decorative jewelry as shown in FIG. 1 and the earring as shown in FIG. 3 require a manual actuation to rotate the rotatable element such that they are still stationary items when there is no external moving action applied to the inner ring 41 or the second ornamental portion 11.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, other jewelry devices are disclosed in U.S. 11,064,775 and U.S. 3,959,989 teach a finger ring having a replaceable decorative spinning member 14 or planar member 34 rotatably mounted between two ends of a U-shaped ring, wherein neither the spinning member 14 nor the planar member 34 is not movable once the ring is worn on the wear’s finger.

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

The invention is advantageous in that it provides a wearable jewelry which precious element is mounted on a base member by means of a rotatable mechanism such that the precious element is capable of rotating with respect to a base member worn on a wearer for enhancing decorative and aesthetic values of the jewelry.

Another advantage of the invention is to a wearable jewelry which precious element rotatably mounted on top of the base member is capable of rotating with respect to the stationary base member due to an environmental factors and effects without the requirement of a manual actuation.

Another advantage of the invention is to a wearable jewelry which precious element is mounted on a base member by means of a rotatable mechanism sited in a receiving chamber provided in a top surface of the base member, wherein the precious element having an irregular shape is eccentrically mounted on a rotatable element of the rotatable mechanism such that the precious element is able to be freely and smoothly rotated above the base member for any tangent force applied to the precious element.

Additional advantages and features of the invention will become apparent from the description which follows, and may be realized by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particular point out in the appended claims.

According to the present invention, the foregoing and other objects and advantages are attained by a wearable jewelry, comprising:

• a base member having a receiving chamber provided in a top portion thereof;
• a precious ornament element having an irregular shape is provided with a mounting arrangement underneath, wherein the mounting arrangement is eccentrically provided with respect to the mass and shape of the ornament element; and
• a rotatable mechanism, comprising a rotor body configured to be sited in the receiving chamber of the base member, a bearing device provided in the rotor body, and a rotor element rotatably mounted on the rotor body through the bearing device, wherein the rotor element is affixed with the mounting arrangement of the precious ornament element so as to elevate and eccentrically mount the ornament element on top of the base member in such a manner that the ornament element is able to freely and smoothly rotate above the base member for any tangent force applied to the ornament element.

Still further objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the ensuing description and drawings.

These and other objectives, features, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, the accompanying drawings, and the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a conventional rotatable mechanism for jewelry.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view illustrating a conventional earring with rotatable mechanism.

FIG. 3 is a perspective of illustrating a conventional finger ring with rotatable element.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view illustrating another conventional finger ring with rotatable element.

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of a wearable jewelry with rotatable mechanism according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5A is a rear perspective view of the precious element of the wearable jewelry according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6A is a sectional view of the wearable jewelry according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6B is a sectional view of an alterative mode of the rotatable mechanism of the wearable jewelry according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7A is a perspective view illustrating a first alternative mode of the wearable jewelry according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7B is a bottom perspective view of the base member of the wearable jewelry according to the above first alternative mode of the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7C is an exploded view of the wearable jewelry according to the above first alternative mode of the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating a second alternative mode of the wearable jewelry according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating a third alternative mode of the wearable jewelry according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view illustrating a fourth alternative mode of the wearable jewelry according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The drawings, described above, are provided for purposes of illustration, and not of limitation, of the aspects and features of various examples of embodiments of the invention described herein. The drawings are not intended to limit the scope of the claimed invention in any aspect. For simplicity and clarity of illustration, elements shown in the drawings have not necessarily been drawn to scale and the dimensions of some of the elements may be exaggerated relative to other elements for clarity.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The following description is disclosed to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the present invention. Preferred embodiments are provided in the following description only as examples and modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The general principles defined in the following description would be applied to other embodiments, alternatives, modifications, equivalents, and applications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

It will be appreciated that numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the exemplary embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the embodiments described herein. Further, this description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein in any way, but rather as merely describing implementation of the one or more embodiments described herein.

Referring toFIG. 5-6A, a wearable jewelry according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated, wherein the wearable jewelry comprises a base member 10, a precious ornament element 20 and a rotatable mechanism 30. The base member is an ornament having a receiving chamber 11 provided in a top portion 101 thereof. The wearable jewelry can be a finger ring, a bracelet, a pendant of necklace, a brooch, or the like that further comprises a wearing member 40 coupled with the base member 11 configured to be worn on a wearer’s body or clothing. When the wearable jewelry is a finger ring or a bracelet, the wearing member 40 is a ring element that is sized and shaped to be worn on a finger or a wrist of the wearer and integrally connected with the base member 11 or detachable coupled with the base member 11 or an elongated element coupled with the base member 11 for fastening to the wearer’s body or clothing or a carrying item of the wearer. When the wearable jewelry is a pendant of necklace, the wearing member 40 is a necklace configured to be worn on the wearer’s body or clothing. When the wearable jewelry is a brooch, the base member 11 can be an ornament badge and the wearable member 40 can be a hinged pin or catch configured to be fastened to a carrying item or clothing of wearer.

According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the base member 10 has a size not more than 5 cm and the receiving chamber 11 of the base member 10 is embodied as a circular hole having a predetermined depth indented in a top surface of the top portion 101 of the base member 10. The base member 10 comprises a wearing arrangement 12 which is embodied as a through hole 12 transversely penetrated therethrough for the wearing member 40 to pass through to couple with the base member 10.

The precious ornament element 20 made of precious material such as gold, silver, platinum, precious stone, or metal set with precious stone such as diamond, gemstone, cameo, and etc.. The ornament element 20 has a mounting arrangement 21 provided underneath, wherein the mounting arrangement 21 has a rotation axis RA. According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, referring to FIGS. 5 and 5A, the mounting arrangement 21 is embodied as a circular mounting slot 21 indented in a bottom surface of the ornament element 20. As shown in FIG. 5A, a distinctive subject matter of the wearable jewelry is that the ornament element 20 is preferred to have its axis of center of gravity GA provided eccentrically with its rotation axis RA. In other words, the mounting arrangement 21 is eccentrically provided with respect to the mass and shape of the ornament element 20.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6A, the rotatable mechanism 30 comprises a rotor body 31 which has a thickness equal to or less than the predetermined depth of the receiving chamber 11 of the base member 10 and configured to be sited in the receiving chamber 11 of the base member 10, a bearing device 32 provided in the rotor body 31 and a rotor element 33 rotatably mounted on the rotor body 31 through the bearing device 32, wherein the ornament element 20 is rotatably mounted on the base member 10 by connecting the mounting arrangement 21 with the rotor element 33 of the rotatable mechanism 30 coaxially, such that the rotation axes RA of the ornament element 20 and the rotor element 33 are aligned coaxially. Accordingly, the ornament element 20 is elevated and eccentrically mounted on top of the base member 10 in such a manner that the ornament element 20 is able to freely and smoothly rotate above the base member 10 for any tangent force applied to the ornament element 20.

The rotor body 31 is sized and shaped to be fixedly and fittingly sited in the receiving chamber 11 by adhering or magnetic attraction through adhesive or magnets, wherein the rotor element 33 is elevated above the base member 10. According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, similarly, the rotor element 33 is sized and shaped to be fittingly and integrally mounted in the mounting slot 21 of the ornament element 20 so that the ornament element 20 is free to rotate on top of the base member 10 by means of the rotation mechanism 30.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 6B, the receiving chamber 11 is a threaded hole and the rotor body 31 of the rotatable mechanism 30 has outer threads and is screwed in the receiving chamber 11 of the base member 10.

Accordingly, taking advantages of the rotatable eccentrical arrangement of the ornament element 20 on top of the base member 10, the ornament element 20 may rotate itself due to gravity during a movement of the wearable jewelry worn on the wearer, a vibration of the wearable jewelry worn on the wearer, a fiddling of the ornament element 20 with respect to the base member 10, air blowing of the ornament element 20 with respect to the base member 10, and etc..

Referring to FIGS. 7A to 7C, an alternative mode of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated, wherein the wearable jewelry is embodied to have the ornament element 20′ having a size smaller than that of the base member 10′. In addition, the mounting arrangement 21′ can be embodied as a mounting element downwardly extended from a bottom surface of the ornament element 20′. The rotatable mechanism 30′ is embodied as a bearing comprising the rotor body 31′ which is an outer ring body, the bearing device 32′ comprising a plurality of bearing balls and the rotor element 33′ which is an inner ring element having a mounting hole, wherein the rotor body 31′ is received in the receiving chamber 11′ of the base member 10, wherein the ornament element 20′ is rotatably mounted on top of the base member 10′ by fixedly and fittingly mounting the mounting element 21′ into the mounting hole of the rotor element 33′ such that the ornament element 20′ is elevated above a top surface 13′ of the base member 10′ and free to rotate on top of the base member 10 by means of the rotation mechanism 30′.

It is appreciated that the ornament element 20′ is sized and shaped that its axis of center of gravity GA is eccentrically with its rotation axis RA along the mounting element 21′ while the rotation axes RA of the ornament element 20′ and the rotor hole 33′ is arranged coaxially, such that the ornament element 20′ is elevated and eccentrically mounted on top of the base member 10′ in such a manner that the ornament element 20′ is able to freely and smoothly rotate above the base member 10′ for any tangent force applied to the ornament element 20′, especially during a movement of the wearable jewelry worn on the wearer, a vibration of the wearable jewelry worn on the wearer, a fiddling of the ornament element 20′ with respect to the base member 10′, air blowing of the ornament element 20′ with respect to the base member 10′, and etc..

Referring to FIGS. 8-10 of the drawings, alternative modes of the ornamental design of the wearable jewelry are illustrated. In FIGS. 8 and 9, the base member 10 can be designed to have any ornamental shape while the receiving chamber 11 is formed on a top surface 13 on the top portion 101 for rotatably and eccentrically mounting the ornament element 20 thereabove, wherein the wearing arrangement 12 is embodied as a loop shaped ring formed at one end for the wearing member 40 to pass through to couple with the base member 10. In FIG. 10, the base member 10 can further comprises a surrounding wall 102 upwardly protruded from the top portion 101 to surround the ornament element 20 rotatably and eccentrically mounted on the base member 10 and a transparent window 50 is mounted on top of the surrounding wall 102 to cover and protect the ornament element 20 while the ornament element 20 is able to freely and smoothly rotate during a movement of the wearable jewelry worn on the wearer and a vibration of the wearable jewelry worn on the wearer.

One skilled in the art will understand that the embodiment of the present invention as shown in the drawings and described above is exemplary only and not intended to be limiting.

It will thus be seen that the objects of the present invention have been fully and effectively accomplished. The embodiments have been shown and described for the purposes of illustrating the functional and structural principles of the present invention and is subject to change without departure from such principles. Therefore, this invention includes all modifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the following claims.

Claims

1. A wearable jewelry, comprising:

a base member having a receiving chamber provided in a top portion thereof;

an ornament element comprises a mounting arrangement underneath, wherein an rotation axis of said mounting arrangement is eccentrically provided with an axis of center of gravity of said ornament element; and

a rotatable mechanism, comprising a rotor body configured to be sited in said receiving chamber of said base member, a bearing device provided in said rotor body, and a rotor element rotatably mounted on said rotor body through said bearing device, wherein said rotor element is affixed with said mounting arrangement of said ornament element so as to elevate and eccentrically mount said ornament element on top of said base member in such a manner that said ornament element is able to freely and smoothly rotate above said base member for any tangent force applied to said ornament element.

2. The wearable jewelry, as recited in claim 1, further comprising a wearing arrangement coupled with said base member for being worn on a wearer of said wearable jewelry.

3. The wearable jewelry, as recited in claim 1, wherein said ornament element, made of precious material, is provided with a mounting arrangement having a rotation axis underneath and said rotor element has a rotation axis, such that said ornament element is rotatably mounted on said base member by connecting said mounting arrangement with said rotor element of said rotatable mechanism with said rotation axes of said mounting arrangement and said rotor element coaxially arranged, such that said ornament element is elevated and eccentrically mounted on top of said base member, thereby said ornament element is capable of rotating at least during movement of said wearable jewelry worn on the wearer, vibration of said wearable jewelry worn on the wearer, fiddling of said ornament element with respect to said base member, and air blowing of said ornament element with respect to said base member.

4. The wearable jewelry, as recited in claim 2, wherein said ornament element, made of precious material, is provided with a mounting arrangement having a rotation axis underneath and said rotor element has a rotation axis, such that said ornament element is rotatably mounted on said base member by connecting said mounting arrangement with said rotor element of said rotatable mechanism with said rotation axes of said mounting arrangement and said rotor element coaxially arranged, such that said ornament element is elevated and eccentrically mounted on top of said base member, thereby said ornament element is capable of rotating at least during movement of said wearable jewelry worn on the wearer, vibration of said wearable jewelry worn on the wearer, fiddling of said ornament element with respect to said base member, and air blowing of said ornament element with respect to said base member.

5. The wearable jewelry, as recited in claim 3, wherein said base member has a size not more than 5 cam and said receiving chamber has a predetermined depth indented in a top surface of said top portion of said base member, wherein said rotor body of said rotatable mechanism has a thickness equal to or less than said predetermined depth of said receiving chamber of said base member and is sized and shaped to be fixedly and fittingly sited in said receiving chamber of said base member.

6. The wearable jewelry, as recited in claim 4, wherein said base member has a size not more than 5 cam and said receiving chamber has a predetermined depth indented in a top surface of said top portion of said base member, wherein said rotor body of said rotatable mechanism has a thickness equal to or less than said predetermined depth of said receiving chamber of said base member and is sized and shaped to be fixedly and fittingly sited in said receiving chamber of said base member.

7. The wearable jewelry, as recited claim 3, wherein said mounting arrangement is a mounting slot indented in a bottom surface of said ornament element, wherein said rotation axis of said mounting slot is eccentrical with said axis of said center of gravity of said ornament element, wherein said rotor element is sized and shaped to be fixedly and fittingly mounted in said mounting slot such that said ornament element is able to rotate on top of said base member along said rotation axis of said rotor element in eccentrically with respect to said axis of center of gravity of said ornament element.

8. The wearable jewelry, as recited claim 4, wherein said mounting arrangement is a mounting slot indented in a bottom surface of said ornament element, wherein said rotation axis of said mounting slot is eccentrical with said axis of said center of gravity of said ornament element, wherein said rotor element is sized and shaped to be fixedly and fittingly mounted in said mounting slot such that said ornament element is able to rotate on top of said base member along said rotation axis of said rotor element in eccentrically with respect to said axis of center of gravity of said ornament element.

9. The wearable jewelry, as recited claim 5, wherein said mounting arrangement is a mounting slot indented in a bottom surface of said ornament element, wherein said rotation axis of said mounting slot is eccentrical with said axis of said center of gravity of said ornament element, wherein said rotor element is sized and shaped to be fixedly and fittingly mounted in said mounting slot such that said ornament element is able to rotate on top of said base member along said rotation axis of said rotor element in eccentrically with respect to said axis of center of gravity of said ornament element.

10. The wearable jewelry, as recited claim 6, wherein said mounting arrangement is a mounting slot indented in a bottom surface of said ornament element, wherein said rotation axis of said mounting slot is eccentrical with said axis of said center of gravity of said ornament element, wherein said rotor element is sized and shaped to be fixedly and fittingly mounted in said mounting slot such that said ornament element is able to rotate on top of said base member along said rotation axis of said rotor element in eccentrically with respect to said axis of center of gravity of said ornament element.

11. The wearable jewelry, as recited in claim 3, wherein said mounting arrangement is a mounting element downwardly extended from a bottom surface of said ornament element, wherein said rotor element of said rotation mechanism is an inner ring provided in such a manner that said mounting element is fixedly and fittingly mounted in a mounting hole of said inner ring so as to rotatably mounted on top of said base member, such that said ornament element is elevated above a top surface of said base member and free to rotate on top of said base member along said rotation axis of said rotor element in eccentrically with respect to said axis of center of gravity of said ornament element by means of said rotation mechanism.

12. The wearable jewelry, as recited in claim 4, wherein said mounting arrangement is a mounting element downwardly extended from a bottom surface of said ornament element, wherein said rotor element of said rotation mechanism is an inner ring provided in such a manner that said mounting element is fixedly and fittingly mounted in a mounting hole of said inner ring so as to rotatably mounted on top of said base member, such that said ornament element is elevated above a top surface of said base member and free to rotate on top of said base member along said rotation axis of said rotor element in eccentrically with respect to said axis of center of gravity of said ornament element by means of said rotation mechanism.

13. The wearable jewelry, as recited in claim 5, wherein said mounting arrangement is a mounting element downwardly extended from a bottom surface of said ornament element, wherein said rotor element of said rotation mechanism is an inner ring provided in such a manner that said mounting element is fixedly and fittingly mounted in a mounting hole of said inner ring so as to rotatably mounted on top of said base member, such that said ornament element is elevated above a top surface of said base member and free to rotate on top of said base member along said rotation axis of said rotor element in eccentrically with respect to said axis of center of gravity of said ornament element by means of said rotation mechanism.

14. The wearable jewelry, as recited in claim 6, wherein said mounting arrangement is a mounting element downwardly extended from a bottom surface of said ornament element, wherein said rotor element of said rotation mechanism is an inner ring provided in such a manner that said mounting element is fixedly and fittingly mounted in a mounting hole of said inner ring so as to rotatably mounted on top of said base member, such that said ornament element is elevated above a top surface of said base member and free to rotate on top of said base member along said rotation axis of said rotor element in eccentrically with respect to said axis of center of gravity of said ornament element by means of said rotation mechanism.

15. The wearable jewelry, as recited in claim 3, wherein said receiving chamber is a threaded hole and said rotor body has outer threads configured to be screwed in said receiving chamber.

16. The wearable jewelry, as recited in claim 5, wherein said receiving chamber is a threaded hole and said rotor body has outer threads configured to be screwed in said receiving chamber.

17. The wearable jewelry, as recited in claim 9, wherein said receiving chamber is a threaded hole and said rotor body has outer threads configured to be screwed in said receiving chamber.

18. The wearable jewelry, as recited in claim 13, wherein said receiving chamber is a threaded hole and said rotor body has outer threads configured to be screwed in said receiving chamber.

19. The wearable jewelry, as recited in claim 1, wherein said base member further comprises a surrounding wall upwardly extended surrounding said ornament element and a transparent window mounted on top of said surrounding wall to cover said ornamental element while said ornamental is able to freely and smoothly rotate.

20. The wearable jewelry, as recited in claim 4, wherein said base member further comprises a surrounding wall upwardly extended surrounding said ornament element and a transparent window mounted on top of said surrounding wall to cover said ornamental element while said ornamental is able to freely and smoothly rotate.