Pierced Earring Fastener Patents (Class 24/705)
  • Patent number: 5456094
    Abstract: An earring assembly in which the earring has a post to pass through a pierced opening in the earlobe of a wearer to receive a clasp to hold the earring securely in position with the clasp being formed of plastic material with a head to be located behind the ear lobe of the wearer and a tubular sleeve projecting from the head to be located within the pierced opening in the ear lobe and receiving the post to completely isolate the earring from the flesh of the wearer and to limit the spacing of the earring ornament and clasp to avoid pressure on the ear lobe. The clasp is easily cut with readily available tools for modification to accommodate the thickness of the wearers ear lobes and the positioning of adjacent earrings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Inventor: Robert J. Greenwald
  • Patent number: 5309737
    Abstract: A tamper proof device is assembled with a pierced earring and clutch wherein it is operative for indicating if the pierced earring and clutch are subsequently disassembled. The tamper proof device includes an outer ring portion, an inner disc portion having a tapered central aperture and a plurality of break-away gates which extend radially outwardly from the disc portion and merge with the ring portion. The clutch is received within the ring portion wherein it is held in position by a plurality of inwardly extending protuberances, and the earring post is received through the tapered aperture and into the clutch. The tapered aperture in the disc portion frictionally engages a groove in the earring post so that when the earring post and clutch are pulled apart, the disc portion breaks away from the ring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Inventor: Marcos Fountoulakis
  • Patent number: 5170542
    Abstract: A jewelry clutch includes a body portion having an open cavity formed therein and an elastomeric clutch element in the cavity for receiving and securing a post of a jewelry item in the clutch. The body portion has a substantially triangular transverse cross sectional configuration to enable the clutch to be more easily grasped between the thumb and first two fingers of a hand of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Inventor: William H. Greenberg
  • Patent number: 5031419
    Abstract: An earring clasp for pierced-ear type earrings that provides means for disposing a perfuming agent substantially near or in contact with the ear lobe of the wearer. The earring clasp is formed having a first disk member, a second disk member and a body of sorbent material sandwiched between the first and second disk members. A plurality of air holes extend transversely through the clasp to permit air flow about the wearer's ear lobe. In one embodiment of the earring clasp, the first disk member is disposed adjacent to the wearer's ear lobe and is formed from a fluid pervious material to permit capillary transmission of a perfuming agent disposed on the sorbent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Inventor: Emanuel Gelman
  • Patent number: 5018365
    Abstract: An earring securing device having an outer cylindrical flanged rear sleeve and an inner cylindrical flanged sleeve adapted to pass through an opening in an earlobe for threading into the outer rear sleeve whereby the outer sleeve flange and inner sleeve flange abut the rear and front of the ear respectively, and means positioned within the outer sleeve to removably secure the pin or stem of an earring against said front flange. The outer and inner sleeves and flanges are made of a precious or noble metal or metal alloy thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Inventor: Elizabeth Luceno
  • Patent number: 4928367
    Abstract: An earring clutch defined by a hollow metallic shell filled with an elastomer material. An axial bore extends diametrically through the shell, with each end of the bore terminating at a respective flanged opening. The bore receives the post of an earring in frictional, releasable engagement. To form the clutch, a hollow, apertured shell is submerged in a liquid elastomer material. A vacuum is drawn on the liquid causing the liquid to replace the air in the shell. The shell is removed from the liquid, the liquid elastomer material allowed to harden, and an axial bore then drilled through the hardened elastomer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Assignee: Automatic Findings, Inc.
    Inventor: Sheldon Seidman
  • Patent number: 4901409
    Abstract: An earring for removable attachment to an earlobe through a pierced passage. The earring includes a post with an ornament on one end and a serrated surface on the other end. A clutch includes leaf springs which produce audible clicks as they engage the serrations when the clutch is pushed onto the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Inventor: Sheldon Seidman