Abstract: A gemstone arrangement is described including a primary gem and at least one complementary gem. The primary gem includes a crown and a pavilion. The pavilion has an external wall defining an outer surface. The complementary gem has a crown defining a table. The table is in juxtaposition to and aligned with the pavilion wall for the maximum passage of ambient light from the complementary gem into the primary gem to enhance its visual appearance. In addition, the complementary gem can be positioned and aligned to receive light losses from a primary gem and return those light losses through the crown of the complementary gem.

Abstract: A detachable pendant mounting for providing interchangeability of the pendant includes a hollow clasp housing held on a pendant chain, the clasp housing open at the rear and the bottom end. A clasp element is mounted within the clasp element accessible through the open rear. A pendant securement to the clasp element is accomplished through the bottom opening. The clasp element may take various forms including a deflectable hook, a fixed pin, a slotted clevis, etc., with a catch engagement keeping the pendant securement on the clasp element until released.

Abstract: A gem setting for use with a ring or other jewelry item with internal divisions having pluralities of stones in each division. Each division houses a different type or color of stone, such that the groupings of similar stones are preferably restricted to a particular region on the jewelry face. The divisions may take the form of a variety of shapes and geometric configurations.

Abstract: A device for mounting an item may comprise a first member having a portion defining at least one opening extending through the first member and a second member intended to be fixed beneath the first member. A plurality of mounting members may be associated with the second member. The plurality of mounting members and the portion of the first member may be configured to sandwich an item between the plurality of mounting members and the portion of the first member defining the at least one opening. The item may be arranged to be visible from an exterior of the device. The device could be associated with a container containing a product.

Abstract: A decorative jewelry module comprises a base member with a hollow interior, a decorative insert, and a fastener arrangement. The hollow base member has a top with an opening therein, a bottom, and an interior. The decorative insert is sized in relation to the interior of the base member so as to be placed within the hollow base member and viewed through the top opening. The fastener arrangement fixes the decorative insert within the hollow base member below the base member top. The decorative jewelry article may be manufactured as a multi-part base and decorative insert combination, or as a monolithic jewel article having a base portion and a decorative element portion. The jewelry article may be designed to have the appearance of a single decorative unit, or to have the appearance of a double (or greater) decorative unit. Such units have application in many jewelry articles. A number of such units may be connected in series to form a tennis bracelet.

Abstract: A jewelry piece has a setting including a pivoted spring element having first and second elongated resiliently bendable segments extending over an article receiving opening in the jewelry piece, a seat urged against the undersurface of the article by resilient bending deflection of the spring element when the second segment is positioned beneath a catch, to urge the article against a stop to position the article in the opening.

Abstract: A jewel setting having three prongs and three elongated supported members extending therebetween thus creating a void therein for retaining a jewel. The support members run generally perpendicular to the prongs thereby forming a lower space for a jewel point to rest. Rounded surfaces near a top of the prongs prevent the jewel from escaping the void.

Abstract: A gemstone arrangement is described including a primary gem and at least one complementary gem. The primary gem includes a crown and a pavilion. The pavilion has an external wall defining an outer surface. The complementary gem has a crown defining a table. The table is in juxtaposition to and aligned with the pavilion wall for the maximum passage of ambient light from the complementary gem into the primary gem to enhance its visual appearance. In addition, the complementary gem can be positioned and aligned to receive light losses from the primary gem and return those light losses through the crown of the complementary gem to the primary gem.

Abstract: A device (10) for mounting gemstones and decorative components on a jewelry piece (1). The mounting device (10) has a mounting stud (30) configured for supporting a gemstone (5) or other decorative component on the jewelry piece (1). A mounting base (40) is connected to the mounting stud (30) and disposed inside a cavity (28). The mounting base (40) is held in an abutting relationship with a toggling mechanism (50) that permits rotation of mounting base (40) within the cavity (28). The mounting stud (30) is adjustable to orient a gemstone (5) or decorative component in a plurality of orientations relative to the jewelry piece (1).

Abstract: A setting, in particular for decorative stones made of cut glass, is made of stamped sheet metal. It receives the decorative stone in the manner of a cup, the setting surrounding the stone in the area of its greatest diameter in the manner of a channel. At least the upper edge (3) of the setting (2) clasping the decorative stone (1) has a reduced metal sheet thickness.

Abstract: An ornament/jewelry construction comprises a peripheral frame, a panel bounded by the frame, and a plurality of spaced projections extending upwardly from the panel in a chosen pattern. The frame and panel may be formed integrally or as separate elements. The spaced projections may be formed integrally with the panel or may be insertable, either individually or in groups, into apertures in the panel. individual frame and panel units may be interconnected to form a wide variety or ornamental and jewelry units. The spaced projections may describe a wide variety of patterns and designs, including numbers, letters and other shapes.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for interconnecting jewelry elements. In various embodiments, the apparatus comprises a first jewelry element having a track disposed therein and a second jewelry element having a feature shaped and sized to traverse the track. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a bracelet having two or more tracks disposed on the surface thereof and a mounted jewel having a base shaped to travel within one or more of the tracks.

Abstract: A jewelry pendant includes a flat anchor portion provided on the back surface of a pedestal that includes a chain connecting portion formed in an upper part thereof. A suspension portion is formed in a projecting manner on the front surface of the pedestal at substantially the center position thereof, and a suspension hole is formed at the tip of the suspension portion. A decorative piece is swingably suspended through the suspension hole.

Abstract: A stringless connector for a strand of beads includes a two-piece interlocking assembly, each piece provided with an eyelet for connection to eyelets of connectors for adjacent beads. The eyelet of one member defines a pair of legs that are inserted into one end of the bore in a bead, one of the legs having locking tooth projecting toward the other leg. The other member has a straight shank extending into the bore from its eyelet, the end of the shank provided with a second locking tooth which enters the slot between the legs of the first member, overrides the tooth thereon and interlocks therewith.

Abstract: A housing for setting a stone in jewelry having a bottom barrel shaped tube that may function as a locking element over any product. The bottom barrel shaped tube fits into a hole no larger than the diameter of the barrel tube waist and no smaller than the barrel bottom diameter. An upper housing has a stone seat formed to match the shape of any stone creating a compact metal-stone unit that is resistant to percussive action tools used for the assembly of this component over a piece of jewelry.

Abstract: An article of jewelry including a body having an outer major surface and a decorative pattern formed on the outer surface of the body, and a method for forming the decorative pattern, the pattern including pairs of intersecting grooves and an optically transparent synthetic decorative element formed in a respective well created by the intersection of each pair of intersecting grooves.

Abstract: Decorative stone made of glass with a facetted front and a mirrored rear converging from the periphery of the stone to a point provided with an adhesive (10), wherein the angle between opposite surfaces of the rear of the stone (1) is more than 150°.

Abstract: A combination of a precious stone and a jewelry setting having a plurality of heart-shaped supporting members each having a first end having a double lobe shape and a second end having a generally pointed shape and a maximum width intermediate the first and second ends. The supporting members are connected to one another in series at a position proximate the maximum width to form an endless support structure. The precious stone is mounted within the support structure.

Abstract: A jewel bearing a gemstone, the jewel comprising a body and a holder on which the gemstone is fixed, the holder being shaped such that the gemstone is uncovered at least within a virtual infinite cylinder, drawn on an axis of symmetry of the gemstone, characterised in that the holder is attached to the body in a fixed position, the body being shaped such that it is completely located outside the virtual infinite cylinder.

Abstract: A prongless setting for mounting a gemstone and a method of manufacturing the same. The setting includes a base that is formed from a flat piece of metal, which is bent into the shape of a box having an open top. Two arcuate members are provided along the top edges of the box. A gemstone is placed into the open top of the box and the two arcuate members are bent over the top of the stone to retain it in the setting. Also, the method of stamping the blank that is suited for bending into the setting described above. Finally, forming a chain using a plurality of settings and gemstones that can be further incorporated into a finished piece of jewelry.

Abstract: A jewelry holder for holding a piece of jewelry having a tapered portion including a jewelry mount base on which the piece of jewelry is mounted, and a frame portion including plural lower frames extending from the jewelry mount base so as to surround the piece of jewelry and form a swing space in which the piece of jewelry is freely swingable, and plural upper frames joined to the lower frames. The jewelry mount base has a recess portion in which the tip portion of the tapered portion of the piece of jewelry is mounted, and the piece of jewelry is swingable in any direction in the jewelry holder with the tip portion thereof as the center of the swing motion.

Abstract: A decorative jewelry module comprises a base member with a hollow interior, a decorative insert, and a fastener arrangement. The hollow base member has a top with an opening therein, a bottom, and an interior. The decorative insert is sized in relation to the interior of the base member so as to be placed within the hollow base member and viewed through the top opening. The fastener arrangement fixes the decorative insert within the hollow base member below the base member top. The decorative jewelry article may be manufactured as a multi-part base and decorative insert combination, or as a monolithic jewel article having a base portion and a decorative element portion. The jewelry article may be designed to have the appearance of a single decorative unit, or to have the appearance of a double (or greater) decorative unit. Such units have application in many jewelry items. A number of such units may be connected in series to form a tennis bracelet.

Abstract: Jewelry pieces, for example, earrings, pendants, rings and the like, made of metal such as gold or silver and the like, with special surface texturing to improve and enhance the light-reflecting characteristics of the jewelry. The surface texturing is formed by forming a series of grooves by the process of diamond-cutting the surface of the jewelry piece to divide the surface thereof into a plurality of adjacent, four-sided regions, each of which is bounded by four diamond-cut grooves and defines a mesa with at least four light-reflecting sloping sides. The mesas are further subdivided by forming a pair of diamond-cut grooves that criss-cross one another, thereby dividing the mesas in the four-sided regions into four sub-mesas, each having at least three sloping light reflecting sides. Preferably, first gemstones are set at the junctures of the four-sided mesas and second gemstones are set at the center, where the four sub-mesas meet.

Abstract: A ring body fitted around a finger and a collet for supporting and fixing a stone are constituted of separate members, wherein the collet is positioned between two support members erected on the ring body and is oscillatably supported by loosely fitting struts projecting outward from opposite outer surfaces of the collet and coaxially with each other into bearing holes formed at facing side surfaces of the support members, respectively, and further, the positions of the struts are selected in such a manner that an oscillatory center (x) is located nearer the front side of the stone than the center of gravity of a movable unit consisting of the stone and the collet.

Abstract: A ring and mounting thereon for a plurality of gemstones includes a ring formed of a pair of shanks mounted together at a common end. The pair of shanks have a through-aperture between distal ends of the pair of shanks opposite the common end. The distal ends are entirely detached from each other. A first pair of upstanding flexible lever arms, or merely hereinafter arms, bracket opposite sides of the through-aperture. Each flexible arm has a base end and an opposite free end. Each flexible arm is mounted at its base end to a corresponding distal end of the shanks. A first gemstone forms a keystone mounted in compression sandwiched between the free ends of the first pair of upstanding flexible arms. A second pair of upstanding arms are mounted at their base ends to the pair of shanks so as to be disposed, one on each shank, on opposite sides of the first pair of upstanding flexible arms. A first pair of gemstone receiving pockets or cavities.

Abstract: A gemstone arrangement is provided which includes a pair of individual pear shaped stones abutting one another along a connecting facet to form a heart shape.

Abstract: Setting of gems is accomplished by applying torque to flanges which extend from prongs that hold the gem in the setting. The flanges form integral lever extensions to provide a secure handle by which a force or torque can be applied without the risk of slipping and damaging the setting or gemstone. Notches or bendable sections of the prongs are located at grip locations and when the prongs engage the gemstone, the prong bends about the bendable section to secure the gem. To set a gem, the worker applies a clamping tool to individual ones of the levers, which results in the prong bending inward and gently twisting over the gemstone in a controlled manner. This allows the worker to control the pressure applied to the stone by the prong, thus limiting breakage of the gem. The levers are then removed from each prong by cutting and/or grinding, and the surface of each prong is then polished.

Abstract: The present invention discloses novel methods for producing raised and sculpted ornamentation or designs on metal, including metal pieces such as jewelry. Also disclosed are pieces of metal, including jewelry, produced by using the disclosed methods.

Abstract: A jewelry gemstone setting includes an anchor gemstone and a touch gemstone that is held in place with no metal from the setting visible between the gemstones. The anchor gemstone is held in place using a conventional setting arrangement such as channel walls or prongs. The gemstones are positioned in the setting with the upper pavilion of the anchor gemstone overlapping and contacting the crown of the touch gemstone so that the contact between the gemstones holds the touch gemstone in place.

Abstract: An article of jewelry has a jewelry setting for removable engagement of a jewel from such article of jewelry. The jewelry setting enables biased engagement of the jewel with the article of jewelry in a secure manner, such that inadvertent separation of the jewel from the article of jewelry is prevented. A special tool for the engagement of the jewel with the jewelry article may be provided to enhance the secure connection between the jewel and article of jewelry. An interchangeable system of jewels, settings and articles of jewelry is also provided.

Abstract: A secure display setting and a method of doing business using the secure display setting are provided. A display setting including a base portion with a lower barrel may be lockingly secured to an upper portion including an upper barrel and prongs with a gemstone located therebetween. A spring is used to bias the gemstone against the prongs. In certain forms of the invention, the gemstone can not be removed from the display setting without causing obvious damage to the display setting. The value of the gemstone is maintained or secured by the seller if the potential customer returns the display setting with obvious damage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a prongless setting for mounting a gemstone and a method of manufacturing the same. The setting includes a base that is formed from a flat piece of metal, which is bent into the shape of a box having an open top. Two arcuate members are provided along the top edges of the box. A gemstone is placed into the open top of the box and the two arcuate members are bent over the top of the stone to retain it in the setting. The present invention further provides for the method of stamping the blank that is suited for bending into the setting described above. Finally, the present invention provides for forming a chain using a plurality of settings and gemstones that can be further incorporated into a finished piece of jewelry.

Abstract: A bezel setting for a ring or other jewelry item is provided. The bezel setting is mounted along the jewelry item and includes a first bezel element and a facing second bezel element for defining an opening therebetween in which a jewelry stone is received. The bezel elements are movable with respect to one another in order to be able to selectively adjust the distance between the bezel elements, and thus the size of the opening. As a result, the bezel setting can accommodate jewelry stones of varying size.

Abstract: Jewelry includes a stone which defines a crown, a pavilion and a girdle therebetween, the girdle having a 360° peripheral groove crown thereinto. A flexible wire has a first portion at least partially disposed within the groove and extending at least 90° (preferably at least 180°) about the stone, the mounting and the wire being secured together, thereby to secure together the stone and the mounting.

Abstract: A jewelry design including a mounting made of a precious jewelry metal, a plurality of fluorescent diamonds having at least medium blue fluorescent intensity which are set in the mounting to form a message, and a plurality of non fluorescent diamonds set within the mounting adjacent the fluorescent diamonds, such that when the mounting is viewed under standard light the fluorescent diamonds are not discernable from the non fluorescent diamonds and the message is not visible, and such that when the mounting is viewed under ultraviolet light the fluorescent diamonds emit visible blue light to form and reveal the message.

Abstract: A jewelry piece that includes a chain or necklace with one or more decorative jewelry pieces removably mounted thereon by way of a narrow necked down minor length portion of the necklace adjacent the necklace clasp. The decorative jewelry pieces have an open ended channel in the rear face thereof slidably receiving therein the necklace. A gap in the channel is wider than the narrow necked down portion but narrower than the remainder of the necklace.

Abstract: A gemstone setting is disclosed with rounded gemstones with outer faceted surfaces, each gemstone forming an outwardly contoured or convex gemstone configuration which is invisibly set in flush, surface to surface, mating relation within the setting. A section of a rounded gemstone is cut away, leaving a concave inset within and a curved concave inner surface on the gemstone. This concave configuration allows the partially cut away gemstone to mate in flush, surface to surface relation with the convex outer surface of the adjacent gemstone. Grooves within the side facets of the gemstone invisibly set the gemstones in position within supporting housings. The setting of gemstones in this fashion, employing surface to surface flush mating contact, can be used in infinite jewelry designs which employ rounded, curved edge, contoured or generally convex configured gemstones.

Abstract: A new and improved stone setting is disclosed that supports the stone with an invisible setting comprising a notch on a facet of the stone with a portion of an upwardly extending support bracket extending into the notch and forming an interference fit therewith. The notch is generally V-shaped with an upper surface and a lower surface. The stone setting does not require support from a sidewall or a prong.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making a decorative device to be incorporated in jewelry or other objects that will likely be worn or carried by a person. The invention generally comprises the steps of removing a computer chip from a personal computer or other type of computing device and then removing from the computer chip substantially all of the metal connector elements used to mount the chip to a board, usually known as the “mother board.” Next, at least one of the two main faces of the computer chip, typically made of silicon or a graphite material, is grinded down so as to expose a plurality of the conductive pathways formed within the computer chip, whereupon the main face of the computer chip with the pathways exposed thereon may be polished.

Abstract: A jewelry assembly which creates the appearance of a space between one or more diamonds or other stones and the supporting jewelry article is provided. The jewelry article is integrally formed with an internal frame for defining a window therewithin. At least one jewelry stone or gem is invisibly set with the window such that an annular space is defined between the one or more stones and the frame of the jewelry article.

Abstract: A decorative jewelry item comprises a base member with a hollow interior and a decorative top, a cap brought down over the decorative top, and a fastener arrangement for fixing the cap to the base member after the cap is brought into contact with the decorative top. The cap has an opening therein through which the decorative top of the base member can be observed. All exposed surfaces of the base member and cap may have surface finishing features and/or graphic representations or designs to make the jewelry item more attractive. The jewelry item may be designed to have the appearance of a single decorative unit, or to have the appearance of a double (or greater) decorative unit. Such units have application in many jewelry items. A number of such units may be connected in series to form a tennis bracelet.

Abstract: A star-shaped multi-stone setting for receiving five substantially rhomboid-shaped gemstones or diamonds in the star-shaped setting. The star-shaped multi-stone setting includes a prong assembly having at least five prong members; ten side rail members connected to the five prong members to form a star-shaped setting; and a central support member having five radially-extending crossbar members attached at a center connecting point. Each of the radially-extending crossbar members having a pair of retaining insert edge members formed thereon; and the radially-extending crossbar members are connected to the side rail members for forming five seating areas within the star-shaped setting. Each of the five seating areas are used for receiving one of the five rhomboid-shaped gemstones or diamonds therein.

Abstract: Setting, in particular for decorative stones made of cut glass, made of stamped sheet metal, which receives the decorative stone in the manner of a cup, wherein the setting surrounds the stone in the area of its greatest diameter in the manner of a channel, and wherein at least the upper edge (3) of the setting (2) clasping the decorative stone (1) has a reduced metal sheet thickness.

Abstract: An assembly of gemstones which fit together to form a unitary shape is provided. The stones preferably make up an oval and are preferably four in number. Two of the stones are smaller than the other two. The larger stones are approximately 5/3 the size of the smaller stones.

Abstract: A reliable securing member for mounting a gemstone within a piece of jewelry. The securing member having an opening therein that receives a gemstone and displays the gemstone through a cavity within a piece of jewelry such as a ring. The securing member is then attached to an inner surface of a piece of jewelry by use of at least an extension means in any fashion that is known in the art such as, but not limited to, soldering.

Abstract: The invention relates to natural or artificial pearl in which one or more ornamental elements (4) are inserted in form of an inlay with or without a mount, wherein the outer visible top or ornamental side opposite the pearl of each inlay has a horizontal projection with a random contour and dimensions confined by the limits of the spherical surface and wherein the inner bottom side facing the pearl of each inlay is fitted with locking or anchoring means (20). Each inlay is lodged with positive-fit or at least substantially with positive-fit in an appropriately matching groove (6) (slot, cavity), locking and/or anchoring means being formed in the bottom and/or wall of said groove which interact with the corresponding inlay, preferably by positive locking according to the key-lock principle, and in or on which the inlay inserted into the groove is fixed in or on the pearl.

Abstract: A method of producing stone set jewelry includes the step of forming at least one affixation groove within the stone to be set in the jewelry. A stone to be set with the present method should have an upper and a lower portion which is at least substantially entirely hidden from view when the upper portion of the stone is viewed. In accordance with the present method the affixation groove should be formed in the lower portion of the stone such that it too is hidden from view when the upper portion of the stone is viewed. A heat setting method is disclosed for improving the bond between the pavilion of the stone and the wax model used in the casting process. The method also includes the deposition of a mounting material within the affixation groove by applying a conventional casting method.

Abstract: A gemstone is enclosed within a transparent spherical setting. The transparent spherical structure is partially filled with a polyester or acrylic resin which is permitted to harden. The gemstone is disposed upon the surface of the hardened resin and the remainder of the sphere filled with a resin having equivalent visual properties. When the gemstone is set in place within the sphere, the visual image of the gemstone is measurably larger than the actual gemstone based upon the spacial relationship of the gemstone, the radius of the sphere and reflective and refractive properties of the materials of the sphere and maintaining resin. When light strikes the boundary surface between the sphere and the ambient atmosphere, a portion will penetrate into the sphere.

Abstract: A finger ring comprising a generally circular band defining a finger receiving opening. The band has a radially outwardly open window. A jewelry piece is removably received in a displayed position within the window. A pair of levers is rotatably supported on the band on opposite sides of the window. The levers have inner and outer segments and are rotatably adjustable between open and closed positions. In the open position the inner segments protrude into the finger receiving opening and the outer segments are removed from the window to thereby accommodate insertion and removal of the jewelry piece into and from the displayed position. In the closed positions the inner segments are removed from the finger receiving opening and the outer segments extend into the window to mechanically engage and retain the jewelry piece in the displayed position.

Abstract: A jewelry assembly which utilizes a series of round stones in order to produce the appearance of a single marquise stone is provided. The assembly includes a setting for receiving an arrangement of round stones. The arrangement of round stones includes a central round stone and a pair of smaller round stones located on opposite sides of the central round stone and disposed at a height lower than that of the central stone.