Jewellery case

• US 10,638,821 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2017
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Han Hwang
• Original Assignee: Han Hwang
• Inventors: Hwang, Han
• Primary Examiner(s): Gehman, Byron P
• Application Number:
  US16/317,257
• Publication Number:
  US 20190150580A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,027 Days
• Field of Search: 206 61, 206 4523
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 19/00 Devices for preventing pilfering of watches or jewellery
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/16 Jewel boxes
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/03 of box shape; Adaptations of boxes to display purposes
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 43/00 Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers for cooking vessels A47J36/06; covers for pressure vessels in general F16J13/00
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 79/00 Kinds or details of packages, not otherwise provided for

Abstract

A jewellery case includes a base to which a jewellery mount is pivotally mounted, and a lid slidably coupled to the base. The jewellery mount is designed to temporarily hold a piece of jewellery such as an engagement or wedding ring.

Claims

1. A jewellery case comprising:

a base to which a jewellery mount adapted to temporarily hold a piece of jewellery is pivotally mounted;

a lid slidably coupled to the base for movement between an open position for exposing the jewellery and a closed position for enclosing the jewellery, the jewellery mount being pivotally moved outward of the base toward an exposed disposition where the lid is in the open position, said jewellery mount being pivotally moved, under the influence of the lid contacting the jewellery mount, inward of the base for containing the jewellery where the lid is in the closed position;

a spring operatively coupled to the jewellery mount to urge the jewellery mount outward of the base toward the exposed disposition.

2. A jewellery case as defined in claim 1 wherein the spring is in the form of a torsion spring mounted about an axle of the jewellery mount.

3. A jewellery case as defined in claim 2 wherein the axle is integral with the jewellery mount and arranged to engage with the spring to effect pivotal movement of the jewellery mount on sliding movement of the lid to the open position.

4. A jewellery case as defined in claim 2 wherein the base includes an external housing detachably connected to an internal housing to which the jewellery mount is retained for its pivotal mounting.

5. A jewellery case as defined in claim 4 wherein the axle is in the form of a pair of spigots protruding from the jewellery mount and arranged to be retained by a pair of slots in the internal housing.

6. A jewellery case as defined in claim 4 wherein the internal housing defines a cavity within the base, said cavity configured to contain the jewellery and the jewellery mount on movement of the lid to the closed position.

7. A jewellery case as defined in claim 4 wherein the lid includes a key arranged for sliding engagement with a keyway in the base on movement of the lid between the open and closed positions.

8. A jewellery case as defined in claim 7 wherein the keyway is in the form of an elongate channel in the internal housing of the base.

9. A jewellery case as defined in claim 7 wherein the key is in the form of a tongue in the outer shell of the lid which slidably engages the elongate channel in the base.

10. A jewellery case as defined in claim 1 further comprising a coupling member detachably mounted to the base and arranged to capture the lid for its sliding movement between the open and closed positions.

11. A jewellery case as defined in claim 10 wherein the coupling member is fixed to the base and coupled to the lid via lid springs arranged to control the sliding movement of the lid between the open and closed positions.

12. A jewellery case as defined in claim 11 wherein the lid includes an outer shell detachably connected to an inner shell which is captured by the coupling member for sliding movement of the lid between the open and closed positions.

13. A jewellery case as defined in claim 12 wherein the inner shell includes a pair of stop elements designed for abutment with the coupling member on movement of the lid to or proximal the open position and the closed position respectively.

14. A jewellery case as defined in claim 12 wherein the outer shell couples to the coupling member via the lid springs which are housed between the inner and the outer shells and provides controlled movement of the lid between the open and closed positions.

15. A jewellery case as defined in claim 12 wherein the lid includes a cover detachably connected to the outer shell to enclose the lid.

16. A jewellery case as defined in claim 1 also comprising a retarding mechanical contrivance operatively coupled to the jewellery mount to retard pivotal movement of the jewellery mount outward of the base and toward the exposed disposition.

17. A jewellery case as defined in claim 16 wherein the mechanical contrivance provides delayed or slowed rotation of the jewellery mount as the lid approaches the open position wherein the jewellery mount pivots at least in part toward the exposed disposition independent of the lid.

18. A jewellery case as defined in claim 1 wherein the jewellery case is a ring case.