Stringless beads having frictionally retained insert

• US 3,323,325 A
• Filed: 09/04/1964
• Issued: 06/06/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Joseph H. Meyer
• Original Assignee: Joseph H. Meyer
• Inventors: Meyer, Joseph H.
• Application Number:
  US04/394,570
• Time in Patent Office: 1,005 Days
• US Class Current: 63/4
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 11/002 Ornamental chains composed of pearls rosaries A44C23/00; making such chains D04D9/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49591 Bracelet making
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49865 by temperature differential [e.g., shrink fit]

Claims

1. IN A STRINGLESS SERIES COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO BEADS INTERCONNECTED BY BALL AND SOCKET JOINTS EACH OF SAID BEADS BEING OF THE TYPE COMPRISING A BODY, AN INTERIOR SOCKET ON ONE SIDE AND A PROJECTING NECK ON THE OTHER SIDE ENDING IN AN ENLARGED HEAD, SAID HEAD AND SOCKET FORMING, RESPECTIVELY, THE BALL AND SOCKET OF THE BALL AND SOCKET JOINTS, EACH OF SAID BEADS BEING A COMPOSITE OF TWO DIFFERENT MATERIALS COMPRISING A BODY PORTION OF RELATIVELY HARD MATERIAL HAVING THE PROPERTY OF RETAINING SHARPLY FACETED REFLECTIVE SURFACES FORMED THEREON AND AN INSERT PORTION OF RELATIVELY FLEXIBLE, RESILIENT MATERIAL, AT LEAST ONE OF THE INTERIOR SOCKET AND THE PROJECTING NECK PORTIONS OF SAID COMPOSITE BEAD BEING FORMED ON THE INSERT PORTION OF SAID FLEXIBLE PLASTIC MATERIAL, SAID BODY PORTION OF SAID BEAD HAVING A CAVITY CONTAINING SAID INSERT, SAID CAVITY COMPRISING A WALL AND A BOTTOM, SAID WALL CLOSELY SURROUNDING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID INSERT, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING, A STUD ON SAID BODY PORTION PROJECTING FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID CAVITY, SAID INSERT PORTION CONTAINING AN OPENING AT THE INNER END THEREOF SNUGLY SURROUNDING SAID STUD, SAID STUD AND INSERT OPENING COMPRISING MEANS WHEREBY SAID COMPOSITE BEADS MAY BE HEAT TREATED WITHOUT PRODUCING DISENGAGEMENT OF THE INSERT DUE TO HEAT SHRINKAGE OF THE LATTER.