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Illuminated fiber optic jewelry

  • US 4,009,381 A
  • Filed: 09/12/1974
  • Issued: 02/22/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A relatively flat, compact article of jewelry to be worn by a person comprising,a battery holder operable to secure low voltage battery means,an apertured, relatively thin matrix mounted generally adjacent said battery holder and having an aperture axis,a plurality of individual, elongated, filamentary light-conducting fibers having major portions thereof arranged in a primarily planar array, said fibers having their converging inner ends embedded in said matrix and directed generally toward a central axis of said apertured matrix and their outer tips arranged to form a decorative pattern of dispersed small points of light and each of said fibers having a diameter in the range of 5 to 40 mils and being operable to minimize the loss of light conducted by the fibers through the sides of the fibers, a lamp disposed at said axis of said matrix aperture generally adjacent the converging inner ends of said fibers to maximize the transmission of light from said lamp to the inner ends of said fibers,a switch,means for electrically connecting said battery means, said lamp and said switch,means for supporting said article of jewelry on said person, anda decorative shield overlying said lamp and said matrix.

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