Intermittent light circuit body movement actuated jewelry

• US 4,271,457 A
• Filed: 03/20/1979
• Issued: 06/02/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Danny W. Martin
• Original Assignee: Danny W. Martin
• Inventors: Martin, Danny W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hix, L. T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tarcza, Thomas H.
• Application Number:
  US06/022,196
• Time in Patent Office: 805 Days
• Field of Search: 362/104, 362/806-811, 362/195, 200/61.45 R, 200/61.52, 200/61.83, 63/12, 63/13
• US Class Current: 362/104
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 15/0015 Illuminated or sound-producing jewellery
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/806 Ornamental or decorative

Abstract

Ornamental articles of jewelry having a battery-light circuit extending through an articulating electrically conductive material interconnect link such as an ornamental multi-linked chain subject to intermittent circuit opening and closing with body movement.

Claims

1. In an article of jewelry having intermittent lighting for use as an earring worn in pierced ears:

light means mounted on structure including an earring post;

said earring post being electrically conductive and electrically connected to one terminal of said light means;

electrically conductive earring clip member adapted to be removably affixed to the end of said earring post opposite said light means with said earring post extendable through a wearer'"'"'s earlobe;

said earring clip member comprising a battery carrier means;

battery means mounted in said battery carrier means;

said earring post with said clip member-battery carrier means affixed thereto providing electrical connection between one terminal of said battery means and said one terminal of said light means; and

, circuit completing and breaking means of an articulating electrically conductive material interconnect linkage for electrically connecting the other terminal of said battery means and the other terminal of said light means and being subject to intermittent circuit opening and closing with body movements of said wearer producing intermittent actuation of said light means.

2. The article of jewelry of claim 1, with said earring clip member and said battery carrier means interconnected by an electrically conductive metal plate upon which said earring clip is mounted and to which said battery carrier means is at an upper location adjacent said earring clip member.

3. The article of jewelry of claim 1, wherein said battery means is a plurality of batteries of the relatively small flat type in electrically seriesed relation.

4. The article of jewelry of claim 2, wherein said battery carrier is a relatively small structure carried on said earring post behind the earlobe of the earring wearer;

said battery carrier means mounting two of said relatively small flat type batteries in seriesed relation, two individual conductive metal battery clasping sections in said battery carrier grasping said two batteries in seriesed relation with the clasping section grasping the rear base battery, the first terminal connection for the circuit connection to said earring post; and

the forward battery opposite terminal being said second terminal of said battery means.

5. The article of jewelry of claim 4, wherein said battery carrier is generally cylindrical in shape longitudinally slotted from end to end, and transversely sliced to one interconnecting portion to form said two clasping sections.

6. The article of jewelry of claim 1, wherein said light means is a low current demand light emitting diode.

7. The article of jewelry of claim 1, wherein said articulating electrically conductive linkage is a multi-linked ornamental chain making looping connection beneath said wearer'"'"'s earlobe between said structure mounting said light means and said battery carrier means.

8. The article of jewelry of claim 2, wherein said articulating electrically conductive linkage is a multi-linked ornamental chain making looping connection beneath said wearer'"'"'s earlobe between said structure mounting said light means and said battery carrier means.