Intermittent light movement jewelry pendant

• US 4,309,743 A
• Filed: 03/20/1979
• Issued: 01/05/1982
• 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:
  US06/022,191
• Time in Patent Office: 1,022 Days
• Field of Search: 362/104, 362/806-811, 362/103, 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

Abstract

An ornamental article of jewelry having an internally lighted pendant housing suspended from a necklace or bracelet for free irregular movement with body movement of the wearer. The internally lighted pendant housing encloses small batteries at the bottom and thereabove a low current demand light emitting structure that is subject to intermittent jiggled tilting to complete the battery-light circuit.

Claims

1. In an article of jewelry having intermittent lighting:

housing means;

battery means contained within said housing means;

light means;

battery to light circuit means;

circuit completing and breaking structural means contained within said housing means as part of said battery to light circuit means; and

with said circuit completing and breaking structural means and said light means forming a balanced structure supported on said battery means for tilting movement thereof with movement of the article of jewelry;

said balanced structure being in its circuit breaking condition when balanced and in its circuit completing condition when unbalanced by being tilted in any direction; and

with tilting of said balanced structure to a circuit completing position on an intermittent basis and lighting of said light means on an intermittent basis induced by movement of the article of jewelry.

2. The article of jewelry of claim 1, wherein said structural means mounts said light means within said housing means;

and said housing means includes interior to exterior light passage means.

3. The article of jewelry of claim 2, wherein said housing means is in the form of an ornamental pendant;

and further including mounting means for carrying said pendant as an article of jewelry on the body of the wearer for free irregular movement with body movement of the wearer.

4. The article of jewelry of claim 3, wherein said mounting means includes chain means suspending said housing means pendant.

5. The article of jewelry of claim 2, wherein said light means is a low current demand light emitting diode.

6. The article of jewelry of claim 2, wherein said structural means has a support base resting on an uppermost battery terminal;

said light means has a first terminal and a second terminal;

said support base including a clad board with conductive metal cladding on the bottom of an insulation material board;

extension of said first terminal from said light means supported above said board to electrically conductive contact with said cladding below the board; and

extension of said second terminal to electric circuit contact means positioned to close circuit contact with circuit contact means in closing said battery to light circuit means for intermittent lighting of said light means with movement of said housing means.

7. The article of jewelry of claim 6, wherein said circuit contact means is an electrically conductive portion of the interior surface of said housing means;

and with said housing providing an electrically conductive path from a bottom terminal connection with said battery means to said electrically conductive portion of the housing means.

8. The article of jewelry of claim 7, wherein said battery means is a plurality of batteries of the relatively small flat type stacked in electrically seriesed relation;

and a band of electrically insulating material around the circumference of each battery above the bottom battery of said plurality of stacked batteries.

9. The article of jewelry of claim 6, wherein said electric circuit contact means is an electrically conductive ring connected to said second terminal, and positioned to contact conductive means in contact with second battery terminal means.

10. The article of jewelry of claim 9, wherein said electrically conductive ring is positioned adjacent the top of said light means, around said light means and in contact with said light means;

and with said first and second light terminals supporting said light means above said insulation material board.