Multipartite jewelry item useful as a finger ring

• US 4,362,031 A
• Filed: 07/17/1980
• Issued: 12/07/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: GEBR Niessing
• Original Assignee: GEBR Niessing
• Inventors: Obermuller, Hermann
• Primary Examiner(s): Shay, F. Barry
• Application Number:
  US06/169,722
• Time in Patent Office: 873 Days
• Field of Search: 63/15, 63/5 A, 63/11, 63/10, 63/3, 63/15.45, 63/15.5, 63/6, 63/9, 63/2, 63/1 R, 59/79.1, 46/1 R
• US Class Current: 63/15
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 13/00 Connectible jewellery
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 9/0015 connected or interlinked to each other

Abstract

A multipartite item of jewelry particularly useful as a finger ring formed of a plurality of sections which are flexibly connected to each other in order to form a closed series of curves with the sections being constructed with a circular configuration.

Claims

1. A multipartite item of jewelry particularly useful as a finger ring comprising:

eight hollow tubular sections each formed as a circular arc subtending an angle of 90°

arranged together end-to-end to form an overall endless closed loop, the ends of each of said sections being movable relative to the ends of each adjacent section to enable said sections to be turned relative to each other; and

flexible means resiliently holding said curved sections together in the form of said overall endless closed loop while enabling said sections to be turned end-to-end relative to each other;

said flexible means enabling said overall endless closed loop to be twisted upon itself to form said jewelry item into a smaller closed loop formed of two generally overlapping circular segments while maintaining the ends of adjacent sections in abutting contact;

said overall endless closed loop having a circumferential dimension which is at least twice as large as the circumferential dimension of said smaller closed loop formed therefrom.

2. An item according to claim 1 wherein gem settings are arranged over abutting ends of said hollow tubular sections to cover the separating lines therebetween.

3. An item according to claim 1 wherein gem settings are provided in said sections.

4. An item according to claim 1 wherein said flexible means comprise an elastic element extending continuously on the interior of said hollow tubular sections to join said sections together.

5. An item according to claim 4 wherein said elastic element is constructed in a spiral configuration.

6. An item according to claim 1 wherein said sections are structured to be different with respect to color.

7. An item according to claim 1 wherein said sections are structured to be different with respect to surface composition.