Pendant necklace assembly including a disengageable writing implement

• US 4,674,298 A
• Filed: 03/18/1985
• Issued: 06/23/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sue Wimmershoff-Caplan
• Original Assignee: Sue Wimmershoff-Caplan
• Inventors: Wimmershoff-Caplan, Sue
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US06/713,010
• Time in Patent Office: 827 Days
• Field of Search: 63/1 R, 63/2, 63/4, 63/3, 63/1 A, 24/3 A, 24/3 E, 24/3 H, 24/115 R, 24/11 HC, 24/11 CT, 24/11 R, 24/12, 24/3 B, 24/10 R, 224/191, 224/202, 224/251, 224/219
• US Class Current: 24/3.13
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 15/003 Jewellery holding or retaining articles, e.g. eyeglasses
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 25/00 Attaching writing implements to wearing apparel or objects involving constructional changes of the implements protecting means, e.g. caps B43K23/08; garment-holding devices A44B99/00; fastening articles to wearing apparel A45F5/02
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/1321 Pencil
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/1397 Article held by flexible connector [e.g., chain]

Abstract

An assembly including a pen (or other writing implement) having a cap is designed so that the pen can be worn as part of an ornamental necklace. In particular, the assembly has a precious metal ring portion into which the cap of a writing implement such as a fountain pen can be slidably engaged or fitted, and the assembly also has a precious metal mounting portion joined to the ring portion by means of a precious metal connector portion, as well as has a pair of precious metal loops attached to opposite sides of the outer surface of the ring. Opposite extreme ends of a chain are fastened into these loops, and an ornamental decoration of ornamental stone(s) or other ornamental piece is mounted in the mounting position.

Claims

1. A combination device for enabling a person to wear an elongated object comprising

(a) a ring portion made essentially of solid precious metal and having a pair of loops made essentially of solid precious metal, the loops being attached to said ring portion on substantially opposing sides of the outer surface thereof, the inner surface thereof being adapted for receiving a first elongated portion of the object so that said first portion can be slidably engaged through the ring in a direction parallel to the axis of the ring;

(b) means for carrying the ring by the person, including a chain having its extreme links each linked to a different one of the loops of the ring portion;

(c) a connector portion attached to said ring portion, the connector portion being made essentially of solid precious metal and being located on the outer surface of the ring portion substantially symmetrically between the loops; and

(d) a mounting portion made essentially of solid precious metal joined to the connector portion to form a loop means adapted to receive a second portion of the object, the mounting portion adapted to receive an ornament.

2. The combination of claim 1 in which the first elongated portion of the object is in the form of a cap member on whose outer surface the inner surface of the ring portion is slidably engaged, said cap member including means for detachably engaging thereto a third portion of said object.

3. The combination of claim 1 in which the ring, loops, connector portion, and mounting portion are all made of essentially the same precious metal.

4. The combination of claim 3 in which the precious metal is essentially gold.

5. The combination of claim 1 further comprising ornamental stones set in the mounting portion.

6. The combination of claim 2 in which the second portion of the object is in the form of a retaining clip attached to the cap member.

7. The combination of claim 6 in which the third portion is in the form of a writing implement engaged in the cap member, the implement being detachable from the cap for normal use of the implement while the chain is strung around the person'"'"'s neck with the cap pendant therefrom by the ring portion.

8. The combination of claim 7 in which the writing implement is a pen.

9. The combination of claim 8 further comprising one or more oramental stones set in the mounting portion.

10. The combination of claim 9 in which the mounting portion has prongs for setting and holding the stones.

11. The combination of claim 7 further comprising one or more ornamental stones set in the mounting portion.

12. The combination of claim 11 in which the mounting portion has prongs for setting and holding the stones.

13. The combination of claim 11 in which the cap is plated or filled with the same precious metal as that of which the ring portion is made.

14. An ornamental pendant necklace assembly comprising

(a) a ring portion having an inner and an outer circumferential surface, the inner surface thereof being adapted for enabling a first elongated portion of an object to be slidably engaged through the ring in a direction parallel to the axis of the ring;

(b) first and second loops respectively attached to and extending from substantially mutually opposed first and second sides of the outer surface of the ring portion;

(c) a chain whose first extreme link is linked to the first loop and whose second extreme link is linked to the second loop;

(d) a connector portion secured to the outer surface of the ring portion; and

(e) a mounting portion joined to the connector portion, whereby the connector portion and part of the mounting portion form a closed loop means adapted to receive a second elongated portion of the object,

the ring, the loops, the chain, the connector portion and the mounting portion each being formed substantially exclusively of precious metals.

15. The assembly of claim 14 in which the first elongated portion of the object is a cap member on whose outside surface the inner surface of the ring portion is slidably engaged, said cap member including means for detachably connecting thereto a third portion of the object.

16. The assembly of claim 15 in which the second elongated portion of the object is a retaining clip permanently attached to the cap member.

17. The assembly of claim 14 further comprising one or more ornamental stones set in prongs of the mounting portions.

18. The assembly of claim 14 in which the precious metals are essentially the same for the ring portion, loops, chain, connector portion, and mounting portion.