Illuminable jewelry item

• US 4,930,052 A
• Filed: 06/13/1989
• Issued: 05/29/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rubie's Costume Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Rubie's Costume Company Incorporated
• Inventors: Beige, Joel
• Primary Examiner(s): Yeung, James C.
• Application Number:
  US07/365,481
• Time in Patent Office: 350 Days
• Field of Search: 362/103, 362/104, 362/800, 362/191
• US Class Current: 362/104
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 15/0015 Illuminated or sound-producing jewellery
• CPC Class Codes: F21L 2/00 Systems of electric lighting devices systems employing both electric and non-electric light sources or exchangeable light sources F21L27/00

Abstract

An illuminable earring includes a housing having a slit-like opening; an earring support for hanging the housing from an ear of a person; a printed circuit board in the housing; a light bulb positioned on the printed circuit board; a power supply positioned on the printed circuit board for supplying power to the light bulb, the power supply including a battery, and a contact in electrical contact with the battery for supplying power from the battery to the light bulb; a pulse circuit connected between the power supply and the light bulb for supplying pulses of power from the power supply to the light bulb; and a thin non-conductive strip of plastic extendible through the opening in the housing and insertable between the battery and the contact for selectively interrupting the supply of power from the power supply to the light bulb.

Claims

1. An illuminable jewelry item comprising:

a housing having an opening defining a thin guide slit;

illumination means positioned in said housing for supplying light;

power supply means positioned in said housing for selectively supplying power to said illumination means;

thin, fully non-conductive switch means extendible through said guide slit of said opening in said housing between said power supply means and said illumination means for selectively interrupting the supply of power from said power supply means to said illumination means; and

said switch means being fully detachable from said housing by pulling through said guide slit, and when so detached allowing said power supply means to contact and illuminate said illumination means.