Spring ring adjuster

• US 5,239,842 A
• Filed: 12/02/1992
• Issued: 08/31/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sheldon Gesensway
• Original Assignee: Sheldon Gesensway
• Inventors: Gesensway, Sheldon
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Saether, Flemming
• Application Number:
  US07/984,485
• Time in Patent Office: 272 Days
• Field of Search: 63/15-15.8
• US Class Current: 63/15.6
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 9/02 adjustable

Abstract

An attachment device for a finger ring for improving the fit of the ring is constructed from a clamp, an elongated spring secured by the clamp, and a resilient sleeve disposed upon the spring. The clamp is of monolithic construction, fabricated from a piece of thin sheet stock of a malleable metal and having a base portion elongated between two extremities and adapted to be bent so as to lie against the interior surface of the ring. At least two gripping portions extend from the extremities of the base portion. A bracket portion, which secures the spring, extends from one extremity of the base portion in a direction opposite to the gripping portions.

Claims

1. An attachment device for a ring of substantially circular contour having a central region and interior and exterior surfaces, said device comprising:

a) a clamp of monolithic construction fabricated from a piece of thin sheet stock of a malleable metal and having a base portion elongated between first and second extremities and adapted to be bent so as to lie against said interior surface in close conformity therewith, at least two gripping portions extending codirectionally and perpendicularly from said base portion adjacent the extremities thereof and adapted to be bent so as to embrace the exterior surface of the ring, and a bracket portion extending perpendicularly from said base portion adjacent said second extremity and in a direction opposite to the direction of the gripping portions,

b) an elongated spring having a proximal extremity secured to said bracket portion, and a free distal extremity, said spring extending coextensively with said base portion and configured to exert force in a first mode of motion toward said central region, and

c) a resilient sleeve disposed upon said spring.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said sleeve is disposed upon only a portion of said spring, said portion extending between 70% and 80% of the distance going from said distal extremity toward said proximal extremity.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein said spring is a wire in loop form.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein said distal extremity extends beyond the first extremity of said base portion.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the spring has some pivotal movement in its securement to said bracket portion, permitting limited movement of the spring in a second mode of motion orthogonal to the plane of the ring.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein said gripping portions are codirectionally disposed from the same side of said base portion and are adapted to be bent in the same directions to embrace the shank of the ring.