AU2004100466B4

AU2004100466B4 - A jewellry holder

Info

Publication number: AU2004100466B4
Application number: AU2004100466A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Samantha Anne Casey
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2004-06-11
Filing date: 2004-06-11
Publication date: 2005-03-24
Anticipated expiration: 2012-06-11
Also published as: AU2004100466A4; WO2005120309A1

Description

11-JUN-2004 04:04PM FROM-Wynnes pat&tm attorneys 61 7 33421292 T-463 P-006/017 F-445 A JEWELLRY HOLDER FIELD OF INVENTION The present invention relates to a device that holds jewellry. The present Invention has particular but not exclusive application for personal use but may be used to display jewellry at retail outlets.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Jewellry Including rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, brooches and other body piercing jewellry are often placed on the bedside table or dressing table when not in use. These Items are often expensive and because of their relatively small size can be easily misplaced. Many people keep their Jewellry In a Jewellry box or container but mixed In together the Jewellry often becomes entangled, particularly with necklaces, causing frustration and delays while dressing. Alternative storage methods involve separating parts of a piece such as an earring and its backing and Inserting In them into a cushion or foam support. When parts of a piece of Jewellry are separated they can be easily lost because they are small.

Current methods of storing jeweliry suffer from a number of disadvantages. For example, when the Jewellry Is held In a box or container, they often become entangled with each other and expensive pieces are exposed to possible damage. If left on the dresser and separated from other pieces, they have the risk of being lost between each use.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present Invention to provide an altemative device to hold jewellry that overcomes, at least In part, one of more of the abovementioned disadvantages.

COMS ID No: SBMI-00788055 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:05 Date 2004-06-11 11-JUN-2004 04:04PM FROM-Wynnes pat&tm attorneys 61 7 33421292 T-463 P-OOT/01T F-445 -2- SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In one aspect the present invention broadly resides in a jewellry holder Including a support having a plurality of openings which are spaced apart from each other, each of said openings has a substantially circular or oval shaped section with one or more slot sections extending from the circular or oval shaped section; wherein in use the support Is positioned at an angle to the horizontal axis and jewellry pieces are positioned In the opening and retained In the slot section.

The support is made of any suitable material but preferably plastics. The support may be covered by fabric such as velvet.

The support may have a base portion which maintains the holder portion at a desired angle to the horizontal axis. The base portion is preferably integral with the holder portion so that the Jewellry holder is a one-piece device.

Alternatively, the support may have a detachable base. The detachable base may have a rack configuration. The detachable base may hold several supports in substantially parallel arrangement. In this arrangement, the support(s) with Jewellry pieces can be stored in a space-saving and or secure location. For example, the detachable base may be a rack designed to fit within a wardrobe cabinet, drawer, safe or a display cabinet. Alternatively the support may be mounted on a stand.

The support Is preferably positioned at an angle less than 90 degrees to the horizontal axis. More preferably, the support is positioned at an angle of approximately 80 degrees to the horizontal axis.

The opening includes a substantial oval or circular section which Is large enough to allow a piece of Jewellry to enter without separating the different parts of the Jewellry piece. The slot section or part thereof preferably has a rectangular or an COMS ID No: SBMI-00788055 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:05 Date 2004-06-11 02-MAR-20 5 11:44AM FROM-Wynnes pat&tm attorneys 61 7 3342122 T-801 P.008/019 F-202 0-3ci Inverted triangular shape. Each slot section is or has a downwardly disposed Sportion for retaining a Jewellry piece. Where there are two or more slot cPl 0 sections extending from the circular open section periphery, the slots may comprise a series of downwardly disposed fingers extending from the IN substantially circular or oval shaped opening section. In a further alternative 0 the slot sections may be shaped to have an outwardly extending portion and a diagonally extending portion.

(c The support may also include upper and side one or more projections for holding bracelets, necklaces, rings and the like on the upper and or side edges of the holder. The projections are shaped so that a Jewellry piece such as a ring Is able to go around a projection.

In another aspect the invention broadly resides In a Jewellry holder including a support having a plurality of openings which are spaced apart from is each other, said support is adapted to be positioned at an angle to the horizontal so that long Jewellry pieces are suspendable, each of said openings has a first opening portion with a comparatively wider opening for locating a Jewellry piece and a second opening portion having one or more slots with a narrower opening for retaining the Jewellry piece, said first opening portion has a substantially circular or oval shaped opening; said second opening portion has one or more slots extending downwards from the first opening portion; wherein In use the support is positioned at an angle to the horizontal axis and the Jewellry piece Is located In the opening of the first opening portion and held In the slot of the second opening portion.

COMS ID No: S6MI-01145231 Received by IP Australia: Time 12:46 Date 2005-03-02 02-MAR-2005 11:44AM FROM-NWynns pat&tm attorneys 61 7 33421202 T-801 P.009/019 F-202 -3a- Said Jewellry holder preferably has a support that has an integral stand portion which maintains the portion with the openings at an angle of o substantially 80 degrees to the horizontal, BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS SIn order that the present Invention may be more readily understood and put Into practical effect, reference will now be made to the accompanying 0 drawings wherein: Figure 1 is a diagrammatic representation of an embodiment of the Jewellry holder; Figure 2 is a diagrammatic representation of another embodiment of the Jewellry holder; Figure 3 is a diagrammatic representation of a further alternative embodiment of a jewellry holder; and Figure 4 is a photograph of a preferred embodiment of the jewellry holder.

COMS ID No: SBMI-01145231 Received by IP Australia: Time 12:46 Date 2005-03-02 11-JUN-2004 04:OEPM FROIA-Wynnms Pat~tm attorneys6173429T-3 P.0/1 F-4 61 T 33421292 T-463 P-009/017 F-445 -4- DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERED EMBODIMENT With reference to Figure 1, there Is a holder 10 for holding jeweliry. The holder 10 is made of plastic with a number of key hole orifices 11. Each orifice 11 has a substantially circular section 12 and a downwardly disposed slot section 13.

The downwardly disposed slot section 13 extends from the periphery of the circular section 12. By way of example, two earrings 14 with ornamental portion 15 end ring portion 16 are shown positioned In the slot section 13 of the ort? Ice 11.- The planar holder 10 may be positioned on a stand such as those used to hold a photograph frame or alternately placed In a rack where several holders 10 may be positioned next to each other.

With reference to Figure 2, there Is shown an alternative embodiment of the holder 20 wherein there Is a plurality of key hole orifices 21 and a plurality of three pronged orifices 22. The holder 20 also has a series of projections 23 along its upper side. The holder 20 has a series of different shaped orifices 21,22 but all have a substantially circular section which allows the jewellry piece to enter and pass to the retainer portion. Entry of the jeweliry piece occurs without the jeweliry piece coming apart or separating so that there Is no small piece to lose. The three pronged orifices 22 have three downwardly disposed prong shaped slots 24 to allow three separate Jeweliry pieces to be retained within a single orifice. The protrusions 23 allow necklaces, bracelets and rings to be positioned thereon while the threepronged orifices 22 allow jeweliry such as earrings and other body piercing Jeweliry to be stored. Similar to the embodiment shown In Figure 1, the holder 20 may be positioned on a rack or mounted on a stand.

In Figure 3. there Is shown a further embodiment of a holder 30 which is similar to the holder shown in Figure 2 but Includes an integral base portion 31 COMS ID No: SBMI-00788055 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:05 Date 2004-06-11 11-JUN-2004 04:O5PM FROM-Wynnes pat&tm attorneys 61 7 33421292 T-463 P.010/01T F-445 effectively allowing the holder to stand by Itself. The holder can be used as a onepiece device to be placed on the dressing table or on display.

Figure 4 shows the holder 30 with different jewellry pieces placed thereon.

ADVANT§EI

The present invention has a number of advantages Including the positioning and storing of jewellry on a holder without the need to separate parts of a jewellry piece or having the jewellry pieces entangled with each other In a container.

VARIATIONS

It wil of course be reallsed that while the foregoing has been given by way of illustrative example of this invention, all such and other modifications and variations thereto as would be apparent to persons skilled in the art are deemed to fall within the broad scope and ambit of this invention as Is herein set forth.

Throughout the description and claims this specification the word "comprise" and variations of that word such as "comprises" and "comprising", are not intended to exclude other additives, components, Integers or steps.

COMS ID No: SBMI-00788055 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:05 Date 2004-06-11

Claims

02-MAR-2005 11:45AM FROM-Wynnes pittm attorneys 61 7 3342122 T-801 P.014/019 F-202 0 -6- CLAIMS 0 1. A Jewellry holder Including a support having a plurality of openings IN which are spaced apart from each other, said support Is adapted to be Spositioned at an angle to the horizontal so that long jewellry pieces are suspendable, each of said openings has a first opening portion with a c comparatively wider opening for locating a Jewellry piece and a second opening portion having one or more slots with a narrower opening for retaining the jeweliry piece, said first opening portion has a substantially circular or oval shaped opening; said second opening portion has one or more slots extending downwards from the first opening portion; wherein in use the support is positioned at an angle to 1s the horizontal axis and the jewellry piece Is located In the opening of the first opening portion and held In the slot of the second opening portion. 2. A Jewellry holder as claimed in claim I wherein the support has an integral stand portion which maintains the portion with the openings at an angle of substantially 80 degrees to the horizontal.
3. A jewellry holder as claimed in claim 1 or 2 wherein there are three spaced apart slots extending radially and substantially downwardly from the first opening portion of an opening. COMS ID No: SBMI-01145231 Received by IP Australia: Time 12:46 Date 2005-03-02 02-MAR-Z005 11:45AM FROM-Wynnes pat&tm attorneys 61 7 33421292 T-81 P-015019 F-202 0 -6a- Ct
4. A Jewellry holder as claimed in claim 1 or 2 wherein there is a single o downwardly disposed slot extending from the first opening portion of an opening. O 0 5. A jewellry holder as substantially described herein with reference to and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings. COMS ID No: SBMI-01145231 Received by IP Australia: Time 12:46 Date 2005-03-02
11-JUN-2004 04:05PM FROM-Wynnes pat&tm attorneys 61 7 33421292 T-463 P-012/017 F-445 -7- DATED THIS SEVENTH DAY OF JUNE 2004 Samantha Casey By her Patent Attorneys Wynnes Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys COMS ID No: SBMI-00788055 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:05 Date 2004-06-11