Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
  • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
  • A44C17/00—Gems or the like
  • A44C17/02—Settings for holding gems or the like, e.g. for ornaments or decorations
  • A44C17/0208—Settings for holding gems or the like, e.g. for ornaments or decorations removable
  • A44C17/0216—Settings for holding gems or the like, e.g. for ornaments or decorations removable with automatic locking action, e.g. by using a spring

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a jewel formed of several constituent elements, at least one of which is interchangeable.
• a jewel consists of a single element formed by a material or an assembly of several materials of different aspects, it may or may not have a movable part to facilitate its installation.
• transformable jewelry made up of a set of elements, for example a tiara transformable into a necklace by subtraction of a certain number of elements which are each a jewel, another example is a necklace pendant which can be detached to become a lapel clip.
• the object of the present invention is to produce a bij or variable aspect.
• the jewel comprises at least two elements complementary to each other, one constituting a base and the other an interlayer, both of curved shape and at least one not being closed. on himself.
• the base has at least one window, crossing the base from the concave side to the convex side, the interlayer comprises at least one protuberance complementary to the window of the base, so that the assembly of the two elements by penetration of the protuberance of the 'spacer in the base window requires a slight elastic deformation of at least one of the two elements.
• the jewel is composed of two elements: a base and a spacer.
• the interlayer has a width less than that of the base and has protuberances along the curvature on the convex surface; it also has an open form, that is to say that it is not closed in on itself.
• the base has at least one window whose opening is larger than the maximum section of the interlayer, so that the latter can be introduced through this window from the convex side to the concave side of the base before it is assembled thereon. .
• the assembly and disassembly of these two elements is done by light pressure on the interlayer and the base. We can therefore replace the interlayer or the base with another equivalent element having another aspect to change the overall appearance of the jewel.
• Another preferred embodiment of the invention is a jewel composed of a base comprising several rows of windows distributed in the width direction, and an equivalent number of spacers of width less than that of the row of corresponding windows. This makes it possible to vary the appearance of the jewel even more, since we can play on the combination of the different spacers and the base.
• This type of jewelry has a definite advantage over classic jewelry.
• the present invention allows, thanks to the easy substitution of at least one of the constituent elements, to produce a piece of jewelry with variable appearance according to the circumstances of use, allowing for example an adaptation of the piece of jewelry to the toilet, by the choice of geometric shapes. , materials, structures, colors, etc. different from the interchangeable part (s).
• FIG. 1 represents a front view of a bracelet according to the invention
• 2 shows a side view of the base and the separate tab of the bracelet of Figure 1
• FIG. 3 represents a front view of the bracelet of FIG. 1 with the interlayer partially introduced into one of the windows of the base
• FIG. 4 represents a front view of the bracelet of FIG. 3 with the interlayer in position before its assembly on the base
• FIG. 5 represents a front view of an ear clip with the interlayer partially inserted in one of the windows of the base
• FIG. 6 represents a front view of the ear clip of FIG. 5 with the interlayer in position before it is assembled on the base.
• FIGS 1 to 4 show a bracelet 1 according to the invention composed of two complementary components, one of which is a base 8 and the other a spacer 7.
• Bracelet 1 has a plane of symmetry A-A, equidistant from the ends, and coincides with the minor axis of said elliptical shapes.
• the base 8 and the insert 7 each have a substantially constant width which decreases very slightly towards their ends.
• the base 8 comprises four windows 5a, 5b and three toric ornamental portions 3 distributed along the curvature; the two windows 5b close to the ends have a length two to three times greater than that of the two remaining windows 5a.
• the insert 7 comprises four protuberances 2a, 2b of toric surface complementary to surfaces 3 of the base 8, and three strips 4 connecting the protuberances 2 together along the curvature.
• the width of the interlayer 7 is slightly less than that of the windows 5 of the base 8.
• the interlayer 7 is introduced by one of the windows 5b close to the ends of the base in the direction indicated by an arrow, for take the configuration of FIG. 4 where the end of the inserted insert 7 (in accordance with FIG. 3) emerges through a window 5b symmetrical to the previous one, so that the two protrusions 2a remote from the ends are opposite the two receiving windows 5a.
• the sides 6a and 6c of the protrusions 2b, 2a are substantially perpendicular to the curvature and the sides 6b of the protrusions 2a are substantially parallel to the axis of symmetry AA, so as to facilitate mounting and dismounting of the two elements 7 and 8 by a simple translation parallel to the axis of symmetry AA as indicated in FIG. 4.
• the elements 7 and 8 are assembled, the elastic deformations of the two elements 7 and 8 make it possible on the one hand to maintain the assembly of the insert 7 and of the base 8 by a force of compression of the windows on the protuberances, and on the other hand an additional blocking of the ends of the insert 7 on the extreme edges of the windows 5b of the base 8.
• Disassembly of the two elements 7 and 8 is effected by a pressure exerted on the protuberances 2a, parallel to the axis of symmetry AA; the unlocking of the two elements 7 and 8 is then carried out when the pressure exerted is greater than the elastic stresses blocking these two elements, and it is then possible to remove the interlayer 7 through one of the windows 5b of the base 8. It is therefore possible from this change the interlayer (or base) to change the appearance of the bracelet.
• the bracelet being worn on the arm, if an accidental shock to the bracelet, unlocks the two constituent elements, their complementary shape and structure make it possible to avoid any risk of falling.
• FIGS. 5 and 6 represent an ear clip 10 comprising a clamp 16 mounted on the base 15.
• the insert 11 comprising three protrusions 12 is introduced by the end comprising a first protuberance 12a in one of the three windows 14 of the base 15, at the end where the clamp is fixed 16.
• the end 11a introduced from the interlayer 11 comes first to be placed in the window 14a at the other end 15a of the base 15.
• the lateral surfaces of the protrusions of the two ends of the interlayer 11 are substantially perpendicular to the curvature and the two surfaces lateral of the protuberance located in the center of the interlayer 11 are shaped so that the assembly is made by a pressure exerted on the other end of the interlayer 11 so that the latter performs a pivoting movement around the first end 11a blocked on the edge of window 14a.
• the assembly is maintained (FIG. 6) by the elastic deformation of the two elements 11 and 15. These two elements are disassembled by a pressure which makes the insert 11 pivot around its first end 11a and the insert 11 is separated from the base 15 by removing it through one of its windows.
• the ear clip 10 is held by the ear lobe against any risk of falling of the insert 11 accidentally released from the base 15.
• the base may include a window or several rows of windows distributed over its width and the number of spacers may vary depending on the number of rows of windows.

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