EP1513425B1 - Bijou a fixer a une partie de corps percee et boucle d'oreille - Google Patents

Bijou a fixer a une partie de corps percee et boucle d'oreille Download PDF

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EP1513425B1
EP1513425B1 EP03755307A EP03755307A EP1513425B1 EP 1513425 B1 EP1513425 B1 EP 1513425B1 EP 03755307 A EP03755307 A EP 03755307A EP 03755307 A EP03755307 A EP 03755307A EP 1513425 B1 EP1513425 B1 EP 1513425B1
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Karl Blomdahl
Anna-Lena Gustavsson
Malin Carlberg
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C7/00—Ear-rings; Devices for piercing the ear-lobes
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  • the present invention relates to a piece of jewellery for fastening in a pierced body part, which piece of jewellery is suitably an earring, and comprises a first part and a second part, where the second part is used in order to fasten the piece of jewellery in the pierced body part.
  • the present invention relates to a piece of jewellery for an ear or other pierced body part.
  • the locking mechanism it is desirable for the locking mechanism to intrude as little as possible on the appearance of the rest of the piece of jewellery; in other words, the locking mechanism is to be as discreet as possible, at the same time as it is to afford as effective a locking action as possible.
  • Known locking mechanisms for this type of jewellery have one or more of a number of disadvantages: they are difficult to use, in other words difficult to lock, difficult to arrange on the wearer, they have a disadvantageous construction from the aesthetic point of view, they involve a considerable risk of the locking mechanism coming open accidentally, or they are uncomfortable, in other words, the locking mechanism may rub against the rest of the body, in the case of an earring against the skin and/or the ear.
  • US 4,129,998 discloses an earring with a locking mechanism, intended for a pierced ear.
  • the locking mechanism disclosed in this document is relatively complicated to manufacture, at the same time as it appears to be difficult to use. It seems moreover that the locking mechanism could rub against the skin.
  • the invention comprises a piece of jewellery for fastening in a pierced body part, comprising a first part with a first main geometrical shape, the first part having a first end and a second end.
  • the two ends face each other at a distance from each other, and at least the first end has an opening.
  • the piece of jewellery also comprises a second part with a first end and a second end and a second main geometrical shape, where the second part has, in the direction towards its first end, a first portion which is designed so that at least part of this first portion can be arranged in the opening in the first end of the first part.
  • the first part and the second part are held together to form a connected piece of jewellery by virtue of interaction between the first part and the second part, during which interaction the first part and the second part remain two mutually separate parts, and where the first portion of the second part can run essentially freely in the opening of the open first end of the first part.
  • the connected piece of jewellery has a stop arrangement in order to prevent the piece of jewellery coming out of the pierced body part, said stop arrangement comprising a stop portion of the second part, said stop portion comprising the second end of the second part, with the shape of the stop portion deviating from the main geometrical shape of the second part.
  • an earring is obtained which, as will be understood more clearly with the aid of the detailed description below, has a discreet and effective locking mechanism, at the same time as the earring according to the invention is simple and cost-effective to manufacture.
  • the ease of manufacture is at least in part due to the fact that the second or inner part can simply be a piece of wire, which is shaped in the same shape as the first or outer part, with one end of the wire piece simply being bent at an angle from the rest of the wire, and the first or outer part can simply be a piece of tubing, shaped in the desired geometrical form,
  • the holding-together effect in the piece of jewellery is suitably achieved by virtue of the fact that the distance between the two ends of the first part along the first part is greater than the shortest distance between said two ends, and by virtue of the fact that the first portion of the second part can run essentially freely in the opening of the open first end of the first part, said interaction between the first part and the second part being achieved by virtue of the fact that part of the first portion of the second part has, or can assume, essentially the same geometrical shape as the first part.
  • Other ways of achieving the holding-together interaction will also be disclosed below.
  • the invention comprises an earring with a first part, which first part has a first geometrical shape, and a first end and a second end, which ends face one another with a distance between the two ends, and where at least the first end has an opening.
  • the earring also comprises a second part with a second main geometrical shape, where the second part has a first portion designed in such a way that part of this first portion can be arranged in the first end f the first part, the second part also having a stop arrangement for preventing the ear ring from coming away from an ear, where
  • Fig. 1 shows a first part 100 of the invention.
  • This first part 100 comprises a first end 110 and a second end 120, which face one another. Between the ends 110, 120 of the first part, there is a distance A, the function of which will become clear in the following description.
  • the first part is preferably designed as part of a ring, where the distance A corresponds to part of the ring which has been removed.
  • the first part is shaped in a certain geometrical form, e.g. a ring, and the distance A simply corresponds to a part of that form, in this example the ring, which has been removed.
  • Fig. 2 shows the first part 100 in the section B-B from Fig. 1 .
  • Another feature of the first part can be seen from Fig. 2 : at least the first end 110 has an opening which extends a predetermined distance into the ring; in other words, the ring is hollow over a predetermined distance in from the first end 110.
  • Fig. 3 shows the first part 100 in perspective in order to illustrate further what has been described above, in other words the design of the first part 100 as part of a ring, with two ends 110, 120 which face one another, one end 110 of which is open, and where there is a distance between the two ends 110, 120.
  • Fig. 4 shows a second part 200 of the present invention.
  • the second part 200 has a first end 202 and a second end 204, and also a first portion 210 which is designed in a desired geometrical form, suitably in the same form as the first part 100, in other words as part of a ring in the present case, but not necessarily with the same extent - in other words length, or circumference - as the first part.
  • the parts 100, 210 have circle radii which essentially coincide, which will be understood from the description below.
  • the circle radii should coincide does not mean, however, that the length of the parts has to coincide; in other words, they can be parts of different size of one and the same geometrical shape, in the example a ring.
  • the same principle according to the invention can be applied to other geometrical shapes; the ring shape is only an example for illustrating the inventive idea.
  • the design of the first portion 210 of the second part 200 of the invention means that this portion of the second part 200 can be arranged inside the first part 100, for example by being inserted into the first part, after which the portion 210 can run essentially freely inside the first part.
  • the expression "run essentially freely” here means that the portion 210 of the second part is movable inside the first part, although a certain friction can be present.
  • the two parts can be taken apart and assembled is not necessary for the invention, but means that the two parts 100, 200 can be manufactured separately and then assembled in a simple way.
  • the fact that the two parts can be manufactured separately also contributes to simplicity in manufacture; for example, the first part 100 can quite simply consist of a tube which is bent into the desired shape, and the second part 200 can consist of a wire which is bent into its desired shape.
  • the second part 200 of the invention comprises a stop arrangement 220 for an ear.
  • the function of the stop arrangement 220 will be described in greater detail below but, as can be seen from Fig. 4 , the stop arrangement can, in its simplest form, consist of a portion of the second part 200 which is quite simply bent at an angle which differs from the direction of extent of the second part.
  • the stop arrangement in this illustrative embodiment is quite simply a "heel" on the second part, the expression “heel” here meaning that the stop arrangement comprises a portion 220 of the second part 200 which is bent at an angle from the rest of the second part 200, so that the stop arrangement or heel 220 deviates from the main geometrical shape of the second part, in this case the annular shape
  • the heel 220 is located at one of the ends of the second part.
  • the ear ring or piece of jewellery has a stop arrangement 220 in order to prevent the piece of jewellery coming out of the pierced body part, e.g. the ear, with the stop arrangement comprising a stop portion 220 of the second part 200, where the stop portion comprises the second end 204 of the second part, with the shape of the stop portion deviating from the main geometrical shape of the second part.
  • FIG. 5 shows the second part 200 of the invention in the same perspective view as that in which the first part was shown in Fig. 3 .
  • Fig. 6 shows the invention in the assembled state: by virtue of the fact that the first portion 210 of the second part 200 has been arranged in the first part 100, an earring with a simple and effective locking mechanism has been formed.
  • the first portion 210 runs essentially freely in one end 110 of the first part, and can do so as far into the first part as the opening from the first end extends.
  • the opening extends through the entire first part 100 and includes both its ends; in other words, the first part is formed quite simply by means of a hollow tube which is given the desired shape.
  • the main purpose of the stop mechanism 220 is to prevent the piece of jewellery from coming away from the ear, while the main purpose of the locking mechanism is to limit the mutual movement of the two parts, i.e. the first and the second part.
  • the first part 100 can be designed so that, when a closing movement takes place, the locking arrangement 220 of the second part 200 will come into mechanical contact with the second end 120 of the first part 100.
  • the portion 210 designed as part of a ring runs freely inside the first part and can be moved between two end positions, both of which are shown in Fig. 6 .
  • the earring In the first end position, which is shown by broken lines, where the heel is designated by 220', the earring has an opening which is essentially the same size as the distance A between the openings 110, 120 in the first part 100.
  • the earring In the second end position, the earring is closed, with the locking heel 220 in contact with the second end 120 of the first part 100.
  • the two ends 110, 120 of the first part can be arranged so that, when movement of the second part 200 takes place, the heel 220 can come into contact with the second opening 120 of the first part 100.
  • the ring should therefore be plane so as to achieve this locking effect.
  • the second part 200 has a stop arrangement of the type shown, in other words a heel, the piece of jewellery will be retained in the ear even if the heel does not come into contact with the second end 120 of the first part.
  • the locking mechanism can also consist of a different interaction between the first part and the second part: if its length allows, the second part 200 can be drawn out of the first part and past the second opening 120 of the first part, so that a portion of the second part will come to lie alongside the first part, outside it.
  • Fig. 7 shows the assembled earring in the same perspective view as that in which the individual parts were shown previously in Figs 3 and 5 , with the movable inner part 200 in the closed position.
  • Figs 8a-8c show how an earring according to the invention is intended to be fastened in an ear, preferably in an earlobe.
  • Fig. 8a shows an earlobe 800 with a hole, a passage 810.
  • the assembled earring is guided towards the passage 810 in the ear 800 with the movable part 210 of the earring in the "open" position; in other words, the locking heel 220 rests against that opening in the first part 100 into which the movable part 210 has been inserted.
  • the earring is held so that the heel 220 can be inserted into the passage 810, which means that the earring is in principle held at right angles to the position the earring will have after fastening.
  • Fig. 8c the heel is finally guided in the direction towards the second end of the first part, the earring then being locked.
  • the earring according to the invention is now locked in an extremely secure way.
  • Another feature of the invention can also be seen from the drawings, namely that the second end 120 of the first part can also serve as a stop arrangement for the ear, as the ear will meet this end 120 if the stop arrangement 220 of the second part should not be present, or if it should be drawn past the second end of the first part.
  • the second part 200 can have a part which is not intended to go into the opening in the first part, and it is also conceivable for that portion of the second part which is to go into the said opening to be made of a flexible material, for example a spring, which can therefore adapt to any shape of the first part.
  • Another way of achieving the holding-together of the piece of jewellery is to make the cross-sectional radius of the second part 200 such in relation to the inner radius of the opening in the first end 110 of the first part that said holding-together interaction is achieved by friction.
  • Other ways of bringing about friction are, for example, to provide the second part, or at least part of it, with a geometrical shape which differs from that of the first part, for example a larger or smaller circle radius, or for a portion of the second part to have a shape which differs in another way.
  • the outer part 200 having, at that end which the heel of the first part will come into contact with, a slit or a groove in the outer part in to which slit or groove the heel or stop arrangement will be received.
  • a slit or groove could then be shaped so as to hold the heel in some way, for example by virtue of the slit or groove having a diameter which is slightly smaller than that of the heel, or by part of the slit or groove having a part which is at an "angle" with the rest of the slit or groove.
  • such a slit or groove could also be arranged on a body external to the second part, in effect causing the piece of jewellery or ear ring to have three parts, e.g. a body of plastic which is arranged in one end of the outer part and protrudes from it.
  • the size of this third part would exceed the diameter of "the outer part", the tube.
  • the outer part 100 has been described above as a piece of tubular metal which has been given the desired shape.
  • the outer part 200 consists of an open piece of metal which has been given the desired shape.
  • Such an alternative part 200 could then consist simply of a piece of straight material, metal or otherwise, which has been bent into, in the example above, an annular or semi-annular shape.
  • Such an outer part would suitably but not necessarily also comprise longitudinal edges which have been bent at an angle with respect to the rest of the outer part 200, in order to contain the inner part 100.

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  1. Bijou à fixer à une partie de corps percée, comprenant une première partie (100) avec une première forme géométrique principale, laquelle première partie possède une première extrémité (110) et une seconde extrémité (120), lesdites deux extrémités se faisant face l'une l'autre et étant à une distance (A) l'une par rapport à l'autre, où au moins la première extrémité (110) possède une ouverture, lequel bijou comprend aussi une seconde partie (200) avec une première extrémité (202) et une seconde extrémité (204) et une seconde forme géométrique principale, où la seconde partie possède, dans la direction allant vers sa première extrémité (202), une première portion (210) qui est conçue de telle sorte qu'au moins une partie de cette première portion puisse être disposée dans l'ouverture dans la première extrémité (110) de la première partie, dans lequel bijou la première partie (100) et la seconde partie (200) sont maintenues solidarisées afin de former un bijou raccordé du fait de l'interaction entre la première partie et la seconde partie, interaction pendant laquelle la première partie (100) et la seconde partie (200) restent deux parties mutuellement séparées, et où la première portion de la seconde partie peut s'étendre essentiellement librement dans l'ouverture de la première extrémité ouverte (110) de la première partie, caractérisé en ce que le bijou possède un dispositif d'arrêt (220) de manière à empêcher le bijou de sortir de la partie de corps percée, ledit dispositif d'arrêt comprenant une portion d'arrêt (220) de la seconde partie (200), ladite portion d'arrêt (220) comprenant la seconde extrémité (204) de la seconde partie, la forme de la portion d'arrêt s'écartant de la forme géométrique principale de la seconde partie.
  2. Bijou selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la distance entre les deux extrémités (110,120) de la première partie le long de la première partie (100) est supérieure à la distance la plus courte entre lesdites deux extrémités, ladite interaction entre la première partie et la seconde partie étant réalisée en vertu du fait que ladite seconde forme géométrique est, ou peut être constituée afin d'être, essentiellement la même que la forme géométrique de la première partie (100).
  3. Bijou selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la distance entre les deux extrémités (110,120) de la première partie le long de la première partie (100) est supérieure à la distance la plus courte entre lesdites deux extrémités, ladite interaction entre la première partie et la seconde partie étant en partie réalisée en vertu du fait que, dans une position finale, la portion d'arrêt (220) de la seconde partie vient en contact avec la seconde extrémité (120) de la première partie.
  4. Bijou selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ladite interaction est réalisée par friction entre la première partie (100) et la première portion (210) de la seconde partie (200).
  5. Boucle d'oreille comprenant une première partie (100), laquelle première partie possède une première forme géométrique, et une première extrémité (110) et une seconde extrémité (120), lesquelles extrémités se font face l'une l'autre avec une distance (A) entre les deux extrémités, et où au moins la première extrémité (110) possède une ouverture, laquelle boucle d'oreille comprend aussi une seconde partie (200) avec une seconde forme géométrique principale, où la seconde partie comporte une première portion (210) qui est conçue d'une manière telle que une partie de cette première portion puisse être disposée dans la première extrémité (110) de la première partie, laquelle seconde partie (200) comporte aussi un dispositif d'arrêt (220) pour empêcher la boucle d'oreille de s'écarter d'une oreille, caractérisé en ce que
    - la première portion (210) de la seconde partie est conçue d'une manière telle qu'elle puisse s'étendre librement dans l'ouverture de la première extrémité ouverte (110) de la première partie,
    - les extrémités (110,120) de la première partie sont disposées de sorte que, quand un mouvement de la seconde partie a lieu, le dispositif d'arrêt (220) puisse venir en contact avec la seconde extrémité (120) de la première partie, de manière à empêcher la boucle d'oreille de sortir de la partie de corps percée,
    - le dispositif d'arrêt comprend une portion d'arrêt (220) de la seconde partie (200), ladite portion d'arrêt (220) comprenant la seconde extrémité (204) de la seconde partie, la forme de la portion d'arrêt (220) s'écartant de la forme géométrique principale de la seconde partie.
  6. Boucle d'oreille selon la revendication 5, dans laquelle la première partie (100) comprend un tube creux auquel a été donnée la configuration désirée.
  7. Boucle d'oreille selon la revendication 5 ou 6, dans laquelle la seconde partie (200) comprend une partie de fil métallique auquel a été donnée la configuration désirée, le dispositif d'arrêt (220) de la seconde partie consistant en une portion de la partie de fil métallique qui est recourbée à un angle qui diffère de la direction d'extension de la partie de fil métallique (200).
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US4543804A (en) * 1978-07-20 1985-10-01 Cappiello Frank J Pierced earring locking and holding system
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