US1280707A - Finger-ring and the like. - Google Patents

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V. A. GEBHARDT. FINGER RING AND THE LIKE.

7 APPLICATION F ILED JAN. 29. I916. 1,280,707. Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

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fgrnvenn-nriie Ann LIK I v To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR A. GEBHARDI,

a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a res1- dent of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have mvented certain new and useful Improvements in Finger-Rings and the like, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to finger rings'and more particularly to rings which are given and received in conformance with custom or ceremony, such as .wedding rings for example.

It has hitherto not been a possibility to procure a ring which presented the appearance of a complete ring. and whichcould,

however, be gradually embellished with jewels or stones without at any time destroying the appearance of the ring as a complete article.

I am aware that it is old in the art to mount a stone in a piece. of jewelry by making a depression in the piece of supporting metal and placing thestone in the Thus it is the object of my invention to i provide a ring fora wedding ring particularly, which is decorated with a design in the form of depressions, the same being plain or embellished. It is my object that this design be completely out around the ringso that the whole is relieved from the chanceof appearing like a ring which has I lost its set.

I am aware that my new ring might be .considered' as coming under the type of patents known as design patents, but I consider the mechanicalfeature of the novel ring as predominant in importance over any particular design that might be adopted, since the principal point of the invention 'sfiecmcafi ii of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 8, 1918 "Application filed January 29, 1916. Serial No. 75,051. I

is to have a design of ornamental appear ance completely around the ring, said design 'being arranged so that there are a 'serles of depression that Wlll receive, 1f desired souvenir jewels or the like, and said depressions being spaced equally apart so as to relieve the ring from an unfinished appearance at any time before or during its embellishment with souvenir stones.

It is thus possible with the ring which I contemplate for a wedding or other anniversary ring to start the custom of the giving by the donor to the recipient of an additional precious stone as a setting for the ring at each succeeding anniversary.

In the drawing which illustrates an em bodiment of my invention, f

' Figure l is a perspective view of the ring.

Fig. 2 is a cross section thereof. 7

Fig. 3 is a front elevation thereof.

The ring has an annular body 1 in which are out, or formed as desired, a series of depressions or indicating marks 2. These depressions or indicating marks are equally spaced around the entire body of the ring as I have found this to be necessary, to preserve the proper appearance for the ring.

In forming the indicating marks they may, of course, be worked into a scroll design or the like, and the indicating marks may be engraved with some design. In the 7 device as shown there are no efforts at dein such a ring. The depressions are preferably cup shaped, although some slightly modified shape could be used so as to appeal to the preference of various buyers, or the indicating marks could merely assume the character of indicating marks to indicate where the additional jewels are to be mounted with each succeeding anniversary.

As a preferable construction, the ring is intended to serve asa wedding ring and it will therefore takethe form of the regulation gold band ring, with a single stone mounting for the first year, or in the start the ring need not be provided with any stone, but serve as the simple gold wedding ring,

The object is to provide a ring which shall always havethe appearance of a finished ring, and not as a ring which has lost one or more of its settings, but which-shall also indicate to the donor and to the wearer that each succeeding anniversary shouldbe commemorated by an additional stone; 7

I do not wish to be limited in the claim that follows because of a failure to fully ap preciate the fullapplication of my invention asex'pressed therein, or because of'a failure to mention other modifications of my invention which would naturally suggest themselves to a jeweler, in meeting some special conditions in his art. v w i Havlng thus described my 1nvent1on,wl1at desire to, secure by Letas a souvenir ring,

in which thejewelsmay be set from time to time,so that said ring may be used as a souvenir, said depressionswithout the gems forming a pleasing design around the ring.

VICTOR A. GEBHARDT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D, C. i

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