US1289277A - Necklace. - Google Patents

Description

W. SCHENK.

NECKLACE. I APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, I9I8.

1,289,277. Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

WILLIAM SCHENK, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

NECKLACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

Application filed May s, 1918. Serial No. 232,256.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM SOHENK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necklaces, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a necklace or collar of novel construction, which is open in front to display the neck of the wearer, and is at the same time, self-sustaining so as to dispense with clasps or similar fasteners. The necklace is so formed, as to fit snugly and without exerting pressure; it requires no adjustment, may be readily put on or taken off, and forms a desirable article of personal adornment.

The invention consists in the various features of novelty more fully pointed out in the specification and appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a necklace embodying my invention;

Fig. 2, a bottom view;

Fig. 3, a perspective view of part of the necklace, looking toward its inner side, and

Fig. 4, a perspective view of one of the spring-controlled links.

The main body of the necklace is composed of a series of links 1, which are so constituted that the links will be self-sustaining upon the neck of the wearer, though the two front links 1 are spaced from one another and are devoid of clasps or similar fastening means. The links are preferably in the form of plates, and are so connected by means of a pair of longitudinally dis posed curved spring wires 2 and 3 that the links collectively form an arch with spaced converging ends. Portions of these wires are substantially are shaped having diiferent radii, the wire 2 having the shorter radius being arranged above wire 3 having the longer radius. Upper wire 2 is housed within alined tubular casings 4, formed on the inner face of links 1, in proximity to the upper edges thereof, while wire 3 is housed within similar casings 5 formed on said links near their lower edges. Both wires have spaced ends and are here soldered or otherwise attached to the two spaced front links 1 so that all the links are resiliently connected to each other in such a manner as to be self-sustaining.

The length and curvature of the necklace thus constructed, should be such, that it link slopes outwardly from top to bottom (Fig. 2) while the links collectively assume a dip toward the front (Fig. 1) whereby the device is adapted to sit snugly and gracefully upon the shoulders. From each end link 1 there projects a pendant composed of a series of links 6, which are not spring-controlled, but are connected to each other at their contiguous transverse edges by hinges 7. These pendants merge into and form a continuation of the main springcontrolled body of the necklace and fall loosely over the chest of the wearer, being curved and warped as may be necessary to snugly fit the body, thus augmenting the artistic efiect of the whole. The links 1 and 7 form a continuous strip which fits around the back and front of the neck and hangs downwardly over the chest, thereby providing an open front stole like necklace which leaves the front of the neck exposed. As shown on the drawing the plates are substantially trapezoidal in shape with the inclined ends of adjacent plates fitting loosely against each other, said plates being suitably curved and warped so that the necklace conforms to the shape of the neck and chest and fits snugly against the same. The necklace is thus composed of articulated plates of which the adjacent edges are fitted loosely together so that the plates present a substantially continuous outer surface throughout the length oi? the strip, the plates being curved and warped in the manner necessary to fit snugly against the body of the wearer. It will be understood, however, that this exact shape of the plates is not at all essential to the inven tion, since the plates or links can be constructed in any suitable size and shape as may be desired.

It will be seen that by the construction described, the springs (being normally not under tension) will limit the inward or con tracting movement of the links and thus hold them. in their normal arched position, so that the necklace will not exert any discomforting pressure. At the same time the springs permit the necklace to be spread sufliciently to clear the neck while being put on or taken off.

The necklace is designed to be set with gems 8 or to be otherwise embellished, while the particular shape of the links shown, may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention. The necklace fits and holds to the neck without further adjustment, and by disclosing the graceful lines of the wearers neck and bust, is Well adapted to be worn with evening gowns.

I claim:

A stole like necklace comprising curved spring wires, links secured on said wires,

portions of said wires being substantially are shaped, the wire having the shorter radius located above the wire having the 15 flexibly connected links depending from 20 said first named links, and forming two converging pendants.

WILLIAM SCHENK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0'.

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