US1413247A - Pendant - Google Patents

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e. M. WILSON.

PENDANT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 10, 1920.

Pa t ented Apr. 18, 1922 enaon vr. wrnsoiv, or nntraomi nicniean.

. PENDANT.

- Specification of Letters'latent. Patented :A 18 15522.;

Application filed December'll), 1920., Serial No; 429,625. i

T all whom it may concern: V 7

Be it known that I, GRACE M..VV1LsoN, a

' citizenof the United States of America, re-

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siding at Detroit, in thecounty of iVayne ble member to facilitate thethreading of the flexible member through eyelets: lace work, fabric openings; or otherpassageways, and which after such use maybe left attached to the end of the flexible member to serve as an ornament or pendant.

i This object may be attained by the simple, durable,and inexpensive device hereinafter illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of my device; p Fig. 2 is a. plan view of the same form;

Fig. 3 is a plan viewpartly in section of amodification;

Fig. 4 is an end view of the cap of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a section of the cap and body portions of another modification;

Figs. 6,7, 8 and 9 are views partly in elevation and partly in section of three other modifications. Y 1 V Y In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the bodkin or pendant consists of a solid piece of any suitable rigid, durable and ornamental material such as metal, glass,,cellu.-

loid.- bakelite, pyralin, ivory, precious or termined by the nature ofthe materials with. .whichit is to be used.

semi-precious stones, coral, pearl or other substances of sufficient strength. 7

The bodkin may be of any desired shape, though preferably it will be relatively long as compared with its diameter, the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 being the most Slut-' able for ordinary use. The size'will be de- The head Ihas formed therein a recess 2 of a slze 'toreceive the knotted end of the ribbon, cord or other flexible member 3, and

this recess may consist of a perforation ex tending all the way through the head of the pendant as indicated in Fig. 2, or only part way through as shown in Fig. 7. A slot 4,

lying substantially in the plane of the axis of the body otthependantistormedjn theif end of the head communicating'with the re cess 2 and with the opening leading thereto,

sothat the fiexibleelement may be slid side I in Fig.8, thee-ribbon. thus remaining fiat. V

Any other suitable .retaining device may be usedto cause-the endofthe'fiexible member to be thicker than tlie width of the-slot. The recess'and the knot or other retain- 111g member Wlll be of such sizes that the flexible elementv will be securely held by V wedging the retaining means into the recess or a sultable glue. or cement may obviously p be usedif desired; 7 described, of which several modifications are for'the passage-of the flexible member, the v slot'being. omitted; The cap has a screwthreaded engagement with the body 1 for is to be replaced by another. I

prises a cap 5 similar to that shown in Figs. 3 and 4 except that-it is provided'with a per end 9 is reduced in diameter to enter the In the form shown in Fig; 3, the cap 5. is

made as a separate hollow, shell forming a recess and having a simple circular opening ready removability when the flexible element 7 I foration 6 in at least one side and has a slot 14 in the end as in the form-shown in Fig. 1.

The body 7 may be hollow as at 8 and the r r cap 5 where it may be held by friction so" as f r to be removable, or, it may be secured in any;

suitablemannenfas by solder or welding if the tip is of 'nleial, 'by cement or other i v adhesive if other materials are used, If th body-is made of ornamental colored sealing wax, the cap maybe heated andjthe body.

zpressed intoplace and held until cooled.

Theform shown in Fig. 6 is a-modification in which a natural spiral-or turreted shellof a mollusk, such as oneof the screw-shells is used for the body 11, the cap beingthe same I as that of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 shows a modification in which i'the j 105 angle'such that a pull onfthe pendant will} I tend to force the knot in the flexible member transverse hole or passage 10 is made at an fartherup'into the hole. I f I v In the modification shown in Fig. :8, "the body 12 base neck providedwith agroove V out departing from the spirit of my invention, as defined by the accompanying claims when construed broadly.

What I claim is 1 As a means for securing a pendant to a flexible member having a retaining means, a pendant having a removable cap providing a recess adapted to receive the end of a flexible member with its retaining means, the cap having an opening communicating with the recess and substantially in line with the axis of the body of the pendant, the cross section of the opening being permanently of less area than the area of the retaining means.

2. A pendant having a removable cap providing a recess adapted to receive the end ()i' a flexible member, the flexible member having a retaining meansat its end within the recess, the cap having a slot communicating with the recess, the slot having the length of: its least dimension equal to or greater than the corresponding dimension of the flexible member but less than that off the ret aining means.

A structure as defined in claim 2, in

which the cap has an opening communicating with the slot and with the recess whereby a flexible member may be introluced into the slot and the retaining means into the recess.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GRACE M. lVILSON.

Witnesses O. F. BAn'rHnL, ARTHUR MINNICK.

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