US1681755A - Jewelry box - Google Patents

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Aug. 21, 1928. I 1,681,755

' v R. J. WARNER ET AL JEWELRY BOX Filed June 24, 1926 jzverzimri,

Patented Aug. El, 1928.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH J. \UARXER AND JOSEPH SCHAEFER, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS T0 WARNER JEWELRY CASE COMFAETY, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

JEWELRY BOX.

Application filed .Tune 24, 1926. Serial No. 118,232.

This invention relates generally to ewelry boxes but more particularly to ring boxes.

One of its objects is to improve the ringholding or clamping device with a viewof sin'iplifying its construction, reducing its cost, retaining and displaying the ring in the required position and adapting it to rings of differentsizes.

In boxes of this kind, as hitherto made,

the slotwhich receives and holds the ring,

is formed in a pad or cushion of waddingcovering with the desired material. As wadding has little orno elasticity, the walls of the slot become set by the inserted ring, and if the ring-shank is comparatively wide, the slot is enlar ed to suchan extent that it will not tightly holda ring with a narrow shank. It is also ClllllGUllJ to make such waddingstuffed pads of uniform shape.

A further object of our invention is the provision of a block which forms a firm foundation for the ring-holder, which can be cheaply and uniformly produced and which,-when covered, presents a neat and attractive appearance.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View of a ringboX embodying the invention, with the cover open. Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Figure 3 is a cross section on the correspondingly-numbered line in Fig. 2. Figure 4; is a perspective view of the block carrying the ring-holder. Figure 5 is a vertical longitudinal section of the block and the holder. Figures 6 and 7 are similar sections showing modified constructions of the ring-holder.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to Figs. 1-5, 10 indicates the body of the box and 11 its'hinged cover which parts are preferably stamped of sheet metal, although they may be made of paper, celluloid, or other suitable material. As usual, they are covered with velvet, leather or other appropriate material.

Instead of the usual soft or wadded pad, the box body contains a rigid block 12, preferably in the form of an inverted boxlike cup stamped of sheet metal. Its depending rim 13 rests on the bottom of the box, while its top-plate is substantially flush with the upper edge of. the box, being preferably surrounded by the customary neck 14 of the box. The block is snugly fitted into the neck and is covered with any desired decorative material 15, such, as velvet for the covering.

Formed centrally in the block is a transverse slot 17 containing a holder for a finger ring or other article ofjewelry. The mouth of this holder issubstantially flush with the top surface of the block, and in its preferred form, il ist ated in Fig. 4L,consists of a strip of spring steel, approximately as wide as the len th of the slot, doubled to form a pair of resilient jaws 18 adapted to clasp the ringshank frictionally between them. These jaws extend a suitable distance below the top plate of the block and are usually incl .ned toward the rear of the boX to display the jewel of the ring in a forwardly-inclined position to the observer. The jaws are formed at their upper ends with flanges 19, one of which is preferably secured to the top plateof the block 12 by welding or other means, while the flan e of the other jaw bears against the underside of said plate and is detached therefrom and free to slide t0- ward and from the other jaw to give the holder a greater range elasticity. This construction adapts the holder to different-sized rings, enablin g the same box to be used for a variety of sizes. The slot 17 is wide enough to permit this yieldable action of the movable jaw. The covering material of the block also covers the jaws of the holder, as shown.

Obviously, this spring-holder may be modified in various ways and we do not therefore wish to be limited to the particular construcloo with wadding or similar soft material. This formity and are not more or less irregular in form as is liable to be the case with boxes ha *ing a soft or wadded pad, thus rendering them more sightly and attractive.

A rigid block of this construction can also be made more cheaply than the soft pads heretofore employed.

We claim as our invention 1. The combination with a jewelry box, of a block fitted in the same and consisting of a rigid top plate and a depending rim stamped in one piece, said top plate having a slot, and a ring-holder carried by said plate and having its receiving end arranged in said slot, said holder consisting of a strip of resilient material doubled upon itself to form a pair of jaws, one of said jaws being secured at its free end to the top plate and the other being detached therefrom and free to move bodily relative to its companion jaw.

2. A jewelry box containing a rigid inverted box-like cup havlng a slot in its top wall, a holder having its receiving endarranged in said slot and consisting of spring v jaws joined at their lower ends, one of said jaws being secured at its upper end to said cup-walland the other being detached therefrom, and guided for movement relative thereto and to the companion jaw.

3. In a jewelry box, a rigid block adapted to be fitted in the box and having a slot, and a holder consisting of a doubled strip of resilient material forming spring jaws, the receiving ends of the jaws having flanges, one of which is detached from the block while the other is secured thereto.

4. A' jewelry box containing a stamped rigid block of inverted cup-form, comprising a top-plate substantially flush with the upper edge of the box and a depending rim resting on its bottom, said plate having a slot, a holder for jewelry depending from said plate and including spring-jaws having their receiving ends arranged in said slot, one of said jaws being secured at its upper end to said top plate and the other jaw being detached therefrom and free to move bodily toward and from the companion aw, and a covering extending over the block and the holder and into the latter.

RUDOLPH 'J. W'ARNER. JOSEPH SCHAEFER.

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