US1858861A - Finger ring guard - Google Patents

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May 17, 1932. H. LEVIN 1,858,861

FINGER RING GUARD F led Aug. 14, 1931 Patented May 17, 1932 UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE HARRIS LEVIN, OF FREEPORT, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR lO THELION SAFETY PIN CLUTCH (30., INQ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK V FINGER RING GUARD Application filed August 14, 1931. Serial No. 556,952.

The present invention relates to that type of finger ring guards having outward jaws which engage and embrace the shank of the ring, the jaws being of soft bendable metal. while the elongated main member of the guard is preferably hardened to render it more or less springy.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a finger ring guard having clasping means for securing the guard to the shank of the ring and which fully encompass the shank, in such way that the clasping means are adapted to slide more or less upon the shank. In carrying out this object of the invention it is preferred that the connecting elements of the clasping means be joined together at a point which is clear of the finger bearing surface of the main member of the guard, so that the guard is kept smooth at the inner surface so as to be unobjectionable to the wearer of a ring provided with the improved guard.

Another object of the present invention is to provide the clasping means of the guard with interlocking elements clear of the finger bearing surface of the main member of the guard.

A further object of the invention is to provide a finger ring guard with a pair of bendable jaws at each end which are provided with interlocking elements.

Other objects of the invention are to pro-- vide finger ring guards which are inore eflieient than those now on the market, in so far as the guard is more positively held upon the shank of the ring, and to provide afinger ring guard of that kind, which is comparatively simple and economical of manufacture considering the functions and advantages thereof.

These being among the objects of the present invention, the same consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and then I claimed with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating preferred forms of the invention, and wherein .Figure 1 is an enlarged elevation of a finger ring showing one form of the finger ring guard applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a cross section of the ring on line 22, Fig. 1, as viewed in the direction of the arrows;

F ig. 3 is an edge elevation as viewed towards the lower part of Fig. l;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section on line 4- 1, Fig. 5, showing one jaw end of the guard before the same is fastened to the 555 Fig. '5 is a detail side elevation looking to-. wards the right of Fig. 4

Fig. 6 is asectional view similar to Fig. 4 except that the jaws have been shown as partially applied to the shank of the ring;

Fig. 7 isan enlarged section of Fig. 6 on line 77; v V a Fig. 8 is a transverse section similar to- F ig. 6, but showing the jaws at one end .of

the guard as fully applied to the ring;

fied construction, before the guard is fastened to the ring;

Fig. 11 is a section of Fig. 10, mostly'an elevation, as viewed from the left of said e; v

' Fig. 12 is a plan of one end of the guard and a portion of a ring,showing the'jaws as partially applied to the ring;

Fig. 13 is a view similar to Fig. 12, except that the jaws are shown as fully applied to the ring;

Fig. 14' is a section on line 1414' of F 12; v

Fig. 15 is a section of a ring showing one end of another modified form of the guard before it is fastened'to the ring;

Fig. 16 is an outer elevation of this form of the guard, as partially applied to the ring;

Fig. 17 is a View similar to Fig. 16 showing one end of the guard fully applied to the ring;

F ig. 18 is a transverse section on line l818 of Fig. 17;

Fig. 19 is a section of a'ring showinga' further form of the invention before the jaws are fastened to the ring;

Fig. 20 is a sideelevation of Fig. 19;

Fig. 21 is an outside elevation to show the lar to those illustrated in Figs. 4: and 5 will jaws of Fig. 19 as completely fastened to the now be described. ring; and The elongated flexible member 12 1s apphed Fig. 22 is a broken inner elevation of the to the inside of the shank of the ring so that locked jaws. the pair of jaws at each end of the guard ex- The preferred form of the invention is distend outwardly at each side of the shank 10. closed in Figs. 1 to 9 inclusive. In Fig. 1 a The j aws being composed of bendable metal, ring 10 with a. setting 11 is shown, which the aw 16 is bent lnwardly in a curve so as ring and setting may be of any desired arto extend transversely over the outer surface rangement. and being illustrated onlyconventionally: jaw15 vis bentover farenough as shown in In said figures there is disclosed an elonbroken lines, so as to register the prongs or gated member 12 which is the mainmember interlocking elements 17 with the opening 19 of the guard, the latter being, preferably in the aw 16, shown also in Fig. 7 The end composed entirely of metal, say 14L carat of the aw 15 1S now pressed down far gold- The elongated me b r 121 thi a d enough so as to enter the prongs 17 through flexible and. is preferably ha d d v lativ theopenmg or slot 19 111 the aw 16, and firmly ly to the two pair 13, 14; of jaws, onepair at enough so that by the engagement of the eachend' of and preferably formed integralprongs w th the outer surface of'the ring 1y with the fl xibl b r 12 Wh th shank, sa d prongs will be spread apart as jaws are integral ,withtthe flexible member Shown in F 9, and to be bent outwardly 12- th are f bl ft d l ti ly thereby so as to come in contact with, the th t Sans f b b d bl or more or l beveled surfaces 23, at opposite sides of the deformable. As shown in Figs. 4 and 5 each opehihg lvheh each P of l of this i f j i l d j 15 16 hi h form of the invention is properly secured over. hend bl one t d th th It i the shank of the ring so as to encompass'the ferred that .when a guard of such construc- K the JilWS 6 llltellOqked t g6ther and ti th ti ith a i f aws t h d i suitably connected for reliably holding the id d h tu j t d t dj guard on thermg. \Vhen the body ot the in substantially parallelism, so as to facilitate the application of the guard .to the I shank of aring and thefinal fastening of recess 22m the hxtrehhty of]aw the ua d th t Notoolsother than the human fingers are In Figs. 4 and 5 the jaw 15 is shown as necessary pp y g the lIhPTWed guard provided with a pair of bendable prongs or i t l ki l t 17, hi h may b b t to mar the ring, or the guard at all, and when inwardly away from the body of the jaw 15 the ghardils Shown Flgsh 15 was to extend towards the other jaw fully fastened to theri ng,theclasping means P f bl th prongs 17 are b t. as t ateachuend thereof will allow the elongated di li htl outwardly f th b d fie viblememberto befiexed more orless as ref th j 15 as h i Fi 7 quiredbythe particular finger on whit-lithe J aw 1 i id d i h an end portion ring is worn, because the clasp ng means at 1 which is relatively d as compared each. end whenproperly encircling the shank ith th j ti f th j as h w of ther1ngw1ll have a slide ht thereon. that i Fig 5 Al it di l slot Opening 19 1s theinterlocked aws may be moved in one is formed in the relatively wide portion 18, or the 9 h It be Seen so as, to provide longitudinal andsubstantiall ht f f g g D es lyparallel side bars 20, 20, one at each side f? 81? shown i o of Such opening 131 s iown 1n 1g. 9, tne outer surface of the The Outer extremities, of the Side bars 20. ringshankconstitutes an anvil which agts to 20 are connected by an end bar 21 which defo-rm i spread the'proftgs relabllley to the aw 10. llhereby a positive and secure closes that end of the opening 19. As

, Shown interlocking connection is provided for the 1n Figs. 4 and 6, the end bar 21 is thinner ring encompas'qino. jaws hhah the thickness of the l so as to In Figs. 10 to la. inclusive there is illus- Pmh Shallow recess ehtehdlhg across trated a modified construction of the imt 011/661 xt mity of the and the proved finger ring guard, accordingto the outer surface thereof, as shown in Fig. 5. present invention. In these figures the elon- Figs. 5, 7 and 9 disclose that the side bars gated flexible member 25! of the guard pro- .20 are provided at their adjacent edges with vided at each end'with .a pair of bendable inner, beveled, surfaces 23, which surfaces jaws25,26. One pair only is-shown, as the flare outwardly away from. the inner edges other pair is preferably constructed in the ofthe side bars 20, 20. samev manner. These jaws 25, extend The preferred manner-of applyinga guard outwardly; insubstantial parallelism. in the provided at each end withapair of awe simiform in which the guard is preferably delivco1istructio1r,:. the setting oftheshank l0,!as shown in Fig. 6. Then the j aw15 has been bent fully down. as shown in Fig. 8, .the same wlll engage in the shallow to a. fingerring, so thatit is notnecessary a sort of fork.

such that by deflecting or and ered to the customer, so as to facilitate application to the finger ringlO. (lawv 25 is provided at its extremity with a relatively wide transverse portion 27, so that the said jaw issubstantially T-shaped, or otherwise, providing that a relatively wider transverse portion is furnished. The transverse portion 27 is shown in Fig. 11 as thinner than the body of the jaw 25, so as to provide outer depres sions 28, one at each side of the body of the jaw.

Referring more particularly to Fi 10 and 12, it will be seen that the other jaw 26 is provided with bifurcations 29, so as to constitute These bifurcations diverge preferably outwardly from the body of jaw 26, that is to say, the bifurcations 29 converge at their inner ends. The bifurcations 29 are separated so as to provide a space 30, while the outer extremities of the bifurcations are provided with inwardly directed prongs or interlocking elements 31, 32, the extremities of these prongs being preferably spaced apart a distance approximately that of the width of the narrowest portion of the jaw 25, so

that they may pass such portion. The laterally directed prongs 31, 32 are preferabl thinner than the adjacent portions of the bifurcations 29 so as to provide depressions 33 at the outer surface of the jaw 26. There is also a shallow recess 34 at the inner side of the jaw 25 and a similar shallow recess 35 in each bifurcation element 29.

Referring to Fig. 12 it will be seen that in order to apply this modified construction of finger ring guard to a ring, the bendable jaw 25 is first folded down and upon the outer surface of the ring, and then the jaw 26 is folded down, when the bifurcations 29 will be disposed over the widened portion 27 with the mutually presented prongs 31, 32 disposed at opposite side edges of the body or stem of the jaw 25. The position of the inwardly directed prongs 31, 32 will then be pressing the bifurcations 29 together, the bifurcations will be brought into substantial parallelism and the prongs 31, 32 caused to engage under the jaw 25 at points between the widened portion 27 one edge of the shank of the ring. as shown in Fig. 13. The under recess 34 in jaw 25 will permit the prongs to enter. and when the aws are thus interlocked, the clasping means formed thereby will fully encompass the outer surface of the shank and a neat and reliable connection be formed thereby. Fig. 14 illustrates how the clasping means appear inside elevation when applied to the ring, as shown in Fig. 13.

In Figs. 15 to 18 inclusive there is disclosed a further modification of the invention. In this modification the elongated flexible member 36 is provided at one end with a pair of bendable jaws 37 38, it being understood that theother end of the said of the ringa head or widened portion 39a is provided at the terminal of said jaw. .The opposite jaw 38 is provided at its terminal with a pair of prongs or lips 40 which become thinner toward their free edges. These prongs or lips 40 are preferably bent in the course of manufacture so that they will extend inwardly from the jaw 38, and the two jaws are formed so as to extend in substantial parallelism, as shown in Fig. 15, whereby to facilitate the application of the pair of jaws and member 36 to the shank or ring 10.

In applying this form of the invention to the shank of the ring, the jaws 37, 38 are passed thereover so as to ext-end outwardly from the ring, and then jaw 39 is bent downt wardly and inwardly over the outersurface of the shank, as shown in Fig. 16. Thereafter the jaw 38 is bent downwardly and in Wardly over the shank so as to cause the thinner edges of the prongs or lips 40 to register with the recesses or notches 39 in jaw 37, and inasmuch as the thinner free edges of the prongs are directed slightly one towards the other, a further pressure upon the terminal of jaw 38 will force the prongs or lips underneath the notched portion of jaw 37, the outer surface of the shank of the ring serving as an anvil surface to bend the prongs or lips inwardly under the jaw 37, as shown.

in Figs. 17 and 18. The parts are so proportioned that when they are properly inter locked together, the clasping means will have a slide fit upon the shank of the ring,-permitting the flexibly elongated member 36 to flex and accommodate itself to the finger wearing the ring. If

Figures 19, 20, 21 and 22 illustrate another modification wherein the jaws are hooked together and interlocked by deflecting them laterally or edgewise. elongated flexible member 41 is provided at each end (one end only being shown) with a pair of bendable jaws 42,43. These are arranged so as to extend in substantial parallelism, as to facilitate application of the guard to the finger ring. Each of the jaws is provided with a lateral notch 44 in one edge, the two notches extending in opposite direction from the jaws, so that when the jaws are slightly deflected from each other edgewise and bent down and over thering shank, the hooks 45 and the jaws. may be pressed together in a lateral direction, thereby bringing the respective hooks underneath the respective jaws and into under shallow recesses 46 formed therein, thereby causing the clasping means to encompass the outer surface of the ,ring shank and to interlock the jaws together. Each of the hooks or prongs In'these views the 1 when delivered to the customer. so i xis thinnerrthan itsjawand each'of' the notches 44 is cut at one side atan inclination transversely of the jaw, and when the jaws are'brought together as in Fig. inclined 'edgeterminals of the jaws will be brought together in abutment, along'a line e7 which is on the bias with respect to the con-'- is applied to a finger r1ng,'suoh means and the adjacent portion of the elongated flexible member will entirelyencompass the shank of the ring, and as the members of the clasping means-are interlocked, a. reliable, convenient and desirable ring guard is provided,having clasping means allowing more or less flexing ofthe elongated guard member, which accommodates itself to the size of the finger wearing the ring.

Still'other modifications maybe resorted to, as will be obvious to those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in: the appended claims.-

What I claim as new 1s, 1. A' finger-ring guard, comprising an elongated member and clasping means carried thereby and adapted in conjunction with such member to ring, such means including interlocking elements engageable at a point clear of the finger bearing surface of the elongated member.

2. A finger-ring guard, comprising a fiexible elongated member and clasping means carried thereby and adapted in conjunction with such member to fully encompass the shank of a ring, such means including interlocking elements engageable at a point clear of the finger bearing surface of the elongated member,-some of the elements being bendable in a direction laterally of the 'clasping means.

3. Afingera'ing guard, comprising an elongated member and 'clasping means carried thereby and adapted in conjunction with such member to fully encompass the shank of a of bendaring, such means including a pair ble jaws having interlocking elements engageable at a point clear of the finger bear-' ing surface of the elongated member.

4. A finger-ring guard, comprising a flexibleelongated memberand a pair of bendable jaws extending outwardly from each end of the member, and the free ends of the jaws adapted to meet, the member and jaws being composed of metal, and interlocking elements atthe free ends of'the jaws whereby to hold the jaws around the shank of a ring'and the member inside of the ring.

5. A finger rlng guard,'compr1s1ng a flexibleelongatedmember and a pair of bendable jaws extendingoutwardly from each end of the member and the freeends of the jaws 21, the thick fully encompass the shank of a:

adapted to meet, the member and jaws being composed of metal, and interlocking elements at thefree ends of the jaws and extending laterally thereof whereby to hold the jaws around the shank of a ring and the member inside of the ring. Y

6. A finger-ring guard, comprising a flexible elongated member and a pair of bendable jaws extending outwardly from each end of the member, and the free ends of the jaws adapted to meet, the member and jaws being composed of metal, and laterally extending hook elements at the free ends of the jaws whereby to hold the jaws around the shank of a ring and tne member inside of the ring.

7. A finger-ring guard, comprising a tleze j ible elongated member and a pair of bondable aws extending outwardly from each end of the member, and the free ends of the adapted to meet, the member and jaws be ing composed of 1netal,'the free end of one aw having I the other aw a deformable projection to engage 1n the opening.

8. A finger-ring guard, comprisng a flexible elongated member and a pair of bendable aws extending outwardly from each end of the member, and the free ends of the jaws adapted to meet,'the member and jaws bein composed of metal, the free end of one jaw having an opening and the free end of the other aw a pair of lateral deformable projections to engage in the opening.

9. A finger-ring guard, comprising a flexible elongated member and a pair of bendable jaws extending outwardly from each end of the member, and the free ends of the jaws adapted to meet, the member and jaws beingcomposed of metal, the free end of one jaw having anenlargeinent provided with a slot extending longitudinally of and the free end of the other jaw having a pair of deformable prongs adapted to enter the slot and to be spread apart to mechanically connect the jaws together.

10. A finger-ring guard, comprising an elongated member and apair of bendable jaws extendin outwardly the member, and the free ends of the aws being adapted to meet, the member and jaws being composed of metal, and the free end of one jaw being wider than its body and the free end of the outer jaw being bifurcated,-

free end of the other aw being bifurcated,

an opening and the free end of such jaw from each end of guard, comprising arr and-'thefree ends of the jaws the member and jawsor Up the bifurcations converging and being deformable to engage under the body of the opposite jaw and the wider end adapted to engage under the bifurcations.

12'. A finger-ring guard, comprising a flexible elongated member and a pair of bendable jaws extending outwardly from each end of the member, and the free ends of the jaws adapted to meet, the member and jaws being composed of metal, the free end of one jaw having a T-head and the free end of the other jaw being bifurcated and the bifurcations forming mutually presented prongs, the bifurcations being deformable to engage the prongs under the opposite jaw and the T- head adapted to engage under the bifurcations.

13. A finger-ring guard, comprising a flexible elongated member and a pair of bendable jaws extending outwardly from each end of the member, and the free ends of the jaws adapted to meet, the member and jaws being composed of metal, the free end of one jaw having a T-head and the free end of the other jaw being bifurcated and the bifurcations diverging from their jaws and having mutually presented prongs, the bifurcations being deformable to engage the prongs under the opposite jaw and the T-head adapted to engage under the bifurcations.

14. A finger-ring guard, comprising a flexible elongated member and a pair of bendable jaws extending outwardly from each end of the member, and the free ends of the jaws adapted to meet, the member and jaws being composed of metal, the free end of one jaw having lateral recesses and the free end of the other jaw having a pair of inwardly bendable prongs adapted to enter the recesses and be bent under the recessed jaw.

15. The combination with a finger ring, of a guard comprising an elongated member and clasping means extending outwardly from each end of the member and fitting on and completely surrounding the shank for fixing the elongated member along the inner surface of the ring, each such means including interlocked elements which are engaged at a point between the planes of the side edges of the elongated member.

16. The combination with a finger ring, of a guard comprising a flexible elongated member and clasping means extending outwardly from each end of the member and fitting on and completely surrounding the shank for fixing the elongated member along the inner surface of the ring, each such means including interlocked elements which are e11- gaged at a point between the planes of the side edges of the elongated member, some of the elements extending transversely of the clasping means.

17. The combination with a finger ring, of

a guard comprising an elongated member and clasping means extending outwardly from the elongated member along the inner surface of the ring, each such means including a pair of meeting jaws having interlocked elements which are engaged planes of the side member.

18. A finger-ring and clasping means carelongated member at a point between the edges of the elongated guard, comprising an ried thereby and adapted in conjunction with such member to fully encompass the shank of a ring, such means ments joined togeth finger bearing surfa ber.

including connecting eleer at a point clear of the ce of the elongated mem- HARRIS LEVIN.

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