US1929236A - Ring mounting - Google Patents

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Oct. 3, 1933. w BR|DLER 1,929,236

RING MOUNTING Filed Sept. 29. 1931 INVENTOR lmeqaqm GEN 43 ATTORNEY-5 Patented Oct. 3, 1 933 l, "R G OUNI NQQ wane, L. Bridler; D etroit, v:afs' i iuir a;

Wright Kay and Company, D'etroitQ lYIich av' corporation of Michigan Applic f. Serial No This invention relates to ring mountings for precious stones, and has for. its object an im proved 'di's'positionof the component parts 'of such an article, adapted to permit 'itsiusej either 5 complementarilyi with another jewel-mounted ring lorwith a pla-in bandfor wedding ring with out' inte'rference with or displacementfof either from a position of true perpendicularity to the axisof the finger, whichiin, the Ivasthas'served as an objection to the. useofsmo're than'one'ring upon the fingen. t 1 j Ringsiserving'as.mountings for "precious stones, whether of the solitaireltype orjof a contour for supporting plurality of ornately, arranged precious stones, have in the past been so coristructed that, viewed lengthwise of the plane of the ring, the exposed or fstone supporting por-' tion has been positionedsubstantially centrally of the general plane of the annularr'shank or finger-encircling partjas suchs Of course if only one such ringis to be worn upon ones finger, the lateral extent of suchia stone-supporting .portion,..on either isi'deof the plane of theiring. as ,a whole and le'ngthwise' ofitheffinger is ,a matter. of no consequence or olbleotionability. But if the ring were worn in association with a plain band or wedding ring, or on theisaine finger with another stone mounted ring, the lateral projectionof the mountings forming a .part of the metal of each ring, or in'some cases the. precious stone itself, would result in one or the other of the rings being forced into exposition of oblique angularity relatively to the axis of the finger as a whole,qor else the'crown or stonesupporting part-of the ornamental ring would have to be made so high that its laterally extend ing part wouldrise beyond the periphery of the plain band ring as such. The tendency in' ring design being toward avoidance of such a large outward extent of the stoneesupporting part of a jeweled ring, so as togive theappearance of close juxtaposition to the fingenithas become necessary, as a condition precedent to the avoidance of the angularpositioning of the ringson the finger. that a marked departure from the constructional forms hitherto followed be indulged in. A further feature of desirability as to rny improved ring lies in the fact thatthere being no projection of the stone or of its mounting over the correspondingly positioned portionof the plain hand ring. itis at all times as fully exposed to view as though no jeweled or ornamentalring were on "the finger. My improvement is villustratedin the accompanying drawing, inwhich Figure 1 is a side or edge elevational view ofaf" ation' September 29;1

' rings beperpendicular to d jewel-supporting;ring, an adjafce'ntly posi tioned plain band'r 7 indicated in dottedlines.

V Figure" 2 isa planview the adjaeently positioned plain hand ring shown nl eit l e .7 v l Figure 3 isan axiallyj lengthwise-1 elevational Viewofsuchjaring;

(a ring-{with in and hes pq fine f nger 3 I Figure skis anzedge elevational 'vie wfof two adjacently Qpositioned jewel-supporting*"rings;

on the same finge 1 all i ctinej eri kf2 f the two jewelporting rings shown in Figure 4', -designed to'loz'*ih'g out-the same idea as to Fthesegas is 'embodied in Figureifl in the association of, a 3' rin arid'a plain band'ring.

Afin dicates in dotted lines an ordinary plain a v .5 lines the outline of a finger whereon-theformer band" or" wedding ring; and B "similarly in dotted bringing out thepossibilityoff their usetog'ethe'r without interference o'f' t'heirr ewel-supporting' t is worn, while C'indicates the plain face or terminal' edge 'ofjthe shank o'f 'a fingerring E, whose slightly oblique opposite terrninal edge JD wouldv not; if positioned against the "plain band Y ring- A, 7 enable these rings to; both lie' in planestruly perpendicular to the axisof the-finger and to='the shanks of these. rings; *Whil'e the ajngmarity' 'or. th'e faceD of the shank E -isjidFigures 1; and e,'possioly exaggerated somewhat, it .is a fact of common knowledge that generallyspeaking the shank of a ring whose exposed base, as F, is

designed to hold'a stone or ornamental design does taper somewhat as thatpartzof, the circle of the shank diametrically opposite the head is I approached. Even were-"this not .thecase, if the head proj eotsyon the side 'C'to anything like the degree that' is shown projecting on theside D,

desirahlejthat the planes of the shanks of both the axis of the finger and of thegshanks; I

considerations of comfort and appearance it is '7 i I illtherefore position all'ofxthe stone-carrying head F; insofar as its breadth'viewed lengthwise of the fingers axis is greater than that of the shank of the ring similarly viewed, entirely} on as the terminaledge D. The actual resultant 1 displacenrient of the prjeciousstone for-ornamental Zdesign noon the exposed face of the ring'head F isso slight as regards thepla'ne of the shank I f1 oneside thereof as; for example, the same side 'cially when worn in associati-on 'wit'h' the plain when the ring is in position on the hand, espe-,

hand ring A, and yet the wholly plaincharacter of the terminal edge C of 'the ornamentalring is such as to afiord no interference with the accurate parallel 'fit of one against the-other, when positioned on the finger, both lying in positions of true perpendicularity'with respect to the axis of their respective shanks and of the supportingfinger. And whatever be the setting,

the prongs or stone-anchoring pieces G' may be so positioned on the ring head F as toappropri ately position and hold in placesuoh stone'or" "ment wider than the shank measured along the other setting as may be chosen. 7, i

In case, instead of wearing such a ring in association with a plain band ring, it is ,desired, to wear two of them, asfor example, M and N, with their respectiveplain faces adjacent one another, avery desirable and pleasing marquise effect may be. had from the association of'the rings in the manner illustrated i'n'Figures 4 and 5, either being obyiously replaceable at will 7 in favor, of a plain band; ring which will similarly fit with true perpendicularityin'themanner illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. It is of "course obvious that the contourings herein shown forthe head or stone-supporting part of the ring are illustrative only, in no way intended torestrict the scope of this disclosure, providedthat that edge or end surface of the ring which is intended to engage or be adjacent toeitherthe plain band ringsterminal edge or the complementarily contoured edge of a similar jewel-supporting ring,

he of thecharacter described What'I claim is:

1. In an ornamental ring,. in combination, a

shank portion, an integralstone-supporting en- H Y largement positioned partly in circumferential alignment withthe shank, but projecting laterally from one sideonly thereof, the opposite side of the shank-and enlargement lying-in a common plane perpendicular-to the axis of the ring.

2. Anornamental finger ring comprising, in combination with-a shank portion,.0ne axially terminalface of which is locatedv in a plane perpendicular to the axis thereof, an integrated display portion partof which'lies'within the plane plain bandring.

of the shank as awhole on the opposite side thereof from its described axially perpendicular face. i

3.'An ornamental finger ring, comprising, in combination with a shank portion, a stone-supporting display portion which, as the ring is viewed along a line perpendicular to the axis of the display portion, is located preponderantly on one side of the plane thereof, though lying partly in circumferential alignment with adjacent -portion s of theshank, the shank and display portion having a common face perpendicular to the axis of the ring.

A finger ring having an ornamental enlargeaxis of the latter though lying partlywithin and projecting from one side only of the plane of the ringas a whole, the opposite marginal edge of the shank lying ina plane truly perpendicular .to the axis of the ring. H

eluding an edge of the ornamental enlargement,

the ornamental enlargement lying partly within the general plane ofithe shank of the ring but projecting laterally on the side of the other tei? minal edge thereof. 5 V

6..,As' a new article of manufacture, an orna mentalring having an ornamental" portion of greater breadth than that of the shank measured lengthwise of the axis'of the'latter, one marginal edge of both the shank and ornamental portion lying in a common plane truly perpendicular to the axisof the ring and'the excess breadth of the ornamentalportion forming the boundariesof the other marginal edge, 7. An ornamental by the true 'perpendicularity of one of .its axially bythe presence of part of the physical mass of iio finger ring characterized its setting within the plane of the shank as' 'a whole and entirely on the" opposite side of the plane of said:.perpendi cular face from that de- 7 signed to be engaged' b'y the adjaently positioned warm r; Emm

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