US1979702A

US1979702A - Combination finger ring and ornamental pin

Info

Publication number: US1979702A
Application number: US678173A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mertens Paul
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1933-06-29
Filing date: 1933-06-29
Publication date: 1934-11-06
Anticipated expiration: 1951-11-06

Description

Nov. 6, 1934. MERTEN 1,979,702

COMBINATION FINGER RING AND ORNAMENTAL PIN Filed June 29, 1933 It, mwampm ORNEY Fatented Nov. 6, I934 "UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION FINGER RING AND ORNAMENTAL PIN means for securing the pin on a garment or the like. The invention is especially directed to such a combination whereby the owner may selectively wear the ornamental pin as a setting for his ring, or wear the pin on his garment and the ring on his finger with the setting thereof exposed.

Another object is to provide such a combination finger ring and ornamental pin embodying novel and improved features of construction for '20 separably attaching the pin to the finger ring,

whereby the pin can be easily and quickly attached to and removed from the finger ring, and

the fastening means shall not interfere with or materially affect the appearance of the ring setting.

Other objects are to provide a novel and improved combination of pierced or perforated pin and finger ring setting whereby the setting shall form a background for the pierced pin; to provide novel and improved means for attaching the ornamental pin to a garment; to provide a novel and improved combination of such attaching means with the pin whereby the attaching means shall be wholly enclosed within the pin and shall not interfere with the attachment or removal of the pin to or from the finger ring; and to obtain other advantages and results as will be brought out by the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawing in which corresponding and like parts are designated by the same reference characters throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation partially in section of a combined finger ring and ornamental pin embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof with portions of the pin broken away.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the pin detached fromthe ring.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the pin attached to a garment which is shown fragmentarily.

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view on the line 55 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing a modification of the invention.

Figure '7 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 7--7 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a bottom plan view of the ornamental pin shown in Figure 6.

Figure 9 is a side elevation of the it attached to a garment.

Figure 10 is a top plan view of another form of the invention, with portions of the ornamental pin broken away.

Figure 11 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the line 1111 of Figure 10.

Figure 12 is a horizontal sectional View on the line 12-l2 of Figure 11.

Figure 13 is a bottom plan view of the ornamental pin shown in Figure 11.

Figure 14 is a bottom plan viewof the body of an ornamental pin embodying modified means for attaching the fastener to the pin.

Figure 15 is a'bottom plan view of the complete pin with the fastener means secured thereto, and

Figure 16 is a transverse sectional view on the line 16-16 of Figure 15.

Specifically describing the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive, the reference character A designates a finger ring having a shank 1 and a setting 2 which is shown in the form of a signet. An ornamental pin B separably cooperates with the finger ring and includes a body 3 having a suitably ornamented top 4 and a concave bottom 5 surrounded by a perimetral flange 6. The flange 6 of the pin is of a size to surround the setting 2, and the pin is secured to the ring by screws 7 which pass through the setting 2 into suitable lugs 8 on the pin having screw threaded openings to receive the screws. With this construction the pin B may be secured to the ring by screws 2 and removed from the ring when desired by removal of the screws. When the pin is removed from the ring, the setting 2 is exposed, and the pin may be worn on a garment or the like. For attaching the pin to a garment I have shown attaching means comprising two arcuate oppositely disposed prongs 10 the free ends of which face'in opposite directions. They preferably are formed of. a single piece of wire and are disposed within the cavity 5 at the bottom of the pin and in a plane approximately parallel to the bottom side of the pin. These prongs are preferably somewhat resilient and are normally inwardly of the plane of the edge of perimetral flange 6. The prongs 10 are shown as connected to the setting by a pair of eyes 11 which are soldered to the body of the setting, and the prongs are held rigid by drops of solder at the pin showing D. The pin D is attached to the finger ring by the screw 14, and the pin may be attached to a garment by forcing the screw through the garment or an opening therein from one side of the garment and threading the screw into the pin at the other side of the garment as shown in Figure 9.

A further modification of the invention is shown in Figures 10 to 13 inclusive, where the setting of the ring comprises a stone 15 secured in a bezel 16. In this form of the invention, the ornamental pin is shown as pierced at 17 to form an ornamental design so that when the pin is superposed on the ring setting, the stone 15 will be visible through the openings in the pin E. This produces a highly ornamental effect, the setting 15 of the ring serving as a background for the For separably attaching the pin E to the ring setting, I have shown the inner walls of the setting adjacent the perimetral flange 18 as provided with opposed recesses 19 which cooperate with catches 20 mounted on the ends of a U-shaped spring 21 which normally forces the catches, outwardly through slots 22 in the sides of the bezel 16. With this construction, the pin E may be attached to the setting by simply slipping it over the bezel 16 as shown in Figure 11 until the catches 22 snap into the recesses 19, whereupon the pin is secured on the setting. For removing the pin from the setting, one or both of the catches may be removed from the recesses 19 by pressing the corresponding end of the spring 21 inwardly. To provide free access to the spring 21 and the catches 22, the ring has an opening 23 beneath the stone 15 in which the spring is arranged and through which it is accessible.

The pin E may be attached to a garment by the same attaching means as shown in Figure 3 including the prongs 10.

A further modification is shown in Figures 14 to 16 wherein another means for securing the attaching means or prongs to the pin is illustrated. This means includes perforated lugs 24 which are shown as, but are not necessarily, formed integrally with the body and project inwardly from a perimetral flange 25 of the body 26 of the pin in a common plane with the edge of said flange. Thereafter, the perforated lugs 24 are twisted through an angle of 90 as shown in Figure 15, so that the axes of the openings in the lugs are parallel to the plane of the pin and to each other. The arcuate prongs 2'7 corresponding to the prongs 10 are oppositely disposed and concentric, and are connected at adjacent ends by a diametral part 28, so that the attaching means is approximately S-shaped with the prongs 2'7 facing in opposite directions. The attaching prongs 2'7, are threaded through the perforations of the lugs 24 by simple rotative sliding of the prongs in their own plane, with one prong in alinement with the perforation in each lug 24. Then, a drop of solder is applied to the point of engagement of each lug and the prong 27 for rigidly securing the prongs to the lugs.

An important advantage of my invention is that a complete ring is always available for wear; for one occasion the ring may be worn with the pin as a setting, and for other occasions the pin can be removed from the ring and the ring can be worn with its own setting exposed, while the pin may or may not be attached to a garment as desired.

While I have shown the invention as embodied in certain details of construction it should be understood that this is primarily for the purpose of illustrating the principles of the invention and that many modifications and changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. An article of jewelry, comprising a finger ring having a setting, and an ornamental pin separablysecured on said ring in superposed relation to said setting and having a cavity in its bottom, said pin havingmeans secured and normally disposed wholly within said cavity for attaching the pin to a garment, whereby said pin can be secured on or removed from said setting without interference by said attaching means.

2. An article of jewelry comprising a finger ring having a setting, an ornamental pin on said ring in superposed relation to and covering said setting, said pin having a cavity in its bottom surrounded by a perimetral flange to enclose said setting, and means secured in said cavity inwardly of the plane of said perimetral flange for attaching said pin to a garment, whereby said means shall be concealed within said cavity between said setting and said pin.

3. An ornamental pin comprising a body having means at one side for attaching said body to a garment, said means including a pair of oppositely disposed arcuate prongs in a plane approximately parallel to said side of said body and having their free ends facing in opposite directions, whereby upon simultaneous rotation of said body and pressure thereof against a garment said prongs will penetrate the garment to secure the body thereon.

4. The ornamental pin set forth in claim 3 wherein said prongs are integral and formed of a single length of wire.

5. An ornamental pin comprising a body having a pair of lugs at one side thereof each with an opening having its axis approximately parallel to that of the other opening and parallel to said side of the body, and attaching means for securing said body on a garment including a pair of oppositely disposed concentric arcuate prongs disposed in approximately a common plane and connected together at adjacent ends with their free ends facing in opposite directions and each threaded through and secured in one of said openings, whereby upon simultaneous rotation of said body and pressure thereof against a garment said prongs will penetrate the garment to secure said body thereon.

PAUL MERTENS.

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