US1999974A - Wedding ring - Google Patents

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N. HEYMAN WEDDING RING April 30, 1935.

Filed Feb. 14, 1955 y LN7VENTOR BY ATToRNEYs quite understandably,

A punctilious bride--a Patented Apr. 30, 1935V UNITED sTATEs 1,999,914 WEDDING me .Nathan Hayman, New YorkN. Y., 0scar Heyman & Brothers, Inc.,

N. Y., a corporation of assigner to New York, New York Application February 14, 1935, Serial No. 6.4M

1 claim (o1. ca -15) Many brides desire, for sentimental reasons, to be wedded with a ring in the form of a plain gold band, symbolizing unity, but for reasons having less to do with sentiment than with worldly vanity they desire to wear a jeweled ring, symbolizing those things which jewels have alway symbolized. In the past this conflict has been resolved in one of two ways, neither satisfactory: A gold band is used at the ceremony, then subsequently discarded and replaced by aplatinum ringset with precious stones. This practice has the virtue oi simplicity and directness; its vice lis, that madame is not, in point of fact, wearing her wedding ring atall; and to many a matron this is, a disqu'ieting thought. Hence has arisen another practice; that oi wearing upon the same finger two separate wedding rings, one a plain gold band-the true wedding ringand one a jeweled band vwornside by side with that other.` This resolution of the difficulty, satisfying at once both sentiment and vanity, does, however, rather crowd the finger and may, perhaps, be criticized as involving too much of a good thing.

A truly unhappy dilemma for the proud but dilemma now happily resolved by myinvention which permits the use of a plain gold band at the ceremony and after, thus satisfying sentiment, and permits the use of a jeweledband too, thus satisfying vanity; all without clumsy duplication. For, in accordance with my invention the gold band isworn simultaneously with the jeweled one, though completely masked thereby. Thus madame continues faithfully and factually to wear the plain gold band which ce.- mented her vows on her wedding day; while at the sam'e time this gold-band, significant but unadorned, is neatly concealed by the jeweled one. which alone is visible to the naked and critical eye of the world. And so -while in truth wearing two wedding rings, rniladyappears to be wearing but one.

In attaining the results just describedI cut an annular rabbet in an inner edge of the jeweled band and slightly undercutthe cylindrical wall thereof, thus forming a 'groove into which the gold band may be removably seatedand inconspicuously held.

I have 'illustrated the composite of my invention in wedding rms the accompanying drawing in .substantially the same a internal diameter which Figure 1 is a pla oi the gold band; Figure 2 is a similar view of the jeweled band showing the annular rabbet in which the gold band is seated when the two parts of the ring are assembled; Figure 3 is a transverse section through the center of the assembled ring and showing just how the gold'band is seated within the rabbet of the jeweled band; and v'Figure 4 is a plan of the assembled ring.

In the drawing, gold band, the wedding ring used at the ceremony. The precise depth and cross-section of this ring are matters of design and may be varied. It should, however, be a relatively light-weight ring in order that it may conveniently nest within the z5 jeweled band. This jeweled bandias illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 4, and indicated by reference numeral 2, will generally be made of platinum set round about with diamonds 3, or other pre- .cious stones, as is customary in rings 'of this type. 20

In accordance with the present invention an lannular groove or rabbet 4 is cut along one inner edge of this. platinum ring of. such depth and width -as to receive the band of gold, which is of dimensions. In order that 25 this gold band, when seated, may remain reasonably secure against dislodgment, I slightly undercut the ycylindrical wall of the rabbet as indicated at 5, sothat a slight pressureis requisite to snap the gold band into place. And once in place, '30 there it remains; although it can be removed by gentle prying, should the exigencias oi housework or matrimonial misadventure dictate such a course. In the one case the gold bandalone would remain on the nger; in the other, the jeweled 35 one'. For it will be observed that the effective oi both bands'is substantially the same. 'Thus each can be worn separately -Ior each alone will nt the sameflnger.

'A composite wedding ring comprising a jeweled outer band having an\undercut annular rabbet around an inner edge, and a plaingold inner band removably seated within the rabbet, the depth and width ofthe rabbet being substantially those 45 oi the inner band, so that the internal diameter of both bands is substantially the same and the outer eectively covers the peripheral face of the inner.v

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