US20030182963A1

US20030182963A1 - Jewelry with the capacity to store scrolls

Info

Publication number: US20030182963A1
Application number: US10/063,245
Authority: US
Inventors: Tisha Beatty
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2002-04-02
Filing date: 2002-04-02
Publication date: 2003-10-02

Abstract

A piece of jewelry, an accessory, or a trinket that has an internal hollowed out cylinder that can fit a scroll inside. The scroll can have a printed or had written note such as a quote, a goal, a prayer, or inspiration. The lid of the piece unscrews and has a pole that extends into the inside of the hollowed out cylinder. The scroll is attached to this pole to allow the scroll to easily be removed automatically each time the lid is unscrewed and removed. Therefore the scroll is attached to the lid with a pole for easy extraction and insertion of the scroll from the jewelry.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

This invention relates to art of jewelry, specifically an improvement to allow the jewelry to contain scrolls.

2. Description of Prior Art

The use of jewelry has been around for thousands of years. Jewelry has had many designs and has been made of many different materials from bone to metal and decorated with everything from feathers to diamonds. Many times jewelry is also functional in nature. Jewelry has been used to hold keepsakes such as pictures or lockets of hairs to even poison. Scrolls, such as rolls of paper or any other type of material that can be written on, have also been around for thousands of years. Scrolls have been used to record everything from history to business records to recipes. More recently, they have been used to record people's utmost private thoughts and desires. These are usually very personal thoughts that are important to the person.

The current art, a jewelry design that exists to hold scrolls, is a cylinder shape piece of jewelry with a scroll tucked inside. The lid of the piece unscrews or twists. The scroll had to be removed manually which could be a difficult process. Tweezers or some other type of instrument had to be used to retrieve the scroll from the inside of the cylinder. The piece of jewelry was too small to get fingers or fingernails inside of the cylinder to grasp the scroll to pull it out manually.

There is still room for improvement within the art.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The current invention is a piece of jewelry, an accessory, or a trinket that has an internal hollowed out cylinder form that a scroll fits into. The scroll can have a printed or hand written note such as a quote, a goal, a prayer, or an inspiration. The lid of the piece unscrews and has a pole that extends into the inside of the hollowed out cylinder. The scroll is attached to this pole to allow the scroll to easily be removed automatically each time the lid is unscrewed and removed. Therefore the scroll is attached to the lid with a pole for easy extraction and insertion of the scroll from the piece.

It is the object of this invention to provide jewelry with a unique design and structure that allows it to hold and keep safe the personal scrolls of the user. The jewelry in the current invention has a chamber in which to store the scroll. The scroll is held by a bar that is attached to the cap of the jewelry. The bar has a slit in which the scroll in threaded through to hold it. The cap is attached to the main body of the jewelry through an attachment means such as threads. The jewelry can be attached to a necklace or pin or can even be used as a ring. The use of the current invention will allow that user to store their personalized scrolls in the jewelry while allowing easy access to the scroll.

The current invention is a great improvement over the current art.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

Without restricting the full scope of this invention, the preferred form of this invention is illustrated in the following drawings: [0010]
FIG.[0011] 1 shows one embodiment of the current invention.
FIG. 2 shows how the scroll is threaded through the slot. [0012]
FIG. 3 displays how the cap is attached to the body. [0013]
FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the current invention. [0014]
FIG. 5 shows the current invention designed as a pendant. [0015]
FIG. 6 shows another design with a pendant. [0016]
FIG. 7 shows the current invention as used with a keychain. [0017]
FIG. 8 shows the current invention designed as different earrings. [0018]
FIG. 9 shows the current invention designed as bracelets. [0019]
FIG. 10 shows the current invention designed as a shoelace attachment. [0020]
FIG. 11 shows the current invention designed as rings. [0021]
FIG. 12 shows the current invention designed as charms. [0022]
FIG. 13 shows the different types of attachments that can be used with the current invention.[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The preferred embodiment of the invention is a [0024] jewelry scroll holder 1, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4. The jewelry scroll holder 1 can be made out of a variety of materials such as metal, plastic, wood or glass.
As shown in FIG. 1, the [0025] jewelry scroll holder 1 has several key components; the cap 10, the body 20, the pole 30, the slot 40 and the scroll 50. The body 20 has material removed or molded to produce a cavity. This cavity is called a scroll chamber 22. In the preferred embodiment, the scroll chamber 22 is cylinder in shape. This cylinder shape is the most optimum in which to fit the scroll 50 as there are no edges for the scroll 50 to catch on. One end of the scroll chamber 22 is open forming the scroll chamber opening 24, the opposite end of the scroll chamber 22 is closed forming the scroll chamber bottom 26. The scroll chamber opening 24 has scroll opening threads 28 which are at that edge of the scroll chamber 22 inside the body 20.
The [0026] cap 10 has the same radius as the body 20. The cap 10 has a top side 12 and a bottom side 14. The bottom side 14 has threads 1 8 that match the thread size of the scroll opening threads 28.
The [0027] pole 30 is connected to the cap 10 through a connecting means such as welding or being molded or carved as one piece. Industry standard connecting means can be used. The pole 30 is perpendicular to the cap 10 with a length less than the length of the scroll chamber 22. The slot 40 is an opening in the pole 30. It is made by removing material from pole 30 through a milling process or being formed when the pole 30 is molded or made. The slot 40 runs parallel to the pole 30 and its length is approximately 80% that of the pole 30 with a width of about 50% that of the pole 30. Although any width will work, the slot 40 should never be large enough to cause structure integrity problems for the pole 30 nor so thin that the scroll can not fit through it. The pole 30 can be of any length limited only by the length of the scroll chamber 22.
The [0028] scroll 50 can be of varying lengths and widths, but the width cannot exceed a width that is slightly less than the length of the slot 40 and the length of the scroll cannot exceed a length that when the scroll is rolled around the pole 30 the circumference is more than the circumference of the scroll chamber 22. The scroll can be made out of a variety of materials such as paper.
FIG. 2 shows how the [0029] scroll 50 is threaded through the slot 40. The scroll 50 is folded in half around the slot 40 and it is rolled around the slot 40. The slot 40 holds the scroll 50 in place as well as providing a means for the scroll 50 to be removed from the scroll chamber 22.
FIG. 3 displays how the [0030] cap 10 is attached to the body 20. The slot 40 with the scroll 50 rolled around it fits into the scroll chamber 22. The cap threads 1 8 turns on the scroll chamber threads 28 clockwise to tighten and close on the body 20. The turning of the cap 10 counter-clockwise will loosen the cap 10 allowing for its removal and access to the scroll 50.
FIG. 4 shows an alternative method of threading the [0031] cap threads 18 and the scroll chamber threads 28. The cap 10 has a cap lip 16. The cap lip 16 is perpendicular to the cap bottom 1 2 with the cap threads 18 on the inside of the cap lip 16 . The scroll chamber threads 28 are located on the outside wall of the body 20. As in the previous method, the cap 10 is attached to the body 20 by turning the cap threads 18 on the scroll chamber threads 28, clockwise to attach and counter-clockwise to separate. The jewelry scroll holder 1 can be used in many different types and designs of jewelry.
FIG. 5 shows the [0032] jewelry scroll holder 1 being used as a pendant 110. The pendant 110 is attached to a necklace 115 which has a clasp 120 which connects the two ends of the necklace 115. The pendant 110 is attached through an attachment means such as a top loop 125 on the top 10 of the jewelry scroll holder 1. The top loop 125 is a semi-circle of material connected to the top 10 thru a connecting means such as welding or glue or being part of the same molding. The necklace 115 can be a string of pearls, a gold or silver chain or leather strap or any type of necklace.
FIG. 6 displays the [0033] jewelry scroll holder 1 as a pendant with a body loop 130 on the side of the body 20 being used as the attaching means. The body loop 130 is a semi-circle of material connected to the scroll chamber bottom 26 thru a connecting means such as welding or glue or being part of the same molding.
FIG. 7 displays the [0034] jewelry scroll holder 1 being attached to a keychain 135 using both the top loop 125 and the body loop 130. The loops are connect to the keychain 135.
FIG. 8 displays pairs of [0035] jewelry scroll holders 1 being used as earrings 140 for both pieced and non-pierced ears. The earrings 140 are shown using both the top loop 125 and the body loop 130.
FIG. 9 displays how the [0036] jewelry scroll holders 1 can be as parts of a bracelet 145. The band 1 50 is attached to the outside bottom 1 55 of the body 20 using a clasp 120 and a bottom connection loop 160. The other side of the bracelet 145 is attached to a clasp 120 that is attached to top loop 1 25.
FIG. 10 displays a [0037] jewelry scroll holder 1 that can be attached to a shoelace. The jewelry scroll holder 1 has both a bottom connection loop 160 and a top loop 125. The bottom connection loop 160 is a semi-circle of material connected to the bottom 10 thru a connecting means such as welding or glue or being part of the same molding. The shoelace 165 is threaded thorough the top loop 125 and the bottom loop 160. This will hold the jewelry scroll holder firmly in place.
FIG. 11 shows the [0038] jewelry scroll holder 1 as part of a ring 170. In the typical ring embodiment, the body 20 forms part of the ring body.
FIG. 12 shows how the [0039] jewelry scroll holder 1 can be in different shapes and sizes to form charms 175 for the user to use. These charms 175 can be worn around bracelets or other such devices.
FIG. 13 displays the different connection means in the preferred embodiment. [0040]
There is a [0041] hook 180 that can connect to either the top loop 125 or the bottom loop 160. There are many other connection means that can be used.
Additional Embodiment The [0042] jewelry scroll holder 1 can be manufactured in different sizes and will have different outside shapes such as squared edges, rectangles, and artistic designs. In the preferred embodiment, these designs will have a hollowed out cylinder shape inside. The jewelry scroll holder 1 can be made out of a variety of materials such as metals, plastics and wood. Any material that is structurally sound enough. Any size thread can be used for the cap 10 and the body 20 with the thread size depending on the size and type of the jewelry piece.
Advantages The previously described version of the present invention has many advantages including its ease of use of getting the scroll out of the cylinder. [0043]
Conclusion, Ramifications, and Scope The use of the current invention will allow that user to store their personalized scrolls in the jewelry while allowing easy access to the scroll. It reduces the frustration of the jewelry wearer with increase access. The current invention is a great improvement over the current art. Although the present invention has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain preferred versions thereof, other versions are possible. For example, the jewelry could be of different design, a different material could be used to make it, a non-cylinder shape could be used, a connection means besides threads could be used to connect the body with the cap or another use for the scrolls could be used. Therefore, the point and scope of the appended claims should not be limited to the description of the preferred versions contained herein. [0044]

Claims

That which is claimed: I claim:

1. A piece of jewelry comprising: A cap which connects to a body, a pole connected to said cap and said pole having a slot to hold a scroll.

2. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cap and body connecting means are threads.

3. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pole is attached perpendicular to said cap.

4. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said body has a scroll chamber.

5. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said body has a scroll chamber with a closed end and an open end.

6. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said body has a loop.

7. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cap has a loop.

8. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said body has a loop on the bottom side of the body.

9. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cap has a loop on its top side and said body has a loop on its bottom side.

10. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said jewelry is a pendant.

11. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said jewelry is attached to a keychain.

12. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said jewelry is earrings.

13. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said jewelry is a bracelet.

14. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said jewelry is attached to a shoelace.

15. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said jewelry is a ring.

16. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said jewelry is charms.

17. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said body has a loop and a hook is attached to said hook.

18. The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cap has a loop and a hook is attached to said cap.

19 The jewelry as claimed in claim 1, wherein said body has a loop on the bottom and a hook is attached to said bottom.

20. A piece of jewelry comprising a cap which connects to a body, a pole connected to said cap, said pole having a slot to hold a scroll, a scroll, said cap and body having connecting means, said pole is attached perpendicular to said cap, and said body has a scroll chamber with a closed end and an open end.