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Patent Abstract
The invention is intended for use in jewelry industry. A composite
set of jewelry ornaments contains decorative elements in the form
of settings with stones and a connector with a lock, characterized
in that it contains tubular elements and tubular elements in combination
with settings with stones. The tubular elements are provided with
one or more cross through openings. The settings are provided with
eyeholes or through mounting openings. The ratio of length to diameter
of tubular elements is in the range of from 1/1 to 30/1. All components
of the set are made of precious metals or alloys thereof or plated
with precious metals or alloys thereof. Tubular elements may be
arcuate or bent at an angle, S-shaped, faceted, e.g., tri-, tetra-,
penta-, hexahedral or dome-shaped, or in the form of paraboloid
of revolution, or in the form of a series of spheres having equal
or different diameters with polished or mat surface or with a combination
of both types of surface states, or with shaped surface, e.g. corrugated
or ornamental. Tubular elements are decorated with natural or artificial
precious or semi-precious or ornamental stones taken separately
or together or in different combinations. Settings with stones contain
natural or artificial precious or semi-precious stones, or ornamental
stones taken separately or together, or in different combinations.
It is possible to decorate tubular elements by chasing or with an
ornament executed with the use of the partitioned enamel technique.
The settings with stones contain natural or artificial precious
or semi-precious, or production stones taken separately or together
or in different combinations. The connector is made in the form
of a chain, or a purl, or a thread. The increase in useful qualities
by virtue of widening the variability of the constructive solution
is provided.
Patent Claims
1. A composite set of jewelry ornaments containing decorative elements
in the form of settings with stones and a connector with a lock,
characterized in that as decorative elements the set contains tubular
elements and tubular elements in combination with settings with
stones; said tubular elements are provided with one or more cross
through openings, said settings are provided with eyeholes or through
mounting openings, and the ratio of length to diameter of tubular
elements is in the range of from 1/1 to 30/1 and all components
of the set are made of precious metals or alloys thereof or plated
with precious metals or alloys thereof.
2. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1, characterized
in that the tubular elements are bent in the form of an arc.
3. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1, characterized
in that the tubular elements are bent at an angel.
4. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1, characterized
in that the tubular elements are S-shaped.
5. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1, characterized
in that the tubular elements are faceted, for example, they may
be tri-, tetra-, penta-, hexahedral.
6. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1, characterized
in that the tubular elements are done-shaped.
7. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1, characterized
in that the tubular elements are made in the form of paraboloid
of revolution.
8. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1, characterized
in that the tubular elements are in the form of a series of spheres
having equal or different diameter.
9. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1, characterized
in that the tubular elements are made with polished or mat outer
surface or with a combination of both types of surface state.
10. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1,
characterized in that the tubular elements are made with polished
outer surface.
11. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1,
characterized in that the tubular elements are made with mat outer
surface.
12. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1,
characterized in that the tubular elements are made with a combination
of both polished and mat states of surface.
13. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1,
characterized in that the tubular elements are made with shaped
surface, for example, corrugated surface.
14. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1,
characterized in that the tubular elements are decorated with natural
or artificial precious, semiprecious or ornamental stones taken
separately or together or in different combinations.
15. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1,
characterized in that the tubular elements are decorated by chasing.
16. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1,
characterized in that the tubular elements are decorated with an
ornament executed with the use of the partitioned enamel technique.
17. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1,
characterized in that the settings with stones contain natural or
artificial precious, semiprecious, ornamental stones taken separately
or together or in various combinations.
18. A composite set of jewelry ornaments according to claim 1,
characterized in that the connector is made in the form of a chain,
a purl or a thread.
Patent Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to jewelry industry, in particular,
to decorative articles of jewelry suitable for wearing, for example,
on the neck, on the hand, etc.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A composite jewelry decorative article in the form of a
volute spring with detachable decorative elements having eyeholes
or bends for fastening onto the spring is disclosed in RU 2117439
C1, A 44 C 9/00, 20.08.1998.
[0003] The shortcoming of this decorative article is the limited
area of use and moderate decorative properties.
[0004] The closest to the claimed invention in technical essence
is a composite jewelry article disclosed in FR 2588166 A1, A 44
C 13/00, 10.04.1987, comprising a motif with precious stones, which
is mounted in the body of the jewel by easily removable fastening
means.
[0005] The shortcoming of said composite jewelry article is modest
decorative properties and, as a consequence, a low useful quality.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
[0006] It is an object of the present invention to create a jewelry
decorative article with improved useful quality by virtue of widening
the variety of constructive solutions that is to minimize if not
fully exclude the possibility of the emergence of two completely
identical jewelry decorative articles.
[0007] The technical result of the invention is the increase in
useful quality by virtue of widening the variety of constructive
solutions.
[0008] This technical result is achieved in a composite set of
jewelry ornaments containing settings with stones as decorative
elements and a connector with a lock. In distinction to the known
composite jewel it further comprises tubular elements and tubular
elements in combination with settings with stones; said tubular
elements are provided with one or more cross through openings, said
settings are provided with eyeholes or with through mounting openings;
the ratio of length to diameter for tubular elements is in the range
of 1/1-30/1 and all components of the ornament are made of precious
metals or alloys thereof or plated with precious metals or alloys
thereof.
[0009] Tubular elements may be curved, e.g. bent in the form of
an arch or at an angle, S-shaped; faceted, e.g., tri-, tetra-, penta-,
hexahedral or dome-shaped, or in the form of paraboloid of revolution,
or in the form of a series of spheres having equal or different
diameter. Tubular elements may have polished or mat outer surface
or a combination of both types of surfaces, or a shaped surface,
e.g. corrugated or ornamental. Tubular elements may be decorated
with natural or artificial precious or semi-precious, or ornamental
stones separately or together or in different combinations. Settings
with stones contain natural or artificial precious or semi-precious
stones, or production stones taken separately or together, or in
different combinations, singly or in groups or as rosettes with
stones in different combinations according to the types of stones
or their dimensions; said settings have mounting openings and the
connector is made in the form of a chain, a purl, or a thread.
[0010] It is well known that existing fashionable jewelry ornaments
are, in general, custom-made goods and often inimitable and unique.
This fact can be easily explained since a wearer (more precisely,
a lady who wears an ornament) feels an extremely strong psychological
discomfort when she realizes that her ornament is completely identical
to that worn by another lady.
[0011] In applicant's opinion the presented technical solution
meets the criteria of novelty and inventive step and the technical
result achieved--the possibility of practically infinitely varying
the combinations of decorative elements in the ornament and thereby
creating practically inimitable in external appearance or in constructive
solution jewelry ornaments--imparts the exceptionally high useful
quality to the claimed technical solution.
[0012] Besides, the proposed technical solution may be available
to the general public. Depending on the income of the user the decorative
elements may be purchased gradually, the least one by one.
[0013] In fact the proposed technical solution--a composite set
of jewelry ornaments containing decorative elements of different
types, forms and dimensions and means of connecting them in a composition
is a self-composed system which makes possible the creation of a
broad spectrum of different inimitable articles, which design and
decorative attractiveness are limited only by the user's fantasy.
[0014] The decorative elements (GelenKey) of the claimed composite
set of jewelry ornaments represent tubular elements, which in addition
to the central axial through opening have one, two or more cross
through openings made at the edges and/or in the middle of said
tubular element. The dimensions and form of tubular elements may
be different and they are bounded only by production potentialities
and reasonable limits. The ratio of diameter (a transverse dimension)
to length is from 1/1 to 1/30. Tubular elements may be straight,
curved in the form of an arc or bent at an angle, e.g. 135.degree.,
or of S-shaped right- and left-oriented form. Tubular elements may
be dome-shaped, in the form of a paraboloid of revolution, in the
form of a set of spheres having equal or different diameter. Tubular
elements may be faceted, e.g., tri-, tetra-, penta-, hexahedral,
etc. Tubular elements may be encrusted with stones, decorated with
chasing or partitioned enamel singly, together or in arbitrary combinations.
The surface of tubular elements may be polished, mat, smooth or
corrugated or may have all states of surfaces in arbitrary combinations.
[0015] As a material of tubular elements the following may be used:
gold, silver, platinum metals, alloys of precious metals, as well
as ivory, nacre, pearls, amber, wood, e.g. sandal wood.
[0016] Tubular elements may be made of non-precious metals or alloys
coated or plated with precious metals or alloys thereof and also
may be bimetallic.
[0017] The decorative elements of the claimed composite set of
jewelry ornaments are settings with stones. Said settings have eyeholes
or through mounting openings.
[0018] As a material of settings the following may be used: gold,
silver, platinum metals, alloys of precious metals, ivory, pearls,
nacre, amber, wood, e.g. sandal wood.
[0019] The settings may be made of precious metals or alloys thereof
coated or plated with precious metals or alloys thereof.
[0020] The settings may comprise a single stone, rosettes of stones
of equal or different dimensions, forms, types and facet of stones
in various combinations.
[0021] The stones used are natural precious stones, e.g. diamonds,
emeralds, sapphires, topazes, etc., natural semi-precious stones,
e.g. rock crystal, lazurite, malachite, etc., natural ornamental
stones, e.g. jasper, onyx, selenite, fluorite, etc., organic stones,
e.g. pearl, nacre, amber, wood, etc.
[0022] As decorative stones the following may be used: synthetic
precious and semi-precious stones, e.g. fianites, zirconites, etc.,
as well as organic stones, e.g. pearl, nacre, amber, etc. Facet
of stones may be in the form of a square, baguette, octagon, shield,
trapezium, dome, etc. as well as a diamond one, in the form of a
rose, Ceylon, wedged, an emerald one, stepped, in the form of a
double or high cabochon, etc.
[0023] A connector may represent chains of different plaiting,
a purl or a thread made of precious metals or alloys thereof may
be used.
[0024] Connectors are provided with locks, which types and form
are unspecified, however, they provide a secure locking of decorative
elements on said connector. Carbine locks, locks in the form of
double carbine, screw locks, etc. may be used. The number of identical
elements in the claimed composite set may be even or odd or any
one within reasonable limits.
[0025] Decorative elements are strung on the connector in an arbitrary
way, more often on the principle of mirror symmetry about the vertical
axis.
[0026] In spite of the limited number of types and forms of decorative
elements in the claimed composite set of jewelry ornaments the possibilities
of "constructing" decorative articles are practically
unbounded and, as it has been already mentioned, depend only on
the components of set and user's fantasy.
[0027] The ornament (GelenKey) is assembled as follows.
[0028] First the necessary number of decorative elements of certain
types and the corresponding connector are selected and then the
jewelry ornament is assembled in accordance with the user's taste
and fantasy. It would appear natural that the ornament assembled
in such a manner may be worn on the neck, on the head (e.g. as a
diadem), on the hand and in general on every part of the body.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0029] The essence of the claimed invention can be illustrated
by drawings.
[0030] FIG. 1 shows variants of tubular decorative elements.
[0031] FIG. 2 shows variants of tubular decorative elements of
different types.
[0032] FIG. 3 shows variants of settings with stones and means
for mounting said settings on the connector.
[0033] FIG. 4 shows variants of tubular decorative elements treated
differently or having different surface state and ornament thereof.
[0034] FIG. 5 shows variants of tubular decorative elements decorated
with stones (41-45), of settings with stones (46-51) and the combinations
of tubular decorative elements with settings with stones (52-56).
[0035] FIG. 6 shows variants of tubular decorative elements and
the ornament thereof.
[0036] FIG. 7 and 8 show possible variants of the jewelry ornament
assembled from the similar decorative elements.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
[0037] Tubular decorative elements (see FIG. 1) represent articles
1, 2, 3 and 4 having longitudinal 70 and cross 71, 72, 73, 74, 75,
76, 77, etc. through openings. The tubular decorative elements may
be bent at an angle 5, or arcuate 6, in the form of hyperboloid
of revolution 7, dome-shaped and referring to FIG. 2--as conjugated
spheres having different 9 and equal diameter 10, S-shaped 11, having
the rhombic 12, hexagonal 13, triangular 14, octagonal 15 cross-section.
[0038] Settings with stones 16-17, 18-19 (see FIG. 3) have the
through mounting opening 79 with eyes 80. The setting 20, 22 is
furnished with the tubular decorative element 21, which is pressed
into the mounting opening 81.
[0039] The surface of tubular decorative elements 23, 24, 25, 26,
27, 28 and 29 (see FIG. 4) is polished; the surface of tubular decorative
elements 31, 36, 37 and 38 is mat, the surface of the tubular motif
30 is of mixed type (polished and mat); tubular decorative elements
32, 33 and 34 have the surface decorated with the ornament made
with use of the partitioned enamel technique; tubular decorative
element 35 is made with chasing, the ornament with the use of the
partitioned enamel technique and decorated with stones. Tubular
decorative elements 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40 are decorated with stones
(in particular, with diamonds, sapphires and rubies).
[0040] Dome-shaped tubular decorative elements (see Fig.5) are
decorated with sapphires 41, the partitioned enamel in combination
with stones 42, topazes 43, cabochons of precious stones 44, 45.
The settings are decorated with partitioned enamel in combination
with stones 46, rosettes with precious stones 47 and double cabochons
48, 49, 50 and 51. Tubular decorative elements 52, 53, 54, 55 and
56 are made in combination with cabochons, faceted stones and rosettes
with precious stones.
[0041] The similar ornament have tubular decorative elements (see
FIG. 6) made in the form of hyperboloid of revolution: 57--with
polished surface, 58--with combined surface (polished and mat),
59--with a stone ornament and 60--with the ornament made with the
use of the partitioned enamel technique. The tubular S-shaped decorative
elements are made as follows: 61--is decorated with emerald, 62--with
polished surface; the tubular arcuate decorative elements are made
as follows: 63--with polished surface, 64--is decorated with stones,
65--with a combined surface state, 66--is decorated with the ornament
made with the use of the partitioned enamel technique. The tubular
decorative elements in the form of spheres 67, 68 and 69 are decorated
with stones.
[0042] It should be noted that the variety of embodiments of both
the tubular decorative elements themselves and connectors with locks
is not exhausted by the foregoing illustrative examples and the
description and disclosure of their essence may be continued by
enumerating types of ornaments made of stones, constructions of
locks, etc.
[0043] It is obvious that just as the number of variants of constructive
varying of the ornament design "in the assembly" is infinite,
so infinite will be the number of embodiments and ornaments of decorative
elements of the claimed composite set of jewelry articles.
[0044] For better understanding the invention can be illustrated
but not exhausted by the following examples of concrete embodiments.
EXAMPLE 1
[0045] The composite jewelry ornament is assembled on the connector
(FIG. 7) by positioning the decorative elements in mirror symmetry
about the vertical axis in the following order: one tubular decorative
element, central in the composition, (Fig.4, 36) made of pure gold
decorated with diamonds (the connector is passed through the longitudinal
opening in the body of the decorative element), next one decorative
element on each side--the setting made of white gold with golden
topaz (FIG. 5, 51), next one tubular decorative element made of
white gold decorated with diamond (FIG. 4, 37) on each side, next
one setting (FIG. 5, 51) on each side, next one tubular decorative
element made of white gold decorated with diamonds (FIG. 4, 38),
next one setting on each side (FIG. 5, 51), next one symmetric common
tubular decorative element (FIG. 4, 36), wherein the ends of the
connector are laced from butt-ends of the tubular decorative element
and brought out from the end cross openings in the wall thereof;
and finally--one setting (FIG. 5, 51) on each side. The jewelry
article assembled in such a way is presented in Fig.7.
EXAMPLE 2
[0046] The composite jewelry ornament is assembled on the connector
by positioning the decorative elements in mirror symmetry about
the vertical axis in the following order: two tubular decorative
elements (FIG. 4, 36) made of pure gold decorated with diamonds
(the connector is passed through the extreme cross opening in each
decorative element), next one tubular decorative element made of
white gold decorated with diamonds on each side (FIG. 4, 38), next
four settings made of white gold with golden topaz on each side
(FIG. 5, 51), next one tubular decorative element made of white
gold decorated with diamond on each side (FIG. 4, 37). The jewelry
article assembled in such a way is presented in FIG. 7.
[0047] The comparison of jewelry articles given in FIGS. 7 and
8 shows clearly that with the use of the similar types and the same
number of decorative elements distinctly different jewelry articles
may be assembled.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
[0048] The industrial applicability of the claimed invention is
clear from the foregoing description of embodiments thereof. The
subject mater of the invention has a high useful quality by virtue
of widening the variety of the constructive solution. |