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Patent Abstract
The uniqueness off this present invention to the art is the detachable,
cushioned pads and strips, along with the use of loop and hook fasteners.
This uniqueness enables the jewelry lover to view, organize, retrieve,
and replace jewelry effortlessly. This present invention is a compact
jewelry organizer. Its design is to store numerous pairs of earrings,
necklaces, bracelets, bangles, pendants, and rings while utilizing
a minimal amount of space. This container is compact, and permits
a view of all jewelry at a glance without having to finger through
different containers or compartments.
Patent Claims
1. A beautiful compact jewelry organizer designed to securely store
numerous pairs of earrings, necklaces, bracelets, bangles, pendants,
and rings. Jewelry is viewed at a glance, and is easily retrieved.
Detachable cushions make organizing, retrieving, and replacing jewelry
easy.
2. Earring cushions are used to store earring without the risk
of entanglement of earrings. Earrings such as post-type with clasp,
clip-on, hook, and lever back are kept on an earring cushion. Earrings
are worn on the earring cushion much like earrings are worn on the
human ear.
Patent Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] I CLAIM THE BENEFIT OF EARLIER PROVISIONAL APPLICATION NUMBER:
60/649,005--FILED ON Feb. 1, 2005.
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
[0002] NOT APPLICABLE
SEQUENCE LISTING
[0003] NOT APPLICABLE
BACKGROUND FIELD OF INVENTION
[0004] This invention relates to the problem of organizing, selecting,
displaying, and storing jewelry. Numerous attempts for improvements
have been made with diverse containers such as compartmented boxes,
padded trays, and hanging apparatuses. Prior art has proved to be
cumbersome and awkward to work with for those who house numerous
jewelry pieces.
DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART
[0005] There have been countless attempts to invent an apparatus
that fulfills the need of storing and organizing jewelry. Prior
art in this field has been cluttered with an incalculable amount
of jewelry boxes and other storage devices. Prior inventions have
failed to alleviate the inconvenience and clutter of storing numerous
pieces of jewelry in a user-friendly manner.
[0006] U.S. Pat. No. 6,474,466 to Barahona (2002) and U.S. Pat.
No. 5,121,833 to Lindsay, et al. (1992) and U.S. Pat. No. 4,923,069
Germain et al. (1990) show devices that hold a plurality of pairs
of earrings, as present invention. Although said prior art holds
a plurality of pairs of earrings, it handles awkwardly, and is impractical
for daily use. Earrings are generally stored in drawers and compartments
of jewelry boxes or jewelry organizers. U.S. Pat. No. 5,692,605
Lai (1997), an example of a jewelry box with a compartment commonly
used for storing earrings. Storing earrings in drawers or compartments,
as such, creates clutter, and an opportunity for the earrings to
entangle. It is also frustrating, as well as time consuming to dig
and finger through drawers and compartments looking for earrings
or other jewelry pieces.
OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGE
[0007] Hence, besides the objects and advantages of the pads and
strips already mentioned, several objects and advantages of this
invention are: [0008] (a) to provide a beautiful jewelry organizer
in which to store a numerous pairs of earrings, without the risk
of entanglement of earrings. [0009] (b) to provide a way to view
the display of earrings, and other jewelry at a glance, without
the searching and fingering through a drawer or compartment. [0010]
(c) to provide a user friendly way of retrieving and replacing earrings
by detaching earring cushions. [0011] (d) to provide an easy way
of organizing jewelry by placing earring, ring, and strip cushions
in a desired arrangement.
[0012] Further objects and advantages are to: 1) effectively utilize
less area of space than is commonly required to house a jewelry
collection of the average jewelry lover, and 2) to have the ability
to display a collection of jewelry in a well planned, user friendly,
lustrous manner.
DRAWINGS
[0013] In the drawings, closely related figures have the same number
but different alphabetic suffixes.
[0014] FIG. 1 is a perspective front view of 2 cloths, with 2 strips
of hook fastener on each cloth.
[0015] FIG. 2 is a perspective inside view of an empty, wooden
box with an attached opened door covering.
[0016] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the said opened wooden box
in FIG. 2. The wooden box is lined with the said cloth in FIG. 1.
[0017] FIGS. 4A to 4C shows various aspects of an earring cushion.
[0018] FIGS. 5A to 5D shows various aspects of a cushion strip.
[0019] FIG. 6 is a perspective front view of the said box in FIG.
2, with said cloth in FIG. 1, said earring cushion in FIG. 4, and
said cushion strip in FIG. 5.
[0020] FIG. 7 is a perspective closed-front view of the wooden
box in FIG. 6.
[0021] FIG. 8 is a perspective back view of the wooden box in FIG.
7.
[0022] FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a ring cushion strip with
rings.
REFERENCE NUMERALS IN DRAWINGS
[0023] 11 inside lining cloth [0024] 12 inside hook fastener strip
[0025] 13 door lining cloth [0026] 14 door hook fastener strip [0027]
15 inside base of wooden box [0028] 16 length side of box [0029]
17 width side of box [0030] 18 door [0031] 19 hinge [0032] 20 earring
cushion [0033] 21 eyelet [0034] 22 earring loop fastener patch [0035]
23 earring pad [0036] 24 cushion strip [0037] 25 strip pad [0038]
26 strip loop fastener patch [0039] 27 strip loop fastener [0040]
28 strip hook fastener [0041] 29 ring cushion strip [0042] 30 bracket
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0043] FIG. 1 is a perspective front view of 2 lining cloths 11
and 13. The lining cloths are made of velvet or felt type of fabric.
Each lining cloth 11 and 13 has 2 strips of hook fastener 12 and
14 sewn to it. The lining cloths 11 and 13 are permanently attached
to the inside base 15 and bottom-side of door 18 of the wooden box
in FIG. 2, as demonstrated in FIG. 3.
[0044] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the wooden box, before the
lining cloths 11 and 13 have been applied. The door 18 of the box
is opened to the left side of the inside base of wooden box 15.
The inside lining cloth 11 is attached to the inside base of wooden
box 15, and the door lining cloth 13 is attached to the bottom-side
of door 18. The dimensions of said box are bout 81/2''.times.15.times.1/2.
A bracket (FIGS. 7 and 8) that allows the angle of box to be adjusted
suspends the said box.
[0045] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the wooden box after the
lining cloths (FIG. 1) have been applied to the bottom-side of door
18 and the inside base of wooden box 15. The earring cushion(s)
20 and cushion strip(s) 24 are attached after the lining cloths
have been permanently applied to box.
[0046] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an earring cushion.
[0047] The earring cushion 20 is constructed with 2 pieces of satin
type fabric that encloses an earring pad 23 (FIG. 4B) to create
a cushion. 2 Eyelets 21 are placed about 1/4 of an inch above the
bottom edge of the earring cushion 20. The earring post type, hook,
or lever back goes through the eyelet 21 and the clip-on type clip
on the eyelet 21. Earrings are worn on the earring cushion 20 much
like earrings are worn on ears.
[0048] The earring cushion 20 has a loop fastener patch 22 sewn
to the back of it (FIG. 4B), which allows the earring cushion 20
to be detachable. For storing, organization and display purposes,
the earring cushion (FIG. 4) attaches to any spot on either hook
fastener strip 12 or 14, which is sewn to a lining cloth 11 or 13.
[0049] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the cushion strip. Necklaces,
bracelets, and bangles, are kept in a cushion strip 24. The cushion
strip 24 is constructed with 2 pieces of satin type fabric that
encloses a strip pad 25 (FIG. 5A), to create a cushion. The cushion
strip 24 has a loop fastener patch 22 sewn to the back of it (FIG.
5B), which allows the cushion strip (FIG. 5B) to be detachable.
The cushion strip 24 hangs by a hook fastener strip 12 or 14.
[0050] The cushion strip 24 has loop fastener sewn along the length
of the front of it (FIG. 5A), and hook fastener along the length
of the back of the cushion strip 24 (FIG. 5B). The bottom of the
cushion strip (FIG. 5B) is rolled upwards to the adjusted size;
then hook fastener on the back of cushion (FIG. 5B) is allowed to
lock with the loop fastener on the front of cushion strip (FIG.
5A).
[0051] FIG. 6 is a perspective front view of a utilized jewelry
organizer with cushioned pads and strips. Illustration with earring
cushion(s) 20 with earrings, and cushion strips 24 containing necklaces,
bracelets, and bangles. Ring cushion strip(s) 26 are filled with
rings.
Operation
[0052] The manner of utilizing the jewelry organizer is unlike
the use of prior art jewelry boxes and jewelry organizers. After
selecting the jewelry item at a glance the user will pull an earring
cushion from the jewelry organizer to remove a pair of earrings
or pendant, and then replace the earring cushion. The user will
detach the roll of a cushion strip to remove a necklace, bracelet,
or bangle, then re-roll and attach. The user will detach the roll
of a cushion strip to remove a ring from a ring cushion strip, then
re-roll and attach.
[0053] (1) The user, facing jewelry organizer, will open the door
of wooden box (FIG. 7) to the left. Once the door 18 (FIG. 7) is
opened the jewelry in the jewelry organizer is displayed (FIG. 6).
The view in FIG. 6 shows the jewelry stored on the inside door,
and the inside base of box 15. Thus, making use of all space inside
the jewelry organizer.
[0054] (2) FIG. 6 also shows the earring cushions 20 in use. Earring
cushions 20 wear earrings much like the human hear does. Earrings
such as the post type, lever backs, and hooks go through the eyelet
21 like going through holes of pierced ears. One or more pairs of
earrings are worn on an earring cushion 20. The earring cushions
20 illustrated in are wearing one pair of earrings. Clip-on earrings
are clipped on top of the eyelets 21. Earring cushions 20 have loop
fastener patches 22 (FIG. 4B) sewn on back of them that attaches
to and detaches from the hook fastener strips 12 and 14.
[0055] (3) Necklaces, bracelets, and bangles are housed on a cushion
strip 24. Close all clasps and hooks on said jewelry and place the
circle of the jewelry on the end of cushion strip 24 (FIG. 5C).
Then pull the strip up towards the top of the cushion strip and
stop at adjusted size, and attach the strip hook fastener 28 (FIG.
5B) located on the bottom-back of cushion strip to the strip loop
fastener 27 (FIG. 5A) located on the front of cushion strip. This
forms a secure hold (FIG. 5D) that houses necklaces, bracelets,
and bangles.
[0056] (4) Rings are placed on a ring cushion strip 29. The circle
of the ring is placed on the end of the ring cushion strip 26. Then
pull the bottom-end of the ring cushion strip up, towards the top
of the cushion strip and stop at adjusted size and attach the strip
hook fastener 28 (FIG. 5B) located on the bottom-back of cushion
strip to the strip loop fastener 27 (FIG. 5A) located on the front
of cushion strip. This forms a secure hold (FIG. 9) that houses
rings. The ring cushion strip 29 is identical to the cushion strip
24 (FIG. 5A-5C), except for the width of the strip is smaller.
[0057] (5) The sole purpose of the use of brackets 30 (FIG. 7 and
FIG. 8) is to demonstrate that some apparatus, not holding to a
bracket, is used to support this present invention.
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