Method and apparatus for jewelry organization

Abstract

A method and apparatus for jewelry organization is provided which has a body which is specially designed to avoid tangling of jewelry items and to house all types of jewelry at once, in an appealing fashion. The apparatus includes a body having an upper and lower surface, and at least one compartment formed in the upper surface defined as a channel sized to receive one or more items of jewelry. Each piece of jewelry is laid out along the path of the channel and does not mix or tangle with other pieces of jewelry. The upper surface of the body has an upwardly protruding knob. The knob may be frustoconical in shape and can hold at least one ring. The presently preferred knob is located in the center of the upper surface. The lower surface of the body may have a recess which is sized to receive a knob on a second jewelry organizer. The knob nests into the recess of another jewelry organizer so that the organizers can be stacked on top of one another.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A jewelry organizer for holding jewelry such as rings, earrings, drop earrings, watches, bracelets, necklaces, and other strands of jewelry, comprising: 
 a body having an upper surface and a lower surface;    a knob protruding upwardly from the upper surface;    at least two compartments formed in the upper surface of the body for receiving jewelry, each compartment defined as an elongated channel; and    a recess in the lower surface of the body wherein the recess and the knob provide a means for a stackable configuration.    
     
     
         2 . The jewelry organizer of  claim 1 , wherein the body of the jewelry organizer is substantially planar.  
     
     
         3 . The jewelry organizer of  claim 1 , wherein the knob has a frustoconical shape and has a diameter and height capable of holding at least one ring.  
     
     
         4 . The jewelry organizer of  claim 1 , and further including an upstanding side wall separating the compartments.  
     
     
         5 . The jewelry organizer of  claim 1 , wherein each of the compartments is defined as an endless channel.  
     
     
         6 . The jewelry organizer of  claim 5 , wherein each of the channels surrounds the knob on the upper surface of the body.  
     
     
         7 . The jewelry organizer of  claim 1 , further including an outer rim around the periphery of the body, the outer rim having a surface to allow space for jewelry to be displayed thereon.  
     
     
         8 . A jewelry organizer for holding jewelry such as rings, earrings, drop earrings, watches, bracelets, necklaces, and other strands of jewelry, comprising: 
 a body having an upper surface and a lower surface;    a knob protruding upwardly from the upper surface having a diameter and height capable of receiving at least one ring over the knob; and    at least one compartment formed in the upper surface of the body for receiving jewelry and defined as an elongated channel sized to receive a piece of jewelry.    
     
     
         9 . The jewelry organizer of  claim 8 , further including an outer rim around the periphery of the body, the outer rim having a surface to allow space for jewelry to be displayed thereon.  
     
     
         10 . The jewelry organizer of  claim 9 , wherein the outer rim includes a lip which is sized to receive a hook of a drop earring thereon.  
     
     
         11 . The jewelry organizer of  claim 8 , and further including a recess formed in the lower surface to enable a stackable configuration with a second jewelry organizer having a knob and at least one compartment, such that space is maintained between the stacked jewelry organizers to allow jewelry to be placed in the at least one compartment of the second jewelry organizer.  
     
     
         12 . A jewelry organizer for holding jewelry such as rings, earrings, drop earrings, watches, bracelets, necklaces, and other strands of jewelry, comprising: 
 a first body having 
 an upper surface and a lower surface,  
 a knob protruding upwardly from the upper surface, and  
 at least two compartments formed in the upper surface of the body for receiving jewelry, each compartment defined as an endless, elongated channel formed in a pattern surrounding the knob; and  
   a second body having 
 an upper surface and a lower surface,  
 at least two compartments formed in the upper surface of the body for receiving jewelry, each compartment defined as an endless, elongated channel formed in a pattern surrounding the knob, and  
 a recess in the lower surface of the body sized to receive the knob of the first body therein, wherein the second body is stackable on the first body by positioning the recess of the second body onto the knob of the first body.  
   
     
     
         13 . The jewelry organizer of  claim 12 , wherein the lower surface of the first body further includes a recess, and the upper surface of the second body further includes an upwardly protruding knob capable of adding further stackable configurations.  
     
     
         14 . The jewelry organizer of  claim 12 , wherein each body further includes an outer rim around the periphery of the body, the outer rim having a surface to allow space for jewelry to be displayed thereon.  
     
     
         15 . The jewelry organizer of  claim 14 , where each outer rim includes a lip sized to receive a hook of a drop earring.