Jewelry article having a coded message

Abstract

A jewelry article includes a coded message.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A jewelry kit for making a jewelry article, the kit comprising: 
 a support structure;    a plurality of first beads having a first shape representing dots in a Morse code sequence;    a plurality of second beads having a second shape representing dashes in a Morse code sequence;    a plurality of third beads having a third shape representing spaces between adjacent letters;    a plurality of fourth beads having a fourth shape representing spaces between adjacent words; and    an instruction sheet providing a key for the Morse code to permit the first, second, third, and fourth beads to be placed on the support structure in a predetermined sequence to provide a coded message thereon.    
     
     
         2 . The kit of  claim 1 , wherein the support structure is formed from one of a wire, a string, a rope, a piece of leather, a fabric strip, a thread, a rubber strand and an elastic material.  
     
     
         3 . The kit of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second beads are formed from at least one of glass, metal, clay, polymer, stone, bone, nuts, seeds, wood, shells, plastic, paper, fabric and leather.  
     
     
         4 . A jewelry article comprising: 
 a support structure;    a plurality of first elements having a first common characteristic; and    a plurality of second elements having a second common characteristic different from the first common characteristic, the first and second elements being positioned on the support in a selected sequence based on a predefined code to provide a coded written message on the support structure.    
     
     
         5 . The article of  claim 4 , further comprising a plurality of third elements having a common characteristic different from the first and second characteristics, the third elements representing spaces between portions of the coded written message.  
     
     
         6 . The article of  claim 5 , wherein the plurality of third elements represent spaces between adjacent letters of the coded written message.  
     
     
         7 . The article of  claim 6 , further comprising a plurality of fourth elements having a fourth common characteristic different from the first, second and third characteristics, the plurality of fourth elements representing spaces between adjacent words of the coded written message.  
     
     
         8 . The article of  claim 4 , further comprising a key, the key identifying the code to permit the selected sequence of the first and second elements to be decoded.  
     
     
         9 . The article of  claim 8 , wherein the key is an instruction sheet providing a predetermined sequence of first and second elements representing portions of the code.  
     
     
         10 . The article of  claim 8 , wherein the key provides a predetermined sequence of first and second elements representing each letter of the alphabet.  
     
     
         11 . The article of  claim 4 , wherein the plurality of first elements are a plurality of first beads having a first shape representing dots in a Morse code sequence, and the plurality of second elements are a plurality of second beads having a second shape representing dashes in a Morse code sequence.  
     
     
         12 . The article of  claim 4 , wherein the support structure is formed from one of a wire, a string, a rope, a piece of leather, a fabric strip, a thread, a rubber strand and an elastic material.  
     
     
         13 . The article of  claim 4 , wherein the first and second elements are formed from at least one of glass, metal, clay, polymer, stone, bone, nuts, seeds, wood, shells, plastic, paper, fabric and leather.  
     
     
         14 . A method for assembling an article of jewelry comprising: 
 providing a plurality of elements having a plurality of different characteristics;    providing a support structure;    providing an instruction sheet having a code based on the different elements, the code providing a predefined sequence of elements representing each letter of the alphabet; and    assembling a plurality of elements in a selected sequence using the instruction sheet as a reference to form an article of jewelry having a coded written message thereon.    
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the plurality of elements includes a first plurality of beads having a first shape representing a first symbol of the code and a plurality of second beads having a second shape representing a second symbol of the code, the first shape being different from the second shape.  
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the plurality of elements further includes a plurality of third beads having a third shape representing spaces between adjacent letters in the coded written message, the third shape being different from the first and second shapes.  
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the plurality of elements includes a plurality of fourth beads having a fourth shape representing spaces between words in the coded written message, the fourth shape being different from the first second and third shapes.  
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the support structure is formed from one of a wire, a string, a rope, a piece of leather, a fabric strip, a thread, a rubber strand and an elastic material.  
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the plurality of elements are formed from at least one of glass, metal, clay, polymer, stone, bone, nuts, seeds, wood, shells, plastic, paper, fabric and leather.  
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the code is Morse code.