Ornamental beads and method of manufacture

Abstract

A set of ornamental beads and the method of making them. A bead can be customized by the use of an inner disk, which is made of plastic material and is about the size of a penny. Each inner disk has a through hole along its diameter. A customer selects whichever design, pattern, theme, pop culture items or logo, which is then applied to the face or faces of the disk, like stickers. The customization can take place over an E-commerce platform, where the customer can visualize various designs on screen, or in a store, where the sales clerk has a stock of such design stickers, ready to be applied to the inner disk. After the customer selects the requisite number of disks and their designs, if the beads are not already in stock, each of the disks is placed in a mold, which will be filled with liquid poly-gem material to form a bead-shaped object. The solidified poly-gem thus encases the inner disk to secure the design(s) on the inner disk within the bead-shaped poly-gem material. After the liquid poly-gem material cools down to a room temperature, the bead-shaped objects go through a grinding and polishing process to make them rounder and shinier. After the grinding and polishing process, the poly-gem beads are now ready to be strung into a bracelet, a necklace or any kind of personalized beads.

1 . A set of ornamental beads, comprising: 
 a plurality of transparent beads strung together by a string;    a plastic inner disk enclosed within each of said beads, said inner disk having a top and bottom face for receiving a design sticker, said inner disk having a through hole alone its diameter for receiving said string.    
   
   
       2 . A set of beads of  claim 1 , wherein said inner disk has a gradual thinning thickness from its center to its edges.  
   
   
       3 . A set of beads of  claim 2 , wherein said bead is made of poly-gem material.  
   
   
       4 . A method of making a set of ornamental beads, comprising: 
 providing a plastic inner disk, said disk having a through hole along its diameter for receiving a string, said disk having a top and bottom face for receiving a design sticker;    applying a design sticker to each of said top and bottom face of said inner disk;    placing said inner disk in a bead mold;    filling said mold with liquid poly-gem material, and forming a poly-gem bead enclosing said inner disk;    grinding and polishing said poly-gem bead to make it rounder and glitter;    string a plurality of poly-gem beads through the through hole of each inner disk into a set of ornamental beads.    
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein said inner disk has a gradual thinning thickness from its center to its edges.  
   
   
       6 . A set of personalized beads, comprising: 
 a plurality of transparent beads strung together by a string, each of said bead being made of poly-gem material;    a plastic inner disk enclosed within each of said beads, said inner disk having a top and bottom face for receiving a design sticker, said inner disk having a through hole alone its diameter for receiving said string, said inner disk having a gradual thinning thickness from its center to its edges.    
   
   
       7 . The set of personalized beads of  claim 6 , wherein said poly-gem material solidifies from its initial liquid state to secure the inner disk within itself.