US2006026989A1PendingUtilityA1

Earring with pivotal hook wire and fastener

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Aug 9, 2004Filed: Aug 9, 2004Published: Feb 9, 2006
Est. expiryAug 9, 2024(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Linda Miller
A44C 7/003
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Abstract

An earring with a hook-shaped wire that is connected to one end of the body of the earring by a hinged or pivoting connector and is secured by fastening the free end of the wire to the back of the body by snapping it into a catch or installing into a clasp.

Claims

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1 . An earring comprising an earring body having a top end and another end and a front face and a back face, said top end connecting pivotably to one end of an ear wire, and said back face containing a fastener to which the other end of the ear wire is located and secured in a locked position.  
   
   
       2 . The earring described in  claim 1  where the fastener is a catch having an opening wider than the diameter of the ear wire into which the other end of the ear wire is snapped over a restricted portion at the entrance of the opening that is narrower than the diameter of the ear wire.  
   
   
       3 . The earring described in  claim 1  where the fastener is a catch having an opening slightly wider than the diameter of the ear wire into which the other end of ear wire is snapped over a restricted portion at the entrance of the opening that is slightly narrower than the diameter of the ear wire.  
   
   
       4 . The earring described in  claim 1  where the fastener is a clasp having an opening into which the other end of the ear wire is shifted through a space in the opening which can be opened and closed by selectively moving an obstructing member.  
   
   
       5 . An earring comprising an earring body having a top end and another end and a front face and a back face, said top end connecting pivotably by a hinge to one end of an ear wire, and said back face containing a fastener to which the other end of the ear wire is located and secured in a locked position.  
   
   
       6 . The earring described in  claim 5  where the fastener is a catch having an opening wider than the diameter of the ear wire into which the other end ear wire is snapped over a restricted portion at the entrance of the opening that is narrower than the diameter of the ear wire.  
   
   
       7 . The earring described in  claim 5  where the fastener is a catch having an opening slightly wider than the diameter of the ear wire into which the other end of the ear wire is snapped over a restricted portion at the entrance of the opening that is slightly narrower than the diameter of the ear wire.  
   
   
       8 . The earring described in  claim 5  where the fastener is a clasp having an opening into which the other end of the ear wire is shifted through a space in the opening which can be opened and closed by selectively moving an obstructing member.

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