Body piercing jewelry

Abstract

Body piercing jewelry for attachment to a body piercing comprises an ornament component and an insertion component attached to the ornament component. The ornament component has a closed peripheral border circumscribing an opening that extends entirely therethrough. The ornament component is of a size to prevent it from entering the body piercing. The insertion component includes a plurality of insertion elements, each comprising a strand of material having an end attached to the ornament component and having an opposite end associated with a tip. The insertion elements are sequentially insertable, tips first, through the body piercing to place the strands to extend entirely through the body piercing in side by side relation and for tail segments of the insertion elements that exit the body piercing to be passed through the opening in the ornament component to form a closed loop engaged with the body piercing.

1 . Body piercing jewelry for attachment to a body piercing, comprising
 an ornament component including a closed peripheral border circumscribing an opening extending entirely through said ornament component, said ornament component being of a size to prevent passage of said ornament component into the body piercing; and   an insertion component including a plurality of insertion elements attached to said ornament component, said plurality of insertion elements being insertable in sequence to extend entirely through the body piercing, each of said insertion elements including a strand having a length and a cross-sectional dimension to extend entirely through the body piercing and to be passed through said opening of said ornament component to form a closed loop engaged with the body piercing, said strands of said plurality of insertion elements being receivable together within the body piercing in side by side relation.   
   
   
       2 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 1  wherein said ornament component has an overall weight, said insertion component has an overall weight, said overall weight of said insertion component being greater than said overall weight of said ornament component. 
   
   
       3 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 2  wherein said plurality of insertion elements includes a first insertion element and a second insertion element, said strand of said first insertion element having an end attached to said ornament component at an attachment point on said ornament component, said strand of said second insertion element having an end attached to said ornament component at said attachment point. 
   
   
       4 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 3  wherein said first insertion element further includes an elongate first peg connected to an end of said strand of said first insertion element opposite said attachment point, said second insertion element further includes an elongate second peg connected to an end of said strand of said second insertion element opposite said attachment point, said first peg being insertable first through the body piercing to place said strand of said first insertion element to extend entirely through the body piercing, said second peg being insertable through the body piercing following insertion of said first peg to place said strand of said second insertion element to extend through the body piercing alongside said strand of said first insertion element. 
   
   
       5 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 4  wherein said first peg has a cross-sectional dimension and said second peg has a cross-sectional dimension smaller than said cross-sectional dimension of said first peg. 
   
   
       6 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 3  wherein said strand of said first insertion element is a first length of chain and said strand of said second insertion element is a second length of chain. 
   
   
       7 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 1  wherein said ornament component has an anterior side and a posterior side, said opening extends through said ornament component from said anterior side to said posterior side, said strands being extendable through the body piercing along said posterior side of said ornament component and being passable through said opening from said posterior side to said anterior side. 
   
   
       8 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 7  wherein said anterior side of said ornament component is decoratively embellished. 
   
   
       9 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 1  wherein each of said strands has a frictional outer surface. 
   
   
       10 . Body piercing jewelry for attachment to a body piercing having an entry hole and an exit hole, comprising
 an ornament component including a figure having a closed periphery, and an opening circumscribed by said closed periphery, said opening extending entirely through said ornament component, said ornament component being of a size to prevent passage of said ornament component into the entry hole of the body piercing, said ornament component having an overall weight; and   an insertion component for insertion in the body piercing, said insertion component including a first insertion element and a second insertion element, said first insertion element comprising a first length of chain and a first peg connected to said length of chain, said first length of chain having an end attached to said ornament component at an attachment point and having an opposite end connected to said first peg, said second insertion element comprising a second length of chain and a second peg connected to said second length of chain, said second length of chain having an end attached to said ornament component at said attachment point and having an opposite end connected to said second peg, said first and second pegs being insertable sequentially through the body piercing to enter the entry hole of the body piercing and exit the exit hole of the body piercing to place said first and second lengths of chain to extend entirely through the body piercing in side by side relation, said first and second insertion elements being of sufficient length to present tail segments on the exit side of the body piercing for passage through said opening of said ornament component to form a closed loop engaged with the body piercing, said insertion component having an overall weight greater than said overall weight of said ornament component.   
   
   
       11 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 10  wherein said first and second lengths of chain each have a frictional outer surface. 
   
   
       12 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 10  wherein said first and second pegs are each of solid cylindrical construction, said first peg having an outer diameter and said second peg having an outer diameter smaller than said outer diameter of said first peg. 
   
   
       13 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 12  wherein said first peg is insertable first through the body piercing to place said first length of chain to extend entirely through the body piercing, said second peg is insertable through the body piercing following insertion of said first peg to place said second length of chain to extend entirely through the body piercing alongside said first length of chain. 
   
   
       14 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 13  wherein said first peg extends from said first length of chain to terminate at a rounded terminal end of said first insertion element, and said second peg extends from said second length of chain to terminate at a rounded terminal end of said second insertion element. 
   
   
       15 . Body piercing jewelry for attachment to a body piercing formed in anatomical tissue and having an entry hole and an exit hole on the anatomical tissue, comprising
 an ornament component including a figure having a closed periphery, and an opening circumscribed by said closed periphery, said opening extending entirely through said ornament component, said ornament component being of a size to prevent passage of said ornament component into the entry hole of the body piercing; and   an insertion component for insertion in the body piercing and including a first insertion element and a second insertion element, said first insertion element comprising a first length of chain having an end attached to said ornament component and having an opposite end associated with a tip of said first insertion element, said second insertion element comprising a second length of chain having an end attached to said ornament component and having an opposite end associated with a tip of said second insertion element, said body piercing jewelry having an initial configuration wherein said first and second lengths of chain extend from said ornament component without passing through said opening and having a retention configuration on the body piercing wherein said first and second lengths of chain extend together entirely through the body piercing with tail segments of said first and second insertion elements extending from the exit hole of the body piercing to said tips and being passed through said opening in said ornament component to form a closed loop in which the anatomical tissue between the entry hole and the exit hole is captured between said ornament component and said first and second lengths of chain extending through the body piercing.   
   
   
       16 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 15  wherein the body piercing is a navel body piercing and said body piercing jewelry has a retention configuration on the navel body piercing. 
   
   
       17 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 16  wherein said first and second lengths of chain are attached to said ornament component at the same attachment point on said ornament component and said first and second insertion elements are of the same length. 
   
   
       18 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 15  wherein said ornament component has an overall weight and said insertion component has an overall weight greater than said overall weight of said ornament component. 
   
   
       19 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 15  wherein said tip of said first insertion element is defined by an elongate rigid first peg connected to said first length of chain, said tip of said second insertion element is defined by an elongate rigid second peg connected to said second length of chain, said first and second pegs being of different thickness. 
   
   
       20 . The body piercing jewelry recited in  claim 15  wherein said first and second lengths of chain each have a frictional outer surface.