US2009282869A1PendingUtilityA1

Decorative bead and other ornamental objects and their method and tools of manufacture

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: May 19, 2008Filed: May 19, 2008Published: Nov 19, 2009
Est. expiryMay 19, 2028(~1.8 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Catherine A. Collison
A44C 11/002
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Abstract

The present invention in one embodiment is a bead formed from bottle caps of a beverage container. In another embodiment of the invention, pieces of jewelry or other ornamental objects are formed from bottle caps of beverage containers. In yet another embodiment of the invention, pieces of jewelry or other ornamental objects are formed from the metal of cookie tins, candy tins, mint tins or similar metal containers. After appropriate preparation, a bottle cap or piece of metal from a tin is placed in a press tool having a punch member forming tool and cutting die that cooperatively interact to reform the bottle cap or metal from a tin, and in some cases punch out a piece of the bottle cap or metal from a tin. This produces, in several embodiments, a component that will be joined with one or more other similar components to form the bead or ornamental object of desire. In other embodiments, the reformed bottle cap or piece punched out of the bottle cap or tin is the desired ornamental object itself.

Claims

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1 . An ornamental object comprising two bottle caps each having a central portion, a crenellated periphery and a peripheral edge, each bottle cap joined along their respective peripheral edges to form a common connection area. 
   
   
       2 . The ornamental object of  claim 1  wherein at least one central area is convex. 
   
   
       3 . The ornamental object of  claim 1  wherein both central areas are convex. 
   
   
       4 . The ornamental object of  claim 1  wherein at least one central area is flat. 
   
   
       5 . The ornamental object of  claim 1  further comprising at least one hole formed in the common connection area extending through the common connection area. 
   
   
       6 . The ornamental object of  claim 1  further comprising a loop attached to the ornamental object. 
   
   
       7 . An ornamental object comprising at least one bottle cap, each bottle cap having a peripheral edge, a central portion, a shoulder connecting the central portion to the peripheral edge and a crenellated portion extending from the peripheral edge to the shoulder wherein the crenulated portion is flattened to modify or remove the crenellations. 
   
   
       8 . The ornamental object of  claim 7  wherein the central portion is made to be convex. 
   
   
       9 . The ornamental object of  claim 7  wherein the central portion is flat. 
   
   
       10 . The ornamental object of  claim 7  wherein there are two bottle caps joined along their respective peripheral edges to form a common connection area. 
   
   
       11 . The ornamental object of  claim 7  further comprising at least one hole formed in the flattened crenellated portion. 
   
   
       12 . The ornamental object of  claim 11  further comprising at least one hole formed in the common connection area extending through the common connection area. 
   
   
       13 . The ornamental object of  claim 7  further comprising a loop attached to the ornamental object. 
   
   
       14 . An ornamental object comprising at least one bottle cap, each bottle cap having a peripheral edge, an central portion, a shoulder connecting the central portion to the peripheral edge and a crenellated portion extending from the peripheral edge to the shoulder wherein the crenulated portion is moved into a frustoconical shape. 
   
   
       15 . The ornamental object of  claim 14  wherein the central portion is made to be convex. 
   
   
       16 . The ornamental object of  claim 14  wherein the central portion is flat. 
   
   
       17 . The ornamental object of  claim 14  wherein there are two bottle caps joined along their respective peripheral edges to form a common connection area. 
   
   
       18 . The ornamental object of  claim 14  further comprising at least one hole formed in the flattened crenellated portion. 
   
   
       19 . The ornamental object of  claim 18  further comprising at least one hole formed in the common connection area extending through the common connection area. 
   
   
       20 . The ornamental object of  claim 14  further comprising a loop attached to the ornamental object.

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