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

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.

1 . An ornamental object comprising:
 two punch members, each punch member punched out of a bottle cap and each having a peripheral edge, joined along their respective peripheral edges to form a common connection area.   
   
   
       2 . The ornamental object of  claim 1  wherein at least one punch member is convex. 
   
   
       3 . The ornamental object of  claim 1  wherein both punch members are convex. 
   
   
       4 . The ornamental object of  claim 1  wherein at least one punch member 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 a punch member punched out of a bottle cap and having a peripheral edge. 
   
   
       8 . The ornamental object of  claim 7  wherein the punch member is convex. 
   
   
       9 . The ornamental object of  claim 7  wherein the punch member is flat. 
   
   
       10 . The ornamental object of  claim 7  further comprising at least one hole formed in and extending through the punch member. 
   
   
       11 . The ornamental object of  claim 7  further comprising a loop attached to the ornamental object. 
   
   
       12 . A button comprising a punch member punched out of a bottle cap and having at least one hole formed in and extending through the punch member. 
   
   
       13 . The button of  claim 12  wherein the punch member is convex. 
   
   
       14 . The button of  claim 12  wherein the punch member is flat.