Jewelry apparatus with living ornamental material

Abstract

A jewelry apparatus with living ornamental materials. The jewelry apparatus (e.g., inserted into rings, necklaces, lockets, bracelets, etc. or integral thereto) with living ornamental materials includes a base component with a receptacle in which a living material substrate is placed and a cover restraining component through which the living ornament materials grow. The cover restraining portion is to the bottom portion and also prevents the living material substrate and living materials from falling out of the base component. The living material substrate includes seeds for various types of plants and trees and nutrients to allow the seeds to grow. As the seeds germinate and grow, they grow upwards out of the base component and provide jewelry with living, growing, renewable ornamental materials.

1 . A jewelry apparatus with living ornamental materials, comprising:
 a base component including a water-proof receptacle portion for receiving a growing medium and for storing and growing living ornamental materials insertable into and removable from a piece of jewelry with a receiving component to receive the base component;   a cover restraining component including a removable and interchangeable retaining component with a plurality of retaining portions in a pre-determined configuration including a plurality of solid retaining portions and one or more hollow retaining portions for retaining the growing medium and for growing the living ornamental materials in the base component and for allowing the living ornamental materials to extend out of the base component and the cover restraining component as the living ornamental materials grow in the base component;   a connection component for connecting the base component to the cover restraining component and for allowing the cover restraining component to be engaged and disengaged from a top portion of the base component to insert and remove the growing medium and the living ornamental materials;   the growing medium;   the living ornamental materials;   the piece of jewelry with the receiving component; and   a bio-container component for storing the jewelry apparatus either with or without the piece of jewelry with the receiving component and for providing a suitable controlled bio-environment for maintaining growth of the living ornamental materials in the growing medium in the jewelry apparatus.   
     
     
         2 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the base component, the cover restraining component and the connection component include precious metals. 
     
     
         3 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the precious metals include gold, silver, platinum, titanium and tungsten. 
     
     
         4 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the base component, the cover restraining component and the connection component include combinations of precious metals, non-precious metals, rubber, plastic, ceramic composite materials or wood materials. 
     
     
         5 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the non-precious metals include steel, stainless steel, copper, or bronze. 
     
     
         6 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein water-proof receptacle portion includes a removable/insertable insert component insertable into and removable from the water-proof receptacle in the base component for further protecting an inside surface of the base component from corrosion and for containing the living ornamental materials added to the water-proof receptacle in the base component preventing contact with the water-proof receptacle of the base component. 
     
     
         7 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 6  wherein the removable/insertable insert component includes bio-degradable organic materials with an outer water-proof coating including peat moss, corn starch or paper other non-organic non-biodegradable materials including as rubber, plastic or composite materials. 
     
     
         8 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the water-proof receptacle portion includes a water-proof coating applied to an inside surface of base component including a water-proof chemical. 
     
     
         9 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the water-proof receptacle portion includes a metal coating of a second type of metal different from a first type of metal used to create the base component wherein the second type of metal is less prone to corrosion than the first type of metal. 
     
     
         10 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the interchangeable retaining component includes shape of a letter, a shape of a word, a pattern shape or a geometric shape. 
     
     
         11 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the removable and interchangeable retaining component is customizable by a user of the jewelry apparatus. 
     
     
         12 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the growing medium includes an organic growing medium or a synthetic growing medium. 
     
     
         13 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 12  wherein the synthetic growing medium includes a polystyrene plastic material. 
     
     
         14 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the growing medium includes plant seeds, flowers seeds, tree seeds or vegetable seeds or plant seedlings, flower seedlings, tree seedling or vegetable seedlings. 
     
     
         15 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the plant seeds, flowers seeds, tree seeds or vegetable seeds are coated with a natural or synthetic gelatinous material that is sticky and clings to other seeds and the sides of the water-proof receptacle potion and prevents the seeds from drying out until they are able to germinate. 
     
     
         16 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  further comprising:
 a plurality of pieces of jewelry including a finger ring, toe ring, bracelet, earrings, necklace, broach or pin each including a receiving component for receiving the base component.   
     
     
         17 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the living ornamental materials are replaced with non-living ornamental materials. 
     
     
         18 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the a bio-container component includes a glass, plastic, composite material or corn starch material. 
     
     
         19 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the connection component includes a hinged, screw, snap, compression, size-shape placement or pin-lock connection component. 
     
     
         20 . A jewelry apparatus with living ornamental materials integral to a piece of jewelry, comprising:
 a base component including a water-proof receptacle portion for receiving a growing medium and for storing and growing living ornamental materials integral to the piece of jewelry;   a cover restraining component including a removable and interchangeable retaining component with a plurality of retaining portions in a pre-determined configuration including a plurality of solid retaining portions and one or more hollow retaining portions for retaining the growing medium and the growing living ornamental materials in the base component and for allowing the living ornamental materials to extend out of the base component and the cover restraining component as the living ornamental materials grow in the base component;   a connection component for connecting the base component to the cover restraining component and for allowing the cover restraining component to be engaged and disengaged from a top portion of the base component to insert and remove the growing medium and the living ornamental materials;   the growing medium;   the living ornamental materials; and   a bio-container component for storing the jewelry apparatus and for providing a suitable controlled bio-environment for maintaining growth of the living ornamental materials in the jewelry apparatus.   
     
     
         21 . The jewelry apparatus of  claim 20  wherein the piece of jewelry includes a finger ring, toe ring, bracelet, earring, necklace, broach or pin.