Ring with interchangeable gem mechanism

Abstract

A ring with an interchangeable gem mechanism is engineered. The ring comprises a loop having two termini. It includes two shoulders, each shoulder resting on a terminus of the loop. It additionally includes a bezel resting on the shoulders that is configured to contain an open-worked chamber. The ring also includes a diadem that is configured to be housed in the open-worked chamber but is separable from the bezel. The ring further has a key that is configured to insert through a front of the bezel to lock the diadem in the open-worked chamber of the bezel.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 
     
         1 . A ring comprising:
 a loop having two termini;   two shoulders, each shoulder resting on a terminus of the loop;   a bezel resting on the shoulders that is configured to contain an open-worked chamber;   a diadem that is configured to be housed in the open-worked chamber; and   a key that is configured to insert through a front of the bezel to lock the diadem in the open-worked chamber of the bezel.   
     
     
         2 . The ring of  claim 1 , wherein the bezel, in two dimensions, from a top plan view, is ellipsoid in shape. 
     
     
         3 . The ring of  claim 1 , wherein the bezel, in two dimensions, from a top plan view, is quadrilateral in shape. 
     
     
         4 . The ring of  claim 3 , wherein the bezel includes a bezel rim having four sides and four corners, wherein at each corner of the bezel rim, in the inside, is a C-shaped abutting piece. 
     
     
         5 . The ring of  claim 4 , wherein in the inside of the bezel, below the bezel rim, on the two sides orthogonal to the shoulders are two bezel troughs, each of the bezel troughs defining a void that is a convex polyhedron in shape. 
     
     
         6 . The ring of  claim 5 , wherein each of the bezel troughs defines a void that is a rectangular parallelepiped. 
     
     
         7 . The ring of  claim 5 , wherein the remaining sides of the bezel include a bezel front and a bezel back, the bezel front defining a void that is a convex polyhedron, the bezel back defining a void that is a convex polyhedron. 
     
     
         8 . The ring of  claim 2 , wherein the diadem, in two dimensions, from a top plan view, is ellipsoid in shape. 
     
     
         9 . The ring of  claim 7 , wherein the diadem, in two dimensions, from a top plan view, is quadrilateral in shape, having four sides and four corners, and at each corner, on the outside, is a diadem phalanx having a distal end and a proximal end. 
     
     
         10 . The ring of  claim 9 , wherein each distal end, when the diadem is inserted into the open-worked chamber of the bezel, passes through a respective C-shaped abutting piece, each distal end abutting against the top of one of the bezel troughs so as to allow the diadem to be housed inside the open-worked chamber of the bezel. 
     
     
         11 . The ring of  claim 9 , wherein the diadem has graduated areas, with the smallest area at the bottom of the diadem and the largest area at the top of the diadem, wherein each distal end, when the diadem is inserted into the open-worked chamber of the bezel, passes through a respective C-shaped abutting piece, coming to rest when an area of a horizontal slice of a diadem is too large to allow the diadem to continue to enter into the open-worked chamber of the bezel. 
     
     
         12 . The ring of  claim 11 , wherein two of the sides of the diadem include two diadem sliders, each of the diadem sliders defining a void that is a convex polyhedron. 
     
     
         13 . The ring of  claim 12 , wherein each of the diadem sliders defines a void that is a rectangular parallelepiped. 
     
     
         14 . The ring of  claim 12 , wherein the remaining two sides of the diadem include two diadem bores. 
     
     
         15 . The ring of  claim 14 , wherein when the diadem is inserted into the open-worked chamber of the bezel, each bezel trough longitudinally aligns in parallel with the respective diadem slider to define a void that is a convex polyhedron. 
     
     
         16 . The ring of  claim 15 , wherein each bezel trough longitudinally aligns in parallel with the respective diadem slider, defining a void that is a quadrilateral-faced hexahedron. 
     
     
         17 . The ring of  claim 15 , wherein the diadem bore is coaxially aligned with the bezel front. 
     
     
         18 . The ring of  claim 17 , wherein the key includes a male key, the male key including a bow projecting from which are two cuts, the bow having an area substantially just less than equal to the void defined by the bezel front so that the bow fits inside the void when the male key enters the bezel through the bezel front, wherein at the center of the inside of the bow is a third tip. 
     
     
         19 . The ring of  claim 18 , wherein the key includes a female key, the female key having a stern whose area is substantially just less than equal to the void defined by the bezel back so that the stern fits inside the void defined by the bezel back when the female key enters the bezel through the bezel back, the stern including two orifices which are configured to mate, respectively, with the tips of the cuts of the male key when it is inserted into the bezel front, causing the cuts to longitudinally traverse through the voids created by the bezel troughs together with the diadem sliders. 
     
     
         20 . The ring of  claim 19 , wherein the cuts are convex polyhedrons.