Necklace

Abstract

A necklace for removable connection with one or more supplemental strands to form a plurality of multi-strand necklaces wherein there is consistent spacing between and distinct presentation of the supplemental strands. In one embodiment, the necklace has a plurality of similarly spaced ring connectors interconnecting a plurality necklace sections and to which the supplemental strands are removably coupled to form the multi-strand necklace. The necklace may also include a display necklace section at the front which may be fixed or replaceable and the necklace being useable without supplemental strands. In another embodiment, the supplemental strands have a pair of supplemental strand connectors, each coupled a certain distance from the end of the supplemental strand and which can be removably coupled together to form a multi-strand necklace.

1 . A jewelry piece for removably connecting with one or more supplemental jewelry strands to form a multi-strand jewelry piece, the jewelry piece comprising:
 a jewelry piece strand having a first side with an end and a second side with an end;   one or more supplemental strand connectors coupled to the first side of the jewelry strand and coupled to the second side of the jewelry strand; and   a jewelry coupler at the end of one or both sides of the jewelry piece strand for removable coupling of the first side of the jewelry piece strand to the second side of the jewelry piece strand thereby creating a jewelry piece connection joint and forming a jewelry piece such that the distances between the jewelry piece connection joint and the supplemental strand connectors coupled to the second side of the jewelry piece strand are similar to the distances between the jewelry piece connection joint and the supplemental strand connectors coupled to the first side of the jewelry piece strand.   
     
     
         2 . The jewelry piece of  claim 1  having one or more supplemental strands, each such supplemental strand comprising:
 a first side having a jewelry coupler at the end thereof and a second side having a jewelry coupler at the end thereof; 
 a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the supplemental strand and displaced a distance from the end of the first side of the supplemental strand; and 
 a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the supplemental strand and displaced a similar distance from the end of the second side of the supplemental strand as the first supplemental strand connector is displaced from the end of the first side of the supplemental strand. 
 
     
     
         3 . The jewelry piece of  claim 2  wherein the supplemental strands are of similar length. 
     
     
         4 . The jewelry piece of  claim 2  having a first supplemental strand wherein the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of such first supplemental strand is removably connected to a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the jewelry piece strand a distance from the jewelry piece connection joint, and the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of such first supplemental strand is removably connected to a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the jewelry piece strand a similar distance from the jewelry piece connection joint as the supplement strand connector to which the jewelry coupler on the first side of such first supplemental strand is connected, and forming a multi-strand jewelry piece. 
     
     
         5 . The jewelry piece of  claim 4  having a second supplemental strand wherein the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of such second supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the first supplemental strand, and the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of such second supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the first supplemental strand, and forming a multi-strand jewelry piece. 
     
     
         6 . The jewelry piece of  claim 2  wherein the jewelry piece strand and the supplemental strands are comprised of a plurality of jewelry sections and wherein the supplemental strand connectors are ring connectors which are removably connectable to a supplemental strand coupler and which interconnect jewelry sections of the jewelry piece strand and jewelry sections of the supplemental strands. 
     
     
         7 . The jewelry piece of  claim 2  wherein jewelry couplers are clasps. 
     
     
         8 . The jewelry piece of  claim 1  further comprising:
 a plurality of supplemental strand connectors coupled to the first and second sides of the jewelry piece strand. 
 
     
     
         9 . The jewelry piece of  claim 8  wherein the supplemental strand connectors of the jewelry piece strand are ring connectors, the jewelry piece further comprising:
 a plurality of jewelry piece sections interconnected by the ring connectors to form the jewelry piece strand; 
 a ring connector coupled to the end of the first side of the jewelry piece strand; 
 the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of the jewelry piece strand is a clasp; and 
 wherein the clasp at the end of the second side of the jewelry piece strand is removably coupled to a ring connector coupled to first side of the jewelry piece strand creating the jewelry piece connection joint and forming the jewelry piece. 
 
     
     
         10 . The jewelry piece of  claim 9  wherein the length of the jewelry piece may be adjusted by selecting different ring connectors on the first side of the jewelry piece strand for removable coupling with the clasp. 
     
     
         11 . The jewelry piece of  claim 8  further comprising:
 one or more supplemental strands, each such supplemental strand having a first side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof and a second side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof; and 
 wherein a multi-strand jewelry piece is formed by removably coupling the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of each supplemental strand to a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the jewelry piece strand and removably coupling the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of such supplemental strand to a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the jewelry piece strand similarly spaced from the jewelry piece connection joint as the supplemental strand connector on the first side of the necklace strand removably coupled to the supplemental strand coupler at the end of the first side of such supplemental strand. 
 
     
     
         12 . The jewelry piece of  claim 11  wherein the supplemental strand couplers are clasps. 
     
     
         13 . The jewelry piece of  claim 8  further comprising:
 one or more supplemental strands, each such supplemental strand having a first side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof and a second side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof, and each supplemental strand having a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the supplemental strand a distance from the end of the first side of the supplemental strand, and a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the supplemental strand a similar distance from the end of the second side of the supplemental strand as the first supplemental strand connector is coupled from the end of the first side of the supplemental strand; and 
 wherein a multi-strand jewelry piece is formed by removably coupling the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of each such one or more supplemental strands to a supplemental strand connector located on the first side of the jewelry piece strand and removably coupling the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of each such one or more supplemental strands to a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the jewelry piece strand and wherein supplemental strand connectors, removably coupled to the jewelry couplers at the ends of the first and second sides of each such supplemental strand, are coupled to the jewelry piece strand a similar distance from the jewelry piece connection joint. 
 
     
     
         14 . A multi-strand jewelry piece comprising:
 a base strand having a first side with a supplemental strand jewelry coupler at the end thereof, a second side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof, a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the base strand a distance from the end of the first side of the base strand, and having a supplemental necklace connector coupled to the second side of the base strand a distance from the end of the second side of the base strand similar to the distance for the supplemental connector coupled to the first side of base strand from the end of the first side of such base strand;   one or more supplemental strands, each such supplemental strand having a first side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof, a second side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof, a   supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the supplemental strand a distance from the end of the first side of the supplemental strand, and having a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the supplemental strand a distance from the end of the second side of the supplemental strand similar to the distance for the supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of supplemental strand from the end of the first side of such supplemental strand;   wherein the jewelry couplers of the base strand are removably connected to the opposite sides of the base strand to form a base jewelry piece; and   wherein the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of a first supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the base strand and the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of such first supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the base strand thereby forming a multi-strand jewelry piece.   
     
     
         15 . The multi-strand jewelry piece of  claim 14  having a second supplemental strand wherein the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of the second supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the first supplemental strand and the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of the second supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the first supplemental strand thereby forming a multi-strand jewelry piece. 
     
     
         16 . The multi-strand jewelry piece of  claim 14  wherein the base strand and the supplemental strands are comprised of a plurality of jewelry sections and wherein the supplemental strand connectors are ring connectors which can be removably connected to a supplemental strand coupler and which interconnect necklace sections of the base strand and necklace sections of the supplemental strands and wherein the jewelry couplers are clasps. 
     
     
         17 . A jewelry piece for removable connection with one or more supplemental strands to form a multi-strand jewelry piece, the jewelry piece comprising:
 a jewelry piece strand having a first side with an end and a second side with an end;   a plurality of supplemental strand connectors coupled to the first and second sides of the jewelry piece strand; and   a jewelry coupler connected to the end of one or both sides of the jewelry piece strand for removable coupling of the first side of the jewelry piece strand to the second side of the jewelry piece strand thereby creating a jewelry piece connection joint and forming the jewelry piece.   
     
     
         18 . The jewelry piece of  claim 17  wherein the supplemental strand connectors coupled to the jewelry piece strand are ring connectors similarly spaced from the ends of the first and second sides of the necklace strand, the jewelry piece further comprising:
 a plurality of jewelry sections interconnected by the ring connectors to form the jewelry piece necklace strand; 
 a ring connector coupled to the end of the first side of the jewelry piece strand; and 
 wherein the jewelry coupler is removably coupled to a ring connector in first side of the jewelry piece strand creating the jewelry piece connection joint and forming the jewelry piece. 
 
     
     
         19 . The jewelry piece of  claim 18  further comprising:
 one or more supplemental strands, each such supplemental strand having a first end with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof and a second end with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof; and 
 wherein the jewelry coupler at the first end of each supplemental strand is removably coupled to a ring connector in the first side of the jewelry piece strand and the jewelry coupler at the second end of such supplemental strand is removably coupled to a ring connector in the second side of the jewelry piece strand similarly spaced from the necklace connection joint as the ring connector in the first side of the jewelry piece strand removably coupled to the first end of such supplemental strand, and thereby forming a multi-strand jewelry piece. 
 
     
     
         20 . The jewelry piece of  claim 17  wherein the jewelry piece strand is further comprised of:
 a first side having a plurality of supplemental strand connectors coupled thereto and having a first end and a second end, the first end having a display jewelry section connector coupled thereto; 
 a second side having a plurality of supplemental strand connectors coupled thereto and having a first end and a second end, the first end having a display jewelry section connector coupled thereto and the second end having the jewelry coupler connected thereto; and 
 a display necklace section removably coupled to the display jewelry section connectors at the first ends of the first and second sides of the jewelry piece strand.