Jewelry Device

Abstract

An article of jewelry may include a pod unit fitting into the body of each pod unit, both stacking up vertically and horizontally. Each pod unit is provided be so that the body of each pod unit is designed to have a protrusion extending out on one side, and an opening on the opposite side of body along an axis. In operation, when one pod unit is place next to another, the protrusion extending from the body mates or connects into the opening of the adjacent pod unit, to form a chain of pod units.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An article of jewelry adapted to be worn around a portion of a human body, comprising:
 a plurality of connecting pods provided in an opposing-stacked arrangement in which the pods have a longitudinal axis;   wherein at least one pod includes a substantially enclosed light tunnel generally disposed along the longitudinal axis and opposing ends of the light tunnel are configured to receive an object therein.   
     
     
         2 . The article of jewelry according to  claim 1 , wherein each of pods has a body including a receiver opening into the light tunnel and an opposing slender protrusion extending from the body; wherein the receiver opening and the slender protrusion being disposed along a common body axis and the body axis being transverse to the longitudinal axis of the pod. 
     
     
         3 . The article of jewelry according to  claim 2 , wherein the slender protrusion of an adjacent pod matingly connects within the receiver opening of the adjacent pod. 
     
     
         4 . The article of jewelry according to  claim 3 , wherein the slender protrusion comprises an L-shape to provide a connecting function of the adjacent pods. 
     
     
         5 . The article of jewelry according to  claim 2 , wherein the interlocked pods are enabled to move with respect to each along an axis created by the slender protrusion. 
     
     
         6 . The article of jewelry according to  claim 5 , wherein the slender protrusion comprises a cylinder. 
     
     
         7 . The article of jewelry according to  claim 6 , wherein the cylinder is provided in a L-shape. 
     
     
         8 . The article of jewelry according to  claim 1 , wherein the opposing ends of each pod includes a bezel setting for mounting the object therein. 
     
     
         9 . The article of jewelry according to  claim 8 , wherein the object comprising an ornamental stone. 
     
     
         10 . The article of jewelry according to  claim 9 , wherein the ornamental stone is light transmissive. 
     
     
         11 . The article of jewelry according to  claim 8 , wherein each of pods has a body including a receiver opening into the light tunnel and an opposing slender protrusion extending from the body; wherein the receiver opening and the slender protrusion being disposed along a common body axis and the body axis being transverse to the longitudinal axis of the pod. 
     
     
         12 . The article of jewelry according to  claim 11 , wherein the body of each pod comprises a waist-shape configuration. 
     
     
         13 . An article of jewelry adapted to be worn around a portion of a human body, comprising: a plurality of connecting double bezel pods provided in an opposing-stacked arrangement in which the pods have a longitudinal axis; wherein each of the pods includes a substantially enclosed light-tube generally disposed along the longitudinal axis connecting the opposing bezels of the pod. 
     
     
         14 . The article of jewelry according to  claim 13 , wherein each of pods has a body including an opening into the light tunnel and an opposing slender protrusion extending from the body; wherein the opening and the slender protrusion being disposed along a common body axis and the body axis being transverse to the longitudinal axis of the pod. 
     
     
         15 . The article of jewelry according to  claim 14 , wherein the slender protrusion of an adjacent pod matingly connects within the opening of the adjacent pod. 
     
     
         16 . The article of jewelry according to  claim 15 , wherein the slender protrusion comprises an L-shape to provide a connecting function of the adjacent pods.