Jewelry article with rotating component

Abstract

In one embodiment, the set of inner components, e.g. ornamental beads, is provided for use with a jewelry item (i.e., a bracelet or a necklace). This inner component has a through hole along a through hole axis, and the through hole allows the inner ornamental components to be strung on an elongated support member, ex. string, wire, linked chain, etc., of the jewelry item. In this embodiment, the inner component is a spherical bead of any material (ex. metal, colored glass, stone, etc.) with a smooth exterior surface. The outer element is a cylindrical object (ex. metal, colored glass, stone, etc.) with an outer diameter and an inner diameter which will be slightly greater than the outer diameter of the inner component. The outer cylindrical component has a length that is at least 2 times the diameter of the inner component. In this embodiment the length is dictated by the requirement of the outer component remaining along the same axis as the inner component. There are no actual limits on the outer diameter of the outer component. In embodiments where the inner component is cylindrical this length requirement is removed. The clasping or joining component of the jewelry item is not crucial to the invention. The designer of the jewelry would understand that having a clasp or joining component with a diameter greater than the inner diameter of the outer component would prevent the outer component from being able to slide freely along the entire length of the assembled jewelry.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A necklace or bracelet article formed of inner components threaded onto an elongated support member and an outer component rotatably positioned around the inner component, wherein each inner component has an outer diameter slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the outer component such that the outer component will rotate freely around inner component. 
     
     
         2 . An article according to  claim 1 , wherein multiple outer components are used. 
     
     
         3 . An article according to  claim 1 , wherein said outer component is cylindrical. 
     
     
         4 . An article according to  claim 1 , wherein said outer cylindrical components is metallic. 
     
     
         5 . An article according to  claim 1 , wherein said outer component is spherical. 
     
     
         6 . An article according to  claim 1 , wherein the inner component is spherical. 
     
     
         7 . An article according to  claim 1 , wherein the inner component is cylindrical. 
     
     
         8 . The article defined in  claim 1  wherein said elongated support member consists of a chain composed of links. 
     
     
         9 . The article defined in  claim 1  wherein said elongated support member consists of a wire. 
     
     
         10 . The article defined in  claim 1  wherein said elongated support member consists of a string. 
     
     
         11 . A jewelry article comprising an elongated support member, and a multiplicity of inner components strung along the support member, at least one outer component rotatably positioned around said ornaments.