EP1878353A1 - Breloque avec un element de fixation à ouverture rapide et facile - Google Patents

Breloque avec un element de fixation à ouverture rapide et facile Download PDF

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EP1878353A1
EP1878353A1 EP07013761A EP07013761A EP1878353A1 EP 1878353 A1 EP1878353 A1 EP 1878353A1 EP 07013761 A EP07013761 A EP 07013761A EP 07013761 A EP07013761 A EP 07013761A EP 1878353 A1 EP1878353 A1 EP 1878353A1
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charm
fastening means
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Massimiliano Di Fonzo
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C5/00—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps
    • A44C5/18—Fasteners for straps, chains or the like
    • A44C5/20—Fasteners for straps, chains or the like for open straps, chains or the like
    • A44C5/2019—Hooks
    • A44C5/2023—Sliding hooks
    • A44C5/2028—Sliding hooks with spring closure means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C25/00—Miscellaneous fancy ware for personal wear, e.g. pendants, crosses, crucifixes, charms
    • A44C25/007—Charms or amulets

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  • the present patent application relates to a charm with fastening means characterised by easy fast opening, used to create jewels in general, such as necklaces, bracelets, ear-rings, formed of a plurality of charms of the same type fastened one after the other one.
  • the charm of the invention is designed to find large immediate use in the sector of jewellery or costume jewellery, the same can also be used for other types of articles, such as chain belts, eyeglass chains, etc.
  • a single sample of the said charm could also be used to create articles designed to support something, such as a key chain, or designed to be hung to something, such as charms used to decorate leather items and accessories for garments in general.
  • stones for necklaces generally have either a through hole specifically created by the operator in order to introduce the string of the necklace, or eyelets at the opposite ends of each single stone, designed to receive a connection ring used to attach the said stone.
  • the necklace is characterised by a continuous row of precious stones one after the other one or spaced by means of suitable spacing elements; on the contrary, when connection rings are used, the distance of the stones is directly proportional to the size of the connection means used.
  • the necklace can only be opened with a suitable opening means, such as a snap-hook, a hook or any other type of suitable device - inserted between two stones of the necklace.
  • a suitable opening means such as a snap-hook, a hook or any other type of suitable device - inserted between two stones of the necklace.
  • connection rings Unfortunately, once they have been inserted and attached with the connection rings, the stones cannot be separated unless the operator cuts the string or breaks one of the said connection rings.
  • the specific purpose of the present invention is to create a charm provided with attachment means characterised by easy fast opening, which allows to attach it to charms of the same type to create necklaces and bracelets at will, without the need of tools or assembling/disassembling equipment.
  • the user can open the necklace at any point to remove one or more of the said charms, in order to reduce the length of the necklace, or replace them with similar charms with different material, shape or colour.
  • the charm according to the present invention comprises a perforated body and a fastening means composed of a metal pin, with an eyelet and a spring situated between the eyelet and the said body, which can indifferently consists in a pearl, a precious or non precious stones or any grain of any shape or material, such as wood, metal, plastic, glass, ceramics, rubber, etc.
  • the spring is designed to be positioned between the said body and one of the ends of the pin, which is designed to be inserted inside the through hole of the body.
  • hooked end can be used as fastening means for any article provided with an eyelet, with special reference to a similar charm with fastening pin provided with an eyelet.
  • charms of the invention in a necklace allows the user to open the necklace without tools, in order to eliminate some charms and reduce the length of the necklace or replace them with other charms with different material, colour and shape.
  • the said hooked end can be used to fasten another charm or any other object, as long as provided with an eyelet.
  • the charm of the invention (A1) is composed of a perforated body (1) and a fastening means characterised by easy fast opening.
  • the said fastening means is formed of a pin (2) and a return spring (3) of helicoidal type.
  • the pin (2) ends with a eyelet (2a) and a hooked point (2b).
  • the pin (2) is provided with a eyelet (2a) before being coupled with the body (1) with through hole (1 a) .
  • the pin (2) is inserted through the hole (1a), with the interposition of the return spring (3) between the body (1) and the eyelet (2).
  • the two charms (A1) can be easily fastened by any user, by pressing the eyelet (2a) of the pin (2) in such a way to move the hooked point (2b) away from the body (1) of the first charm by the distance that is necessary to fasten the hooked point (2b) into the eyelet (2a) of the second charm.
  • Fig. 2 is basically identical to fig. 1, except for the fact that it shows a charm (A2) with body (1) provided with through hole (1 a) and larger opening (1 b) in order to house and conceal the return spring (3).
  • the return spring (3) is an ordinary helicoidal spring, with the pin (2) axially inserted through its turns.
  • Fig. 3 shows an alternative constructive embodiment, in which the charm (A3) is provided with a pin (2) characterised by the fact that it incorporates the said spring (3), which is obtained from the same piece with the pin, helicoidally bending one of the ends, which is then connected with the eyelet (2a) obtained by folding an intermediate section of the pin (2) in ring configuration.
  • the charm (A4) is provided with a pin (2) characterised by the fact that it incorporates the spring (3), which is obtained from the same piece with the pin, helicoidally bending one of the ends, which is then connected with the hooked point (2b), and not with the eyelet (2a) as in the embodiment (A3).
  • the head (2a) must be shaped as an eyelet only after inserting the pin (2) through the hole (1 a) of the body (1) until the pre-shaped hooked point (2b) is stopped against the body (1).
  • a back element (4) must be provided to hold the spring (3) in its housing (1 b) when the user pushes the eyelet (2a) to move the hooked point (2b) away from the body (1) of the charm.
  • the body (1) can have any shape, including a boxed shape, as shown in fig. 5, as long as it is provided with through hole (1 a) to insert the pin (2).
  • FIG. 6 An additional constructive embodiment (A6) of the charm of the invention is illustrated in fig. 6, being distinguished from the preceding embodiments for the fact that it is provided with multiple perforated bodies (1) (two, in this specific case), crossed by the same pin (20) that ends with two hooked ends (20b), respectively engaged against the first and the second body (1) because of a return spring (30) situated between the two perforated bodies (1) and preferably inserted externally on the pin (20).
  • this sixth embodiment (A6) is provided with two opening points of the charm, which can use the opposite pair of hooked ends (20b) as fastening means.
  • the said spring (30) can be situated and concealed inside a box-shaped insert (40), whose opening is coupled with possibility of sliding with a collar (50) inserted in the pin (20) and situated between the spring (30) and one of the bodies (1), as in the embodiment (A7) shown in fig. 7.
  • a box-shaped spring-cover insert is possible with any embodiment of the charm of the invention, as shown in fig. 8, which refers to the eighth constructive embodiment (A8), which differs from the first embodiment (A1) for the presence of a box-shaped insert (400) that covers the spring (3) and is coupled with possibility of sliding with a collar (500).
  • the collars (50 and 500) and the box-shaped inserts (40 and 400) may be obtained with suitable shapes and materials as to provide them with an aesthetical value and hide their merely functional-technical nature. To that end, the said collars (50 and 500) can be obtained from the same piece with the body (1).

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ITAR20090010A1 (it) * 2009-01-28 2010-07-29 Ellegi S R L Dispositivo di chiusura di sicurezza per catene, braccialetti, collane, orologi da polso e simili.
DE102010034004B4 (de) * 2010-08-11 2014-11-20 Christian Rogg Schmuckstein-Halterung

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US2465328A (en) * 1948-01-21 1949-03-22 Modrey Patents Corp Holder for key chains
US2763981A (en) * 1954-09-28 1956-09-25 Blumstein Abraham Bead chain with supported loop connecting links and method of making same
FR1457697A (fr) * 1965-09-24 1966-01-24 Agrafes pour perles et pierres
US3386240A (en) * 1966-04-13 1968-06-04 Blumstein Abraham Bead chain link
FR2692764A1 (fr) * 1992-06-25 1993-12-31 Perlas Manacor Sa Fermoir pour colliers, bracelets ou similaires.
US6978596B1 (en) * 2003-11-12 2005-12-27 Alfred Lee Transitional modular Italian charm link

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2465328A (en) * 1948-01-21 1949-03-22 Modrey Patents Corp Holder for key chains
US2763981A (en) * 1954-09-28 1956-09-25 Blumstein Abraham Bead chain with supported loop connecting links and method of making same
FR1457697A (fr) * 1965-09-24 1966-01-24 Agrafes pour perles et pierres
US3386240A (en) * 1966-04-13 1968-06-04 Blumstein Abraham Bead chain link
FR2692764A1 (fr) * 1992-06-25 1993-12-31 Perlas Manacor Sa Fermoir pour colliers, bracelets ou similaires.
US6978596B1 (en) * 2003-11-12 2005-12-27 Alfred Lee Transitional modular Italian charm link

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ITAR20090010A1 (it) * 2009-01-28 2010-07-29 Ellegi S R L Dispositivo di chiusura di sicurezza per catene, braccialetti, collane, orologi da polso e simili.
DE102010034004B4 (de) * 2010-08-11 2014-11-20 Christian Rogg Schmuckstein-Halterung

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