Keepsake storage jewelry apparatus and method for manufacturing the same

Abstract

A keepsake storage jewelry apparatus hermetically preserves and securely stores remembrance objects in a decorative jewelry piece. A first portion of the apparatus has an external door member. A receiving vessel is fixedly housed within the first portion. The receiving vessel has an inner vessel door for housing the remembrance object in an airtight environment therewithin. This dual door configuration provides a highly secure and airtight environment. Remembrance objects, such crematory ashes, hair samples, blood, or other DNA containing items are permanently secured within a decorative jewelry piece, enabling them to be admired and worn in a safe, reliable manner.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a keepsake storage jewelry apparatus and method for manufacturing the same; and more particularly, to keepsake storage jewelry appointed for hermetically preserving and securely storing remembrances such as organic remains, including crematory ashes, hair samples or the like, in a decorative jewelry piece. [0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art [0004] The ability to securely carry keepsakes or remembrance objects intimately associated with a love one within a decorative jewelry piece that can be worn every day and kept close provides great comfort and joy to the wearer so that the wearer can cherish the memory of their loved one. These remembrance objects are particularly geared toward organic matter, including a lock of hair, a drop of blood, cremation ashes, or other like cherished objects, which are virtually irreplaceable. Great comfort can be achieved through wearing and carryin...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0018] The present invention provides a keepsake storage jewelry piece that securely houses a remembrance object in an airtight environment. A dual access door construction prevents damage to the exterior surface, minimizing risk of injury to the receptacle housing the keepsake. Keepsake objects, such DNA-containing substances, are securely housed within a dual access door construction. An airtight environment is thereby provided, so that the keepsake is not exposed to air contaminants and moisture.

Problems solved by technology

Various types of storage jewelry devices for housing objects are known in the art, but none of the known storage jewelry devices provide a highly secured airtight environment constructed by way of a fixedly attached dual door construction.

Consequently, damage to the door through natural wear and tear of the jewelry piece inevitably leads to an increased risk of damage or even worse, loss, of the object.

Where the objects were to be irreplaceable remembrance objects, the resultant loss would be emotionally devastating.

Moreover, the single door construction provides direct entry to the object when the door is opened, as a result, the object may be vulnerable to damage or loss when the single access door is being opened.

Additionally, many of the storage jewelry devices heretofore disclosed and utilized fail to provide an airtight, sealed environment.

As a result, the objects housed within the jewelry are vulnerable to air exposure and moisture penetration causing degradation of the object.

Over time, the object becomes prone to degradation as the keepsake is exposed to contaminants and moisture, and the keepsake becomes subject to degradation and ruin.

These aforementioned storage jewelry devices are specifically configured to house and carry objects for short-term storage, and do not provide adequate conditions for long-term storage.

Additionally, these devices are not adequate for housing delicate objects for extended periods of time because the devices do not provide for an airtight environment, and degradation would certainly ensue.

They do not provide adequate conditions for long-term storage.

Such devices are not adequate for housing delicate objects over extended periods of time.

No provision is made therein for an airtight environment, and degradation tends to ensue.

These aforementioned jewelry pieces comprise a single access entry door and fail to provide an airtight environment.

Other storage jewelry devices heretofore disclosed and utilized provide storage of objects such as photographs and the like, which are two-dimensional, and do not provide for storage of three-dimensional objects.

Moreover, these storage jewelry devices do not provide an airtight environment or a dual door construction, but merely provide a single door construction in accessing the object, which is exposed to air and moisture.

Both of these disclosed storage jewelry pieces provide a single access door, and the recess and closure do not form a sealed chamber, but would be prone to leakage and environmental elements.

However, these devices are characterized by a unilateral or single access door construction.

As such, they fail to provide for optimal security of the irreplaceable objects housed therein.

Even when conventional storage jewelry apparatus provides an airtight container, the unilateral or single door construction of such devices falls far short of providing an optimally secure system.

As a result, minimal security is achieved.

The keepsake is immediately exposed to the environment when the two halves are disengaged, heightening the risk of loss.

Exposure to the environment is immediate upon opening the single access door, heightening the risk of loosing the keepsake.

Rather, such prior art devices merely disclose caps that can readily become separated from the device through damage associated with everyday use, causing loss of the keepsake housing container.

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