Jewelry pendant ring

Abstract

A jewelry piece, which includes a setting of at least two pear-shaped precious stones, placed adjacent to each other resembling a heart shape. The heart shaped setting is defined within a metallic frame having a convex front and a curved back. Two top pins and a bottom pin positioned on the front of the metallic frame secure the heart shaped setting. The jewelry piece is further decorated with more jewels paved on metallic frame along the periphery of the heart shaped setting. The metallic frame could also be made with a flat front and a flat back. And a setting pin assembly could be used to secure the heart shaped setting in place. The setting pin assembly may include three strips joined at a center point and running equally outwards in three different directions.

Description

REFERENCES CITED [0001]U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTSD. 272,609February 1984OfieshD11 / 25,632,164May 1997Bergagnini63 / 235,622,063April 1997Slowinski63 / 28D. 394,825June 1998BrimontD11 / 816,324,868 B1December 2001Chen et al.63 / 1.14BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention relates to jewelry, and more particularly to heart shaped pendant in which the pendant is made up of stones resembling a heart shape and decorated by precious stones around the heart. DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART [0003] There are various types of heart shaped pendants in the prior art. They are formed either by placing: a single gemstone in a heart-shaped frame or an array of diamonds in a window formed by two heart-shaped frame members. The prior art, however, does not allow for the placing a heart shaped gem setting surrounded by different stones or diamonds for decoration. [0004] There are certain drawbacks in forming a heart shaped precious stone and mounting in accordance with the prior art. Such as the considerab...

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Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a heart-shaped jewelry piece that incorporates two pear-shaped precious stones set next to each other to resemble a heart shape. The heart-shaped setting is placed on a heart-shaped metal frame consisting of supporting top and bottom pins and may be decorated with jewels along the perimeter of the heart-shaped setting. The metallic setting frame may have a flat front face and flat back face or convex and / or curved faces. The heart-shaped setting may be fixed in a conical setting frame by press fitting without the use of pins. The invention also provides a simple and entirely new method for producing heart-shaped pendants and rings and a mounting for the heart setting that can be used in both rings and pendants. The invention recognizes the need for heart-shaped jewelry and proposes designs that resemble a heart shape using two smaller pear-shaped discrete stones. Other features of the invention include the use of precious stones surrounding the heart shape to further decorate it."

Problems solved by technology

The prior art, however, does not allow for the placing a heart shaped gem setting surrounded by different stones or diamonds for decoration.

There are certain drawbacks in forming a heart shaped precious stone and mounting in accordance with the prior art.

Such as the considerable amount of time and money needed to cut a raw stone into a heart shape because the stone cutting process is very difficult and labor intensive.

It also may cause damage to expensive stones if not done properly.

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