Openable finger-ring
US6701746B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA44C9/0038
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
It is an age-old problem that with time finge-rings can become difficult to remove, while in general they should not, after all, be all too easy to take off. With the invention there is provided an openable ring which, it should be noted, does not comprise irritating hinge parts or releasing means, in that the one of the four geometric main elements of the ring is configured as a substantially straight piece which can be turned outwards from the natural plane of the ring, while in the turned inwards position it is in snap-lock engagement with the opposite end of the remaining, substantially U-shaped ring element. For this releasable locking, use is thus made of the natural elasticity of the ring element, and it is the whole of the outwardly-pivotal piece in itself which is used as the operating element for the opening and closing of the ring.
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