Patent ID: 11857039
Assignee: nan
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 4:
5. An earring aligner system comprising:
an earring aligner including
a front arm having a first front segment that is substantially straight, and a second front segment that is bent at a first predetermined angle relative to the first segment,
a back arm having a first back segment that is substantially straight, and a second back segment that is bent at a second predetermined angle relative to first back segment, and
a hinge that rotationally connects a first end of the first front segment of the front arm to a first end of the first back segment of the back arm, wherein

the second front segment of the front arm includes an earring support with a post receiver void that is sized to detachably hold a post of an earring therein,
the second back segment of the back arm includes at least three prongs that are spaced to support an earring back therebetween,
the hinge being operable to change a hinge angle from a larger angle between the front arm and back arm during earring mounting on the earring aligner to a smaller angle during alignment of the earring post with the earring back after the earring post is inserted through a hole in an earlobe of a user,
the smaller angle corresponding to a position where a tip of the earring post enters an opening in the earring back,
the earring support of the front arm is made of a resilient metal with the post receiver void being of an arcuate shape of at least 180 degrees and having an open portion in which the earring post is removed after the earring is attached to the earlobe of the user and secured with the back, a downward force applied to the earring aligner causes the open portion to expand and permit the earring post to be laterally released from the post receiver void, and
the at least three prongs consist of four prongs arranged in two offset rows, and the downward force of the earring aligner frees the earring back from the prongs.