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

Claim 0:
1. An earring aligner system comprising:
an earring having an earring post with a magnetized post segment at an end thereof, the magnetized post segment having a predetermined polarity,
an earring back,
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 the post of the earring therein,
the second back segment of the back arm includes at least three prongs that are spaced to support the 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 the opening in the earring back, the opening in the earring back including a magnetic section that closes a back of the opening, and the magnetic section have an opposite polarity to the predetermined polarity so the magnetic section and the magnetized post segment experience an attractive force that tends to urge the earring post into the opening as the hinge is moved from the larger angle to the smaller angle and the position of the tip of the earring post approaches the opening,
the earring back includes a face, and from a plan view of the face the earring back has a non-magnetic ring in a coaxial relationship with an outer magnetic ring and the opening, the opening being coaxially within a center of the no-magnetic ring, and
the outer magnetic ring having a same polarity as the predetermined magnetic section such that as the magnetized post segment approaches the opening as the angle of the hinge approaches the smaller angle, a repulsive force tends to urge the magnetized post segment toward an axis that is aligned with the opening at a center of the face of the earring back.