Patent ID: 9462859
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: A44C

Claim Text:
1. A light-emitting jewelry piece comprising a gemstone including a crown, a girdle, a pavilion, and a culet, the crown located in spaced-apart relation above the pavilion to locate the girdle therebetween, the pavilion located between the girdle and the culet a light-emission system including a light-emitting shell coupled to an exterior surface of the gemstone, including at least the pavilion and the girdle, configured to emit light over time in response to receiving and storing light to cause visible light to be emitted through the gemstone and viewed by a naked eye of a person when the light-emitting jewelry is in a dark environment, wherein the culet is mated with a portion of the light-emission system and the culet is about 13 percent larger in diameter than the culet of an American Standard or Tolkowsky Brilliant ideal cut gemstone to increase light transmission from the light-emission system to the gemstone, and wherein the light-emitting shell includes a body, a shoulder support extending radially around the body and away from the pavilion, and a culet cover extending downwardly away from the body; the culet cover and the shoulder support are configured to engage a head.