Patent ID: 6122933
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: A44C

Abstract:
A jewelry piece adapted to be used with a battery, includinga light transparent, ornamental element;a light source having a pair of electrodes;a battery case adapted to removably hold a battery, said battery cave having a threaded opening therein;a clasp having a body with a threaded open end, a passageway extending through the body between said threaded end and another end, said threaded end of the clasp being adapted to be received in the threaded opening in the battery case;an opaque housing having a cavity in which is seated the light source, said housing having only a single light transmitting window which allows light from the light source to be transmitted outward from said cavity; anda circuit adapted to be electrically energized when a battery is in said battery case,said circuit comprisinga conductive pin having an enlarged head,first and second flexible, conductive wire elements,the first wire element having one end connected to the conductive pin and another end connected to one of the electrodes of the light source,said first wire element extending through the passageway with the enlarged head acting as a stop to prevent the pin from moving in a first direction through the passageway,the second wire element having one end connected to the battery case in a manner that places a battery into electrical contact with said one end of the second wire element upon placing a battery in the case and another end connected to the other electrode of the light source;said light transparent, ornamental element being connected to the housing adjacent the light transmitting window so that,with the threaded end of the clasp removed from the threaded opening in the battery case, the jewelry piece is opened for attachment and detachment, andwith the threaded end of the clasp received in the threaded opening in the battery case, andin a first position where the threaded end of the clasp is partially threaded into the threaded opening in the battery case such that the pin would not make contact with a battery in the case, the circuit is not energized, andin a second position where the threaded end of the clasp is further threaded into the threaded opening in the battery case such that the pin would contact a battery in the case, the circuit is energized and light from the light source emanates from the window and enters the ornamental element, illuminating said ornamental element.