Patent ID: 6467307
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: A44C,Y10S

Abstract:
A color-coded ornamental article intended to be worn by a person, comprising a plurality of individual pieces, each of which has a colored face representing a digit according to a given code, the pieces being arranged in a given sequence to form a number or date which has particular significance to the person wearing the article,further comprising each piece having at least three sidewalls, each sidewall having a respective opening therein defining a lip opposite the colored face of the piece and an inner planar surface substantially parallel to the colored face of the piece, a distal barb and a proximal barb being formed on the inner planar surface, a connector cap having an enlarged center portion and two opposite arms extending outwardly from the center portion, each arm having a distal protrusion and a proximal protrusion formed thereon, wherein one of the arms of the cap is able to be inserted angularly into a selected one of the openings of one of the pieces, the one of the arms is then able to be leveraged against the lip of the selected opening and the connector cap is able to be pushed inwardly into the selected opening to contact the center portion of the connector cap against the sidewall of the selected opening and the lip of the selected opening, such that the protrusions on the one of the arms of the connector cap engage the barbs on the inner planar surface of the one of the pieces and the connector cap is interconnected with the one of the pieces, wherein each of the arms of the connector cap have a respective side opposite from the distal protrusion, the respective side being tapered to slope toward the distal protrusion, the selected one of the openings in the one of the pieces having an opposite wall sloping toward the inner planar surface and forming a cavity therein inwardly of the distal barb, wherein the tapered side of the one of the arms of the connector cap contacts the sloping opposite wall in the selected one of the openings when the connector cap is pushed inwardly such that the distal protrusion on the one of the arms of the connector cap is received in the cavity, the distal barb of the selected opening of the one of the pieces engaging the distal protrusion on the one of the arms and the proximal barb of the selected opening of the one of the pieces engaging the proximal protrusion on the one of the arms.