Patent ID: 6012570
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A hold down member for holding down a jewelry item on a jewelry pad, comprising:an L-shaped clip member including:a substantially planar hold down wall adapted to engage and hold down a jewelry item on an upper surface of an upper wall of a jewelry pad, andan upstanding wall having one end connected to said hold down wall to form a substantially L-shaped configuration between said upstanding wall and said hold down wall, said upstanding wall adapted to be inserted through an opening in the jewelry pad; anda spring element connected to an opposite end of said upstanding wall and adapted to engage with an underside of the upper wall of the jewelry pad for biasing said hold down wall so as to hold the jewelry item on the upper wall of the jewelry pad, said spring element being disposed entirely at a lower level than said substantially planar hold down wall and being substantially parallel thereto, said spring element including:a central section connected with said opposite end of said upstanding wall, anda spring section connected with said central section and extending to a position spaced entirely at a lower level than said substantially planar hold down wall, said first spring section including an arcuate leaf spring having a free end for engagement with an underside of the upper wall of the jewelry pad so as to downwardly bias said hold down wall into clamping engagement with the jewelry item.