Patent ID: 6112552
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A44C

Abstract:
A gemstone setting for securing gemstones of various sizes and having grooves formed along at least two opposed sides, said gemstone setting comprising:a) a plate having a base,b) a plurality of bars integral with, successively arranged and extending upwardly from said plate, each bar having an upper terminus and a slot extending downwardly from such upper terminus and terminating in a hole,c) at least one channel defined between a pair of successively arranged bars for the positioning of gemstones within,d) at least one bar of said plurality further comprising at least one flexible prong extendable into said at least one channel and adapted for compressive engagement with at least one groove on one side of one said gemstones, another successively arranged bar of said plurality further comprising two flexible prongs, one of said two prongs extendable into said at least one channel such that said at least one channel is bound by opposing prongs from said one and another successively arranged bars of said plurality,e) said hole and said slot enabling said opposing prongs to flex outwardly from said channel in response to a gemstone being snapped therein, and to flex inwardly into compressive engagement with said grooves of said gemstone when said gemstone is snapped into said at least one channel.