Patent ID: 8567065
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: A44C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of augmenting a ring by determining locations for the proportional placement of gemstones on portions of an inner surface of received ring shanks of varying finger sizes, where the markings identify center points for the placement of gemstones, where the shank includes one or more marking areas and one or more non-marking areas, and where the gemstones are of one or more sizes, the method comprising: a) determining an available gemstone marking area based on an inner shank circumference, a number of non-marking areas, and a minimum size of each non-marking area; b) determining a number of spaces between markings based on a quantity of gemstone markings, a number of gemstone sizes, the inner shank circumference, the number of non-marking areas, and the minimum size of each non-marking area; c) determining, if a number of gemstone sizes is one, a gemstone size based on a difference between the available gemstone marking area and a product of the number of spaces between markings and a predetermined minimum space between markings, where the gemstone size allows at least 0.1 mm between girdles of adjacent gemstones, and, for ring shanks of 2 mm through 3 mm width, the gemstone size allows at least 0.4 mm from a gemstone girdle to an edge of the ring shank; d) determining, if the number of gemstone sizes is two, a larger gemstone size and a smaller gemstone size based on one or more of the following: a quantity of smaller gemstones, a quantity of larger gemstones, the predetermined minimum space between markings, the available gemstone marking area, the number of spaces between markings, and a difference between the larger gemstone size and the smaller gemstone size, wherein e) determining locations for markings within the one or more marking areas along the inner surface of the shank based on the quantity of gemstone markings, the determined gemstone sizes, the inner shank circumference, the number of non-marking areas, and the minimum size of each non-marking area; f) marking the inner surface of the shank according to the determined locations for the markings; and g) creating a setting having a size and position defined by at least one of the markings.