Patent ID: 6604381
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: A44C

Abstract:
A jewelry attachment means comprising:(a) a face member having opposed, spaced apart ends and opposed, spaced apart sides; (b) wall portions extending perpendicularly upward from said sides adjacent to said ends, with an opening between said wall portions; (c) a rear member having opposed, spaced apart ends and opposed, spaced apart sides; (d) a means to hingeably secure said face member to said rear member at common ends of said face member and said rear member; (e) an inverted, L-shaped retaining bar member secured to the inner surface of said face member adjacent (to) said upwardly extending wall portions that are opposite said hinge means; (f) said inverted, L-shaped retaining bar member being longer than said wall portions so as to prevent an attached pendant from falling off of said inverted, L-shaped retaining bar member; and (g) a lock means to securely lock said face member to said rear member when said rear member is rotated onto said face member to close said attachment means.