Patent ID: 6557376
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: A44C,Y10T

Abstract:
A jewelry article comprisingan elongated slender support, and a multiplicity of ornaments strung along the support, at least one of said ornaments constituting an adjustable self-stopping bead including a substantially closed rigid shell having a pair of spaced-apart holes sized to slidably receive the support, and a flexible resilient tube positioned inside the shell in alignment with said holes, said tube having a length that is as great as or slightly greater than the spacing of said holes, an outside diameter that is slightly larger than the diameter of said holes and in inside diameter that is slightly smaller than the maximum cross-sectional dimension of said support whereby the tube resiliently engages the support to fix the position of the self-stopping bead along the support until an appreciable force couple is applied between the bead and the support.