Patent ID: 7571623
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: A44C,A44D

Abstract:
1. A jewelry-forming component for preparing a jewelry article comprising a body member configured and dimensioned in an ornamental shape and having a first magnetizable portion for repulsive magnetic association with at least one other magnetic jewelry-forming component, wherein the body member has a magnetic strength that can be overcome by a person's hand strength such that the body member and at least one other magnetic jewelry-forming component can be placed in different positions relative to each other, and wherein the further element comprises a retaining structure that includes a mechanical connection that prevents complete separation of the body member from the at least one other magnetic jewelry-forming component when the first magnetized portion of the body member is magnetically repulsed from the at least one other magnetic jewelry-forming component, wherein the body member has outer and inner surfaces, the at least one other jewelry-forming component comprises at least one dimensioning member that is operatively associated with the body member with the first magnetizable portion of the body member and the body member defines a cavity having a depth sufficient to receive the at least one dimensioning member such that the dimensioning member fits inside the cavity when urged therein by a person's hand strength but is magnetically repulsed from the body member with a maximum magnetic strength that can be overcome by a person's hand strength, such that the magnetic repulsion between the body and dimensioning members enables the component to attain a first configuration wherein the dimensioning member is positioned remotely from the body member and a second configuration wherein the person's hand strength urges the dimensioning members towards the body member, so that the jewelry component can be adjusted to conform to the person; wherein the cavity includes a narrowed or partially blocked opening and the mechanical connection comprises an extension provided on the dimensioning member that fits through the narrowed opening and includes an end portion having a size or shape that is larger than the opening so that the at least one dimensioning member cannot be completely separated from the body member.