Jewelry arrangement

A jewelry arrangement including a mesh structure with links secured together by pins forming first and second rows of pin ends on opposite sides of the mesh structure where an improvement comprises metallic strips secured to the first and second rows of pin ends. In one embodiment, the metallic strips are solid rectangular shaped bars. The mesh and strips can be formed into bracelets, finger rings, earrings and other shapes. Alternatively, the strips can be of channel or angle shape.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate that first and second solid bars or strips of metal 30 , 32 , preferably of gold or silver or other precious metal to correspond or possibly contrast with the metal of mesh structure 10 , are secured to the first and second rows of pin extension or beads 18 A, 16 A, 22 A . . . ; 18 B, 16 B, 22 B . . . . The strips 30 , 32 can be secured to the pin extensions in any way known to the jewelry fabrication art, but the preferred method is illustrated in FIG. 5 . The mesh structure 10 , first has solder spread over each of the pin extensions or beads, and the bars 30 , 32 pressed against the beads while the combined bars and mesh structure are wrapped about a die 40 . The combination of bars 30 , 32 and mesh structure 10 is secured to die 40 with metallic ties 42 . The die 40 may be constructed of graphite and shaped like that of a bracelet, ring, earring or the like. Next, the die, bars and mesh structure 10 are placed in a soldering oven where the solder between the beads and the bars melts, then cools while securing the beads of the mesh to the bars. FIG. 6 illustrates a cross-section along lines 6 - 6 of FIG. 5 where bars 30 , 32 are secured to first and second rows of pin extensions, in this case beads 18 A, 18 B by solder welds 42 , 44 . FIG. 7 illustrates that channel strips 30 A may be substituted for bars 30 where the pin extensions 18 A are substantially surrounded by the channel strips. An angled strip 30 B is illustrated in FIG. 8 as an alternative to the bar 30 or the channel 30 A of FIGS. 6 and 7 .