Patent Publication Number: US-2019174883-A1

Title: Interchangeable Earring Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to earring devices and more particularly pertains to a new earring device facilitating interchangeable ornaments on earrings. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of suspensions. Each of the suspensions is removably attached to an associated one of a pair of ears. A plurality of adornments is provided and a selected pair of the adornments is suspended on an associated one of the suspensions. In this way each of the adornments selectively enhances an ornamental appearance of the ears. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of an interchangeable earring assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, a new earring device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the interchangeable earring assembly  10  generally comprises a pair of suspensions  12 . Each of the suspensions  12  is removably attached to an associated one of a pair of ears  14  on a user. Each of the suspensions  12  comprises a first rod  16  that has a first end  18  and a second end  20 . The first rod  16  has a plurality of bends  22  thereon. Moreover, the bends  22  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed between the first end  18  and the second end  20  such that the first end  18  is spaced from the second end  20 . Each of the suspensions  12  may have a hexagonal shape and the plurality of bends  22  may include a bottommost bend  24  with respect to said first and second ends. 
     Each of the suspensions  12  includes a pair of discs  26  and each of the discs  26  has a peripheral edge  27 . The peripheral edge  27  corresponding to each of the discs  26  is attached to the second end  20  of the first rod  16  and each of the discs  26  extends upwardly from the first rod  16 . The discs  26  are spaced apart from each other. Each of the suspensions  12  includes a pair of fingers  28  and each of the fingers  28  is attached to the first end  18  of the first rod  16 . Moreover, the fingers  28  are spaced apart from each other. 
     Each of the suspensions  12  includes a second rod  30  that has a first end  32  and a second end  34 . The first end  32  is positioned between each of the discs  26 . A pin  36  extends through each of the discs  26  and engages the second rod  30  such that the second rod  30  is pivotally coupled to the first rod  16 . The second rod  30  is selectively positioned in a first position having the first end  32  of the second rod  30  being spaced from the first end  18  of the first rod  16 . The second rod  30  is extended through a piercing in an ear lobe when the second rod  30  is in the first position. 
     The second rod  30  is selectively positioned in a second position. The second rod  30  is positioned between each of the fingers  28  on the first rod  16  when the second rod  30  is in the second position. In this way the second rod  30  suspends the first rod  16  from the earlobe. Each of the fingers  28  frictionally engages the second rod  30  to releasably retain the second rod  30  in the second position. In an alternative embodiment 36 as shown in  FIG. 2 , the first rod  16  may be concavely arcuate between the first end  18  and the second end  20  of the first rod  16  such that the first rod  16  defines an open loop. 
     A plurality of adornments  38  is provided and a selected pair of the adornments  38  is suspended on an associated one of the suspensions  12 . In this way each of the adornments  38  to enhances an ornamental appearance of the ears  14  in the convention of earring  48   s . Additionally, each of the pairs of adornments  38  may have a unique appearance with respect to each other. Each of the adornments  38  comprises an ornament  40  that has an outer surface  42 . The outer surface  42  may be continuous such that the ornament  40  forms a sphere. Additionally, the outer surface  42  may have a plurality of intersecting sides such that the ornament  40  forms a jewel. Each of the adornments  38  may include a plurality of ornaments  40  or a single ornament  40 . 
     A stem  44  is extend through the ornament such that the stem is coupled to the ornament. The stem  44  has a distal end  46  with respect to the outer surface  42 . A ring  48  is coupled to the distal end  46  of the stem  44 . The second rod  30  is extended through the ring  48  and the ring  48  is positioned around the first rod  16  such that the ornament  40  is suspended from the first rod  16  of the associated suspension. Additionally, the ring  48  may engage the bottommost bend  24  on the first rod  16  of the associated suspension such that the ornament  40  is inhibited from sliding on the first rod  16 . 
     In use, second rod  30  on each of the suspensions  12  is positioned in first position. The ring  48  on a selected pair of the adornments  38  is slid onto and downwardly on the first rod  16  of one of the suspensions  12 . The second rod  30  is extended through the piercing in one of the ears  14  and the second rod  30  is positioned in the second position. In this way the suspension and the associated adornment  38  are suspended from the ear. The selected pair of adornments  38  may be changed at any time to facilitate coordination with wardrobe or the like. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.