Patent ID: 8464405

Claim:
A jewelry clasp comprising a plurality of clasp each capable of embracing a spherical jewelry product, each clasp comprising: a first annular body and a second annular body, the first annular body capable of being disposed on or above an outer surface of a semispherical portion of one side of the spherical jewelry product when the spherical jewelry product is embraced, and the second annular body capable of being disposed on or above an outer surface of the semispherical portion of the other side of the spherical jewelry product when the spherical jewelry product is embraced; a shaft connecting proximal ends of the first and second annular bodies to each other so that the first and second annular bodies swing relative to each other between a closed state in which the spherical jewelry product is embraced and an opened state in which the spherical jewelry product can be removed; and a locking section that releaseably locks swinging ends of the first and second annular bodies together when the first and second annular bodies are in the closed state; wherein when two adjacent clasps form a pair and when the pair of clasps are closed, a shape of the proximal ends of each of the first and second annular bodies is configured so that a proximal end of one clasp extends to pass through an inside of the other clasp and so that a proximal end of the other clasp extends to pass through the inside of the one clasp.