Patent ID: 8196428

Claim:
A method for the display of an ornamental bead on a piece of jewelry, said ornamental bead having a size, a top side and a bottom side, said bottom side having a curvature and an area, and an aperture defined in said bead, said aperture having a length that passes through said top side to said bottom side of said ornamental bead, comprising: providing a bead receipt area defined in said piece of jewelry; providing a protruding screw receipt shaft having a hollow interior defined therein; positioning said screw receipt shaft having a base in a central portion of said bead receipt area; mounting said ornamental bead on said screw receipt shaft with said bead aperture passing over said screw receipt shaft; disposing said bottom side of said ornamental bead against said bead receipt area; providing said interior of said screw receipt shaft with screw threads; providing a concave light-reflective area in said bead receipt area; providing a screw member having a screw top and a screw shaft, said screw shaft having mating threading with said threading on said interior of said screw receipt shaft; passing said screw member through said bead aperture; tightening said screw member into said threaded portion of said screw receipt shaft; retaining said ornamental bead in position on said screw receipt shaft within said concave light-reflective area of said piece of jewelry; and reflecting light from said concave light-reflective area onto said ornamental bead.