Patent ID: 7073232

Claim:
A jewelry clasp comprising, a first body having a first magnetic means forming a flat, planar magnetically attractive surface having a north pole and a south pole, a second body having a second magnetic means forming a magnetically attractive surface having a north pole and a south pole, said magnetic means of said first and second bodies being aligned along a longitudinal centerline of the clasp, said magnetically attractive surfaces adapted to be positioned in an abutting relationship with the poles of one of the bodies being aligned with the opposite poles of the other body, a safety catch, said safety catch having one end pivotally mounted to said first body and having a protrusion extending outwardly from the other end, said safety catch being rotatable about the pivotal mounting to a latched position, and an interconnecting element located on the second body, said interconnecting element being a certain distance from an edge of the second body, wherein the protrusion engages the interconnecting element to latch the first and second bodies together, and wherein said first magnetic means comprises separate magnets, with one of said separate magnets having a south pole at said surface and the other of said separate magnets having a north pole at said surface and said second magnetic means comprises separate magnets, with one of said separate magnets having a south pole at said surface and the other of said separate magnets having a north pole at said surface.