Patent ID: 8292097

Claim:
A display for displaying a plurality of jewelry rings, each of which has a back and face with a jewel or other ornamentation on the face, or other similar pieces of jewelry, said display having a top with a plurality of ring holders extending up from the top, each of the ring holders having a top, with each ring holder having a pocket with a bottom recess, in each of which a ring can be nested with the back of the ring resting in bottom recess, with each pocket having a depth from the top of the ring holder so that the face of the ring can be located above the top of the ring holder for display when the ring is resting in the recess, each pocket having a bottom section in which an aperture is located with a tether extending through the aperture for attachment to the ring, the aperture in the bottom section of the pocket being slightly larger than the diameter of the tether, said display having a retractor to which the other end of the tether is attached, the retractor being secured to the display, said retractor will pull the tether so the ring is secured in the pocket when the ring is released by someone examining the ring, the tether and retractor preventing someone from taking the ring from the display, with each pocket having a middle section and two sides with a ramp and a ramp stop on each side of the pocket on the top of the ring holder, with the ramp stops being located across the pocket from each other in the middle section, and each ramp extending from the top of the ring holder towards the bottom of the pocket to the ramp stop, with each ramp located diagonally across from each other, so the tether pulls the ring into proper alignment in the pocket by pulling the ring up the ramp away from the ramp stop which turns the ring so it is in proper alignment to enter the pocket and recess in the pocket when the ring is released.