Patent ID: 8740926

Claim:
A system ( 1 ) for piercing and positioning a piece of body jewelry or a piece of ear jewelry ( 100 ) in a skin portion, comprising: a cartridge ( 3 ); a pinching and sighting device ( 2 ) for piercing and positioning the piece of body jewelry or the piece of ear jewelry ( 100 ) in a skin portion, said pinching and sighting device comprising: first and second gripping members ( 10 a , 10 b ) which are adapted to grip a skin portion between them, the pinching and sighting device comprising at least one aiming member adapted to allow alignment of the pinching and sighting device relative to at least the position of a desired entry hole for piercing, and at least one of he gripping members ( 10 a , 10 b ) comprises a first portion ( 12 a ) for locking the cartridge ( 3 ) with an outer surface of the pinching and sighting device, and for aligning said cartridge relative to said position of the desired entry hole; and the cartridge ( 3 ) having a mechanism ( 32 ) for aligning and connecting locking said cartridge with the outer surface of the pinching and sighting device ( 2 ) after the pinching and sighting device ( 2 ) grips said skin portion in a skin-gripping state, and a cavity of the cartridge, in which a pressing member ( 31 ), which is separable from said pinching and sighting device ( 2 ), is movable to press the piercing member ( 101 ) arranged in the cartridge and at least part of a bar ( 102 ) of a piece of body jewelry or ear jewelry arranged in the cartridge out of an opening ( 26 ) formed in the cartridge, wherein the cartridge is moveable from a first position remote from the pinching and sighting device to a second position in which the cartridge interlocks with said outer surface of the pinching and sighting device.