Patent ID: 7124477

Claim:
A ball chain assembly adapted to form tessellated patterns of chains with duplicate ball chain assemblies comprising: a plurality of ball chains, each ball chain including a plurality of balls and a plurality of links of a breadth less than the breadth of said balls, with said links positioned intermediate adjacent ones of said balls and connecting said balls in series, a chain connector of one-piece construction having opposed front and rear surfaces, a center and a perimeter surface surrounding said center, said chain connector defining a circular array of at least three ball-receiving sockets, said ball receiving sockets all positioned equidistant from said center of said chain connector and equally spaced from one another at said perimeter surface, each said ball-receiving socket sized to receive a ball of one of said ball chains, said chain connector defining an array of slots with each slot extending from a socket outwardly through said perimeter surface of said chain connector and sized to receive a link of said ball chain, one of said balls of at least three of said ball chains inserted into one of said sockets of said chain connector and said links of said inserted balls passing trough said slots extending from said sockets, such that said ball chains can be connected to each of said sockets and form tessellated patterns of chains, and said chain connector defining a central aperture that intersects all of said sockets, such that said balls of said chains are passed through said central aperture to reach said sockets, and further including a lock button for insertion in said central aperture that blocks the removal of said balls of said ball chains from said sockets of said chain connector, such that the plurality of ball chains are connectable at their ends to a plurality of duplicate ones of the chain connector for forming tessellated patterns.