Patent ID: 8850674

Claim:
A nut for pierced earrings in which the nut holds a pin attached to the rear of said earring, said pin adapted to pass through a hole in said nut to hold said earring on a lobe portion of a pierced ear, said pin being held in a catch of said nut, said nut comprising: a plate and said catch integrally formed in which said pin is adapted to be held in said nut behind a lobe of an ear, said plate having a substantially flat planar surface which bears against the rear surface of a lobe of an ear, said plate having substantially front and rear flat surfaces parallel to each other, said plate having a rounded periphery, said plate having an aperture within the periphery of said plate, wherein said aperture is located toward the bottom of said plate below said hole, said aperture being substantially larger and at least four times larger in size than said hole, said aperture formed within the silhouette of the plate.