Patent ID: 7225639

Claim:
An expandable jewelry finger ring, comprising: a split circular spring made of resilient material and having a first end and a second end, the first and second ends separated by a single circumferential spring gap; a tongue portion extending from the first end of the spring and into the single spring gap; and a one-piece mounting which is made of resilient material and has a generally split circular shape with a first end and a second end separated by a single circumferential gap, a spring channel formed in the mounting, the spring channel having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the spring is positioned in the first portion of the spring channel, the tongue portion being slideably moveable in the second portion of the spring channel and having a stop for preventing the tongue portion from being completely withdrawn from the second portion of the spring channel, wherein when pressure is placed on an inside surface of the mounting, the jewelry finger ring will expand circumferentially from a first configuration where the first end and the second end of the mounting are separated by a first smaller circumferential gap, to a second configuration where the first end and the second end of the mounting are separated by a second larger circumferential gap to increase the diameter of the jewelry finger ring, and when pressure is removed, will contract back to a smaller size.