Patent ID: 7607320

Claim:
An article of jewelry system having a plurality of interchangeable interlocking links comprising: a plurality of detachable links, each of the links having a top side and a bottom side with at least two depending leg members, wherein two adjacent and connected channels are formed between the leg members, wherein a first of the two adjacent channels has a longitudinal axis generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of a second of the two adjacent channels, said first channel including an open end and an obstruction at an end opposite said open end to obstruct the movement of a locking head, said second channel including two open ends; a first link of the plurality of detachable links further includes a device for attaching the first link to a wearer; the additional links of the plurality of detachable links further include an extension arm with a locking head located on the end of the extension arm and said first of the two adjacent channels of the additional links having a longitudinal axis generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of said second of the two adjacent channels of the additional links and said extension arm, wherein the article of jewelry is formed by connecting one additional link to the first link by inserting the extension arm with the locking head into the channels of the first link or by connecting multiple additional links to one another by inserting the extension arms with the locking head into the channels of the adjacent links and then attaching an end most link extension arm with the locking head into the channels of the first link.