Patent ID: 7069745

Claim:
An ear adornment for adorning an ear of a user, the ear adornment comprising: a frame member for selectively engaging an ear of a user; and a sleeve member being removably coupled to said frame member such that said sleeve member is positioned adjacent an ear of a user when the frame member engages an ear of a user to provide a user with a unique appearance when said sleeve member is coupled to said frame member; wherein said frame member comprises a pair of substantially U-shaped engaging portions each having a throat for receiving an upper periphery of an ear of a user, the engaging portions each having ends that extend over an ear when said frame member is engaged with an ear, said frame member further comprising a pair of alignment portions extending between corresponding said ends of the engaging portions to join said pair of engaging portions together such that said pair of engaging members and said pair of alignment members form a continuous loop; wherein said sleeve member forms a sleeve with an upper open end and a lower open end and an interior therebetween, the upper open end of said sleeve removably receiving one of said alignment members and a portion of each of said engaging members; wherein each of said engaging portions comprises a resiliently flexible material for permitting each of said engaging portions to substantially conform to a general shape of an ear when each of said engaging portions extends from a front to a back of an ear; wherein said frame member comprises a pair of magnetic members, one of said magnetic members being coupled to one of said alignment members such that a second of said magnetic members is coupled to another one of said alignment members, one of said magnetic members magnetically attracting the second of said magnetic members such that said magnetic members gently compress an ear between said magnetic members to maintain positioning of said frame member when said frame member engages an ear of a user; wherein said sleeve member comprising a perimeter wall, said perimeter wall defining a receiving bore extending through said sleeve member, said perimeter wall including a pair of opposed wall portions, each of said opposed wall portions having a protrusion, each of said protrusions extending in opposition to said protrusion on the opposite one of said opposed wall portions; wherein said sleeve member comprises a flexible material, said flexible material permitting said sleeve member to conform to the portion of said frame member received by said sleeve member when said sleeve member receives said frame member; an adornment member being selectively coupled to said sleeve member, said adornment member being suspended from said frame member when said sleeve member is coupled to said frame member, said adornment member being adapted for adorning an ear of a user when said frame member engages an ear of a user; and wherein said throat formed by said engaging portions has a substantially uniform width and extends along a single axis.