Patent ID: 6898828

Claim:
A jewelry clasp for releaseably compressively holding a spherically shaped ornamental object, comprising: a first semi-spherically shaped fixture comprising a truncated portion of a first spherical shell having a first inner concave surface, a first outer convex surface, and a first edge continuously joining said first inner concave surface and said first outer convex surface; a second semi-spherically shaped fixture comprising a truncated portion of a second spherical shell having a second inner concave surface and a second outer convex surface, and a second edge continuously joining said second inner concave surface and said second outer convex surface; and a spring member having a semicircular shape, said spring member having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end is affixed to a central area of said first outer convex surface of said first fixture, interiorly of said first edge thereof, and wherein said second end is affixed to a central area of said second outer convex surface of said second fixture interiorly of said second edge thereof, whereupon said spherically shaped ornamental object is compressively held between said first and second semi-spherically shaped fixtures.