Patent ID: 7197895

Claim:
Fastening system for fastening a jewellery element to an item of jewellery, comprising a setting constructed on the item of jewellery with a support part and a fastening device, and a jewellery element releasably fastenable to the support part of the setting by means of the fastening device, the support part comprising an aperture which is capable of at least partially receiving the jewellery element, said support part further comprising a groove, the groove being of an annular construction and surround the aperture for the jewellery element, the fastening device being constructed on the support part and comprising a leaf spring, said leaf spring being arranged in the groove of the support part and being of a correspondingly curved construction, and the jewellery element comprising a recess which is constructed to work in cooperation with the fastening device when the jewellery element is located in the aperture of the support part, wherein the leaf spring of the fastening device is externally actuatable and comprises a latching element constructed on the leaf spring, and the recess of the jewellery element is constructed to work in cooperation with the latching element of the fastening device when the jewellery element is located in the aperture of the support part.