Patent ID: 7254962

Claim:
A jewelry system with interchangeable components and beaded portions including in combination: at least one beaded jewelry portion comprised of beads on a wire with first and second free ends; first and second caps, each having a hole therethrough to receive the first and second free ends of the wire extending through the holes in the first and second threaded caps, respectively; first and second findings permanently affixed to the first and second free ends of the wire after passage of the wire free ends through the holes in the first and second threaded caps wherein the dimensions of the holes in the first and second caps prevent passage of the first and second findings through the respective holes, thereby holding the beads on the wire between the first and second threaded caps; first and second main body portions each closed on one end and open on the opposite end, with a threaded chamber therein to receive the first and second threaded caps, respectively, with the first and second findings located in the chambers in the first and second main body portions; and a fixed loop on the closed end of each of the first and second main body portions for attachment to additional linkable components.