Patent ID: 7823414

Claim:
A floral-like jewelry article comprising: a cylindrically shaped body defined by a cylindrical housing wall having a housing wall length and a longitudinal axis; a closed base at a first end of said cylindrical housing wall, said body and base being an empty ammunition casing of a formable metallic material; an open end defined by an edge of a second end of said cylindrical housing wall, said edge extending transversely to said longitudinal axis of said cylindrical housing wall; a plurality of adjacent, relatively parallel cuts formed in said cylindrical housing wall of said empty ammunition casing, each said cut extending from said edge toward said base to form a plurality of adjacent, relatively parallel, generally rectangular wall strip sections of said formable metallic material, each of said sections including a segment of said edge of said housing wall and extending a selected distance, less than said housing wall length, along said longitudinal axis from said open end and along said housing wall toward said closed base, each of said rectangular wall strip sections being shaped radially outwardly from said open end with respect to said housing wall of said cylindrical body and in a direction toward said closed base to form a petal of said floral-like jewelry article, said cylindrically shaped body corresponding to a sepal; a hole in said closed base of said empty ammunition casing; and a curvilinear strand received in said hole, said curvilinear strand having a first strand segment extending in said cylindrically shaped body from said base toward said open end, and a second strand segment extending from said base away from said cylindrically shaped body, said second strand segment being simulative of a stem of said floral-like jewelry article and said first strand segment being one of formed into and mounting at least one of pistil-like and stamen-like shapes.