Patent ID: 8091382

Claim:
A connecting joint for jewelry, comprising a U-shape fitting including a pair of side walls and a bridge between the side walls, the bridge having an opening therein, the side walls are generally parallel, overlapping relation with a space therebetween to receive a jewelry band member or a decorative jewelry item, a first pin fastener between the side walls adapted to extend through an opening in one of a jewelry band member or decorative jewelry item to hold the same and the U-shape fitting together, the first pin fastener having an axis and a jewelry band member or decorative jewelry item being rotatable about the axis of the first pin fastener, and a second pin fastener extending through and rotatable in the opening in the bridge and adapted to be attached to the other of a jewelry band member or decorative jewelry item to provide for swiveling of the second pin fastener and of the other of a jewelry band member or decorative item therewith, whereby two degrees of relative motion between a jewelry band member and a decorative jewelry item are provided by the permitted rotation about the first pin fastener axis and the swiveling with the second pin fastener being rotatable in the opening of the bridge, and wherein the first and second pin fasteners extend along respective generally linear axes and wherein the respective axes are generally perpendicular to each other.