Patent ID: 7343760

Claim:
A body jewelry device for wearing in pierced body part, comprising: a ring-shaped member formed from a first substantially semi-circular member having first and second terminal ends, a second substantially semi-circular member having a first portion that is hingedly connected to the first terminal end of the first substantially semi-circular member and a second portion that is fixedly mated to the first portion and that includes a terminal end that is adapted to removably mate to the second terminal end of the first substantially semi-circular member, the second portion being adapted to extend through a pierced body part, and the second portion having an arc length measured from a first terminal end to a second terminal end of the second portion that is greater than an arc length measured from a first terminal end to a second terminal end of the first portion of the second substantially semi-circular member; and a coupling mechanism attached to one of the first substantially semi-circular member and the first portion of the second substantially semi-circular member.