Patent ID: 7178364

Claim:
A personal adornment comprising: a plurality of detachably interlinkable elements, each element including a body of pliant plastic material in an ornamental shape and having front and rear surfaces and, integral therewith, a non-coplanar strap of the same material extending from the body and containing an aperture spaced from the body said strap having a width which is substantially less than the width of the ornamental shape; said body having in protruding relationship to said rear surface a projection of such size and shape as to fit linkingly into the strap aperture such that the ornamental shape overlies and hides the strap aperture of an adjacent element when the elements are linked; wherein the projection extends from the rear surface of the body near an edge thereof farthest from the integral strap such that the link between adjacent interlinked elements is off center relative to the ornamental shape; whereby the elements may be interlinked with one another in a chain or closed loop of substantially any desired length.