Patent ID: 6865908

Claim:
A two-piece closed loop connector for jewelry comprising: a first U-shaped connector half formed from a flat strip of malleable and resilient metal and having tubular cylindrical end portions with parallel axes formed from portions of the flat strip, each cylindrical end portion defined by opposite open ends connected by a longitudinal slot; a second U-shaped connector half formed from a piece of resilient metal wire of a given diameter and having enlarged headed end portions defining heads larger than said diameter, one of said headed end portions captured in one cylindrical end portion and held therein against axial movement for rotation on the axis of said one cylindrical end portion, and the other of said headed end portions captured in the other cylindrical end portion and held therein by initial resilient deflection of said other headed end portion in one lateral direction over the outer surface of said other cylindrical end portion and lateral movement of said other headed end portion in the opposite direction through the slot in response to resilient deflection of said other cylindrical end portion; and, said headed end portions of the second connector half engaging respective inner open ends of the cylindrical end portions of the first connector half.