Patent ID: 7461452

Claim:
A technique for setting precious stones in a mounting, comprising: a. starting with a setting base having a floor with a large centrally disposed cavity surrounded by six small upwardly projecting prongs equally spaced around the center cavity, six medium sized cavities each respectively positioned between and radially outward from a pair of small prongs, six small cavities positioned between and radially outward from two adjacent medium sized cavities and six pairs of large upwardly projecting prongs spaced radially outward from and spaced adjacent opposite upper edges of a respective small cavity; b. positioning a large stone having a pavilion, a girdle and a crown such that the pavilion is placed in the center cavity and the six small prongs hold the large stone by its girdle; c. positioning six small stones each having a pavilion, a girdle and a crown such that a pavilion of each respective small stone is placed in a respective small cavity and each small stone is held through its girdle by a pair of large prongs, the large stone and the six small stones positioned so that the upper portion of their respective crowns are in the same plane; and d. positioning six medium sized stones each having a pavilion, a girdle and a crown such that a pavilion of each respective medium sized stone is placed in a respective medium sized cavity and each medium sized stone is held through its girdle by two large prongs wherein each large prong is from an adjacent pair of prongs so that each medium sized stone partially covers the large center stone and partially covers two adjacent small stones so the way the small stones are held is not visible.