Patent ID: 7878024

Claim:
A jewelry item, comprising: a body member having a first end and a second end; a locking bar located at said first end of said body member, said locking bar having a locking groove; a locker located at said second end of said body member, said locker having an insert groove, through which said locking bar may be inserted, said locker having an internal hinge post; a locking release button within said locker and rotatable around said internal hinge post, said locking release button having a first engagement end for engagement of the locking groove of said locking bar and a second pressing end disposed on its opposite end, away from the locking groove, protruding out of said locker; a torsional spring having first and second ends is disposed around the internal hinge post and at least a portion of which extends between said locking release button and opposing internal surface of said locker, said spring having an elastic spring force, said locking release button is provided with a longitudinal recess formed on an inner surface of said second pressing end as a sub-portion of said locking release button, aligned with the direction of said first end of said torsional spring such that said longitudinal recess formed on an inner surface of said second pressing end as a sub-portion of said locking release button encloses the entire portion of said first end of said torsional spring with said second end of said spring resting against the lower wall of locker; so that when the first engagement end of said locking release button is received within the locking groove of said locking bar the body member is in a first closed position, and when the second pressing end is depressed, the first engagement end of said locking release button is rotated against the elastic spring force of said torsional spring whereby the first engagement end of said locking release button is separated from said locking groove, and said locking bar is decoupled from said locker placing said body member into a second open position.