Patent ID: 7322119

Claim:
A method for measuring while fabricating circular jewelry of a predetermined circumference comprising the steps: (a) providing a measuring device comprising a planar, flexible material member having an arced top edge formed by a first radius, an arced bottom edge formed by a second radius greater than the first radius, the arced bottom edge longer than the arced top edge, and first and second side edges of equal length; fastening means secured along one side edge for securing the first and second side edges together in an overlapping condition; and a plurality of mutually parallel arced lines inscribed on a surface of the flexible material member, each arched line extending essentially between the first and second side edges, each arced line formed by a third radius greater than the first radius and less than the second radius, each arced line associated with a measuring indicia adjacent thereto, (b) securing together overlapped first and second side edges of the flexible material member by the fastening means such that one end of each parallel arced line meets the other end thereof, producing a hollow, conical structure; (c) encircling a length of jewelry having first and second ends around the hollow, conical structure at a selected arced line thereon, the arced line corresponding to the predetermined circumference for the circular jewelry; and (d) joining the first and second ends of the length of jewelry such that the length of jewelry encircles the conical structure at the selected arced line corresponding to the predetermined circumference for the circular jewelry.