Patent ID: 8205471

Claim:
A device for allowing jewelry strands to be added or replaced comprising: (a) two interlocking arms; (b) two rotating members; (c) a barrel piece with two ends; (d) a shaft extending from each end of the barrel piece and comprising two ends; and (e) two knobs that are soldered to each end of the shaft: wherein each interlocking arm comprises a closed end and an open end; wherein the closed end of each interlocking arm is attached to one of the rotating members; wherein each shaft extends through a respective aperture of each rotating members; wherein the rotating members are in between the knobs, to prevent the rotating members from falling off the shaft; wherein each interlocking arm is of a certain size, and the two interlocking arms are roughly the same size; wherein the open end of each interlocking arm is enlarged relative to a thickness of a middle portion of the interlocking arm between the closed end and the open end: wherein each interlocking arm extends downward and outward from the rotating member to which it is attached, curves inward for a certain distance, extends upward and inward toward the rotating member to which it is not attached, and terminates short of the rotating member to which it is not attached; wherein the interlocking arms are positioned one on top of the other such that they form a closed shape when the interlocking arms are in a closed position; wherein the rotating members rotate about the shaft, thereby causing the interlocking arms to rotate relative to one another: and wherein each interlocking arm is free to rotate three hundred sixty decrees (360°) about the shaft.