US 11,937,671 B2
Jewelry with changeable inlays
William Mckay Crowley, South Jordan, UT (US); and David Gordon Baird, Provo, UT (US)
Assigned to SBOX Holdings LLC, Logan, UT (US)
Appl. No. 17/641,403
Filed by SBOX Holdings LLC, Logan, UT (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/050231
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/050751, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/898,326, filed on Sep. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287419 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A44C 9/00 (2006.01); A44C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 9/0023 (2013.01) [A44C 5/0084 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of jewelry comprising;
a base comprising an annular shape, wherein the base further comprises two or more channels disposed circumferentially in an outward facing portion of the annular shape and a first sidewall on a first side of the two or more channels and a second sidewall on a second side of the two or more channels; and
one or more inlays comprising an elastomer, wherein each of the one or more inlays comprise an annular shape and a diameter to be elastically held in tension within one of the two or more channels,
wherein the elastomer comprises an elasticity to allow repeated removal of the one or more inlays from the two or more channels without fracturing,
wherein the first sidewall comprises a plurality of holes disposed to expose a portion of a side of one of the one or more inlays, and
wherein each of the two or more channels comprises a width that is different than a width of others of the two or more channels.