US 12,225,987 B2
Jewelry with retractable member
Barry Farber, Livingston, NJ (US); and Roland Krainz, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed by TRIFOLD CREATIONS, LLC, Livingston, NJ (US)
Filed on May 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/319,887.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/473,323, filed on May 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0404225 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. A44C 25/00 (2006.01); B43K 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 25/002 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A jewelry writing instrument comprising:
a front planar body and a back planar body hingedly attached to one another by a transverse hinge, wherein each of the front planar body and the back planar body comprise a central spine having a first leaf and a second leaf opposite thereto that are each hingedly attached to the central spine by a first hinge and a second hinge, respectively, that are oriented in a lengthwise direction that is perpendicular to the transverse hinge;
a writing member secured to one of the front planar body or the back planar body in operative engagement with a first spring; and
a cam incorporated in the transverse hinge at a position in operative engagement with the writing instrument and incorporated to rotate when either the front planar body or the back planar body is rotated to an open position, thereby pushing the writing member into a protruding position;
wherein, from a closed position to an open position, the front planar body is foldable along the transverse hinge to an open position and then the first and second leaves are foldable along the first hinge and the second hinge, respectively, inward in a direct toward the central spine into a writing position.