US 12,376,656 B2
Article of jewelry or costume jewelry comprising a plurality of ornamental elements coupled two by two with at least one shock-absorbing spacer element arranged therebetween
Roberto Demeglio, Turin (IT)
Assigned to ROBERTO DEMEGLIO S.P.A., Turin (IT)
Appl. No. 18/277,324
Filed by ROBERTO DEMEGLIO S.P.A., Turin (IT)
PCT Filed Feb. 24, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/051618
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/180556, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000004385 (IT), filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0122314 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A44C 5/02 (2006.01); A44C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 5/022 (2013.01) [A44C 5/0053 (2013.01); A44C 5/025 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of jewelry or costume jewelry, comprising at least one elastic or flexible support element that extends along a development direction of the article of jewelry or costume jewelry, and a plurality of ornamental elements that are fitted in succession on said elastic or flexible support element, each ornamental element being coupled to a next adjacent ornamental element along the development direction of the article of jewelry or costume jewelry,
wherein each ornamental element has a body which comprises a first coupling face for coupling to a contiguous ornamental element along the development direction of the article of jewelry or costume jewelry, the first coupling face having a raised formation, and, on an opposite side, a second coupling face for coupling to a previous contiguous ornamental element along the development direction of the article of jewelry or costume jewelry, the second coupling face having a recess that is complementary in shape to the raised formation of the previous contiguous ornamental element, and
wherein two contiguous ornamental elements are coupled together by accommodating the raised formation of a first ornamental element of the two contiguous ornamental elements within the recess of a second ornamental element of the two contiguous ornamental elements, with at least one shock-absorbing spacer element arranged therebetween.