US 12,127,639 B1
Permanent jewelry and method of making same
Rizkallah Doudak, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to RIVA JEWELRY MANUFACTURING, INC., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed by RIVA JEWELRY MANUFACTURING, INC., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed on May 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/655,600.
Application 18/655,600 is a continuation of application No. 18/381,224, filed on Oct. 18, 2023, granted, now 12,004,608.
Int. Cl. A44C 5/00 (2006.01); A44C 5/20 (2006.01); A44C 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 5/0084 (2013.01) [A44C 5/2066 (2013.01); A44C 27/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An item of permanent jewelry comprising:
a Band including a first terminal end and a second terminal end,
wherein the first terminal end of the Band includes
a first hollow extending longitudinally into the first terminal end, and
a first through hole extending transversely through the Band and the first hollow;
an internal bar having a first terminal end and a second terminal end,
wherein the first terminal end of the internal bar includes a first through hole extending transversely therethrough;
wherein the internal bar is inserted into the Band such that
the first terminal end of the internal bar is within the first terminal end of the Band and the respective first through holes of the internal bar and the Band are aligned so as to form a first passage extending from a first exterior side of the Band through the internal bar to a second exterior side of the Band opposite the first exterior side;
a first pin within at least the first passage, the pin extending through the aligned first through holes of both the Band and internal bar, wherein the first pin is compressed on both sides of the aligned through holes such that the first pin cannot slide out of the aligned first through holes; and
wherein the second terminal end of the Band is coupled to the internal bar such that, when joined and on a wearer, a closed loop involving the Band and the internal bar is formed such that the closed loop cannot be removed by the wearer without damaging at least one of the Band, the internal bar or the first pin.