US 12,144,405 B2
Component for jewellery and/or costume jewellery items
Renzo Colpo, Vicenza (IT); and Roberto Peretto, Dueville (IT)
Assigned to Colpo & Zilio S.P.A., Vicenza (IT)
Appl. No. 18/014,153
Filed by Colpo & Zilio S.P.A., Torri di Quartesolo (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/055915
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/013669, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000017176 (IT), filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0225465 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A44C 5/10 (2006.01); A44C 11/00 (2006.01); B21L 11/00 (2006.01); F16G 15/12 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 5/107 (2013.01) [A44C 11/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A component for making jewelry chains, including necklaces, bracelets, or earrings, the component comprising:
a first element;
a second element connected to the first element to form a chain section;
wherein the first element and the second element have different geometries from each other and are configured to be coupled together at first and second contact areas;
wherein in at least one of the first and second contact areas of the first element comprises a first contact surface which is lowered with respect to a plurality of adjacent surfaces, wherein the first lowered contact surface is configured to receive a second contact surface of the second element, and
wherein the component comprises an articulation means for coupling the component with another component wherein the first element comprises at least one closed annular section on which the first and second contact areas are defined and the second element is an open element with free ends, configured for insertion in a closed annular section of a first element of said another component.