IP Library Granted Patent US 7,631,517
Granted Patent B2
US 7,631,517 · App. 12/026,967 · Granted Dec 15, 2009

Comfort interior for jewelry and jewelry including that interior

Assignee: Merit Diamond Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,631,517
App. No.
12/026,967
Granted
Dec 15, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A novel structure for increased comfort and utility of jewelry items, particularly rings, is described and claimed herein. The structure, comprising a plurality of elevated surfaces within the interior of the jewelry item, allows increased blood circulation, increased air flow, and ease of cleansing, as well as increased comfort. A variety of embodiments are described.

Claims (11)

1. A generally circular digit ring jewelry item comprising:

an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface, the inner circumferential surface including a plurality of elevated curved surfaces, wherein the curved surfaces are disposed in a fixed relative orientation about the inner circumferential surface of the digit ring, wherein the elevated curved surfaces form substantially the entire inner circumferential surface of the digit ring, and wherein said curved surfaces are substantially intersecting semi-cylinders in shape.

2. The circular digit ring of claim 1 , wherein said curved surfaces are irregularly disposed.

3. The circular digit ring of claim 1 , wherein the digit ring includes at least four elevated curved surfaces disposed about the inner circumferential surface.

4. The circular digit ring jewelry item of claim 1 , wherein said curved surfaces are substantially hemispheres in shape.

5. The circular digit ring jewelry item of claim 1 , wherein said curved surfaces are intersecting hemispheres.

6. A digit ring jewelry item comprising:

an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface, the inner circumferential surface having a plurality of curved structures annularly disposed about the inner circumferential surface thereby forming a plurality of air channels between a user's digit and the inner circumferential surface of the ring for allowing airflow between a user's digit and the digit ring, wherein the elevated curved structures form substantially the entire inner circumferential surface of the digit ring, and wherein said curved structures are substantially intersecting semi-cylinders in shape.

7. The digit ring of claim 6 , wherein the curved structures are located in a fixed relative orientation about the inner circumferential surface of the digit ring.

8. The digit ring of claim 6 , wherein the curved structures are irregularly disposed.

9. The digit ring of claim 6 , wherein the digit ring includes at least four intersecting curved structures disposed about the inner circumferential surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2024
From: MERIT DIAMOND CORPORATION
To: CROWN RING INC.
Reel/Frame 067598/0724 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2009
From: KAPLAN, ABRAHAM
To: MERIT DIAMOND CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022770/0892 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 1090291100 · Jul 30, 2004
Provisional Application 6057644300 · Jun 2, 2004
Provisional Application 6057686900 · Jun 3, 2004
Related Publication 20080148775A1 · Jun 26, 2008