FLEXIBLE LINKAGE FOR JEWELRY AND METHOD OF MAKING

摘要

A jewelry article optionally with one or more gem stones, includes one or more hollow core segments with at least one bore in a side wall, and optionally an element interconnected with the one or more of the segments formed by a flexible linkage. A segment may include a setting with rods to receive a gem stone. The segment(s) and optionally the element, are preferably in an annular array to form a ring, necklace and the like and may be of the same or different configurations. The segments also may have different arcuate circumferential lengths and cross sectional shapes preferably frusto-conical and may comprise only a portion of an article such as a finger ring or necklace and the like periphery. The linkage is formed by a pin secured to one segment or element and which pin passes through the bore into the hollow core of the adjacent abutting segment. A coil compression spring is captured to the pin in the hollow core of a segment and urges the adjacent components together. The spring and pin permit the normally abutting components to resiliently move relative to each other to permit relative expansion along the pin length. Pins in an array of segments are offset with the central plane of a ring type article to permit a gem stone to be seated deep within the core.