NECKLACE

Abstract

A necklace for removable connection with one or more supplemental strands to form a plurality of multi-strand necklaces wherein there is consistent spacing between and distinct presentation of the supplemental strands. In one embodiment, the necklace has a plurality of similarly spaced ring connectors interconnecting a plurality necklace sections and to which the supplemental strands are removably coupled to form the multi-strand necklace. The necklace may also include a display necklace section at the front which may be fixed or replaceable and the necklace being useable without supplemental strands. In another embodiment, the supplemental strands have a pair of supplemental strand connectors, each coupled a certain distance from the end of the supplemental strand and which can be removably coupled together to form a multi-strand necklace.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Description of the Related Art

The present invention relates to multi-strand necklaces and sometimes referred to as tiered or layered necklaces. Currently today there are many forms of these multi-strand necklaces available. These range from a single multi-strand which cannot be altered to some with a separate, fixed attachment.

The problem with all of these is flexibility and aesthetics. Specifically, most of these provide the user or wearer with relatively few combinations and these are fixed as these typically come as a single item of jewelry. Additionally, the length of these are fixed and limited. Finally, these can be aesthetically unpleasing because of a cluttered, overlapping presentation when worn.

What is needed is a necklace and supplemental strand approach for multi-strand necklace effects that is easy to use or put on, flexible so that the user can have or choose from many options for necklace jewelry appearance and length and for which each is displayed beautifully in a multi-strand or tiered necklace with consistently spaced strands distinctively presented when worn.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A jewelry piece for removably connecting with one or more supplemental jewelry strands to form a multi-strand jewelry piece, the jewelry piece comprising: a jewelry piece strand having a first side with an end and a second side with an end; one or more supplemental strand connectors coupled to the first side of the jewelry strand and coupled to the second side of the jewelry strand; and a jewelry coupler at the end of one or both sides of the jewelry piece strand for removable coupling of the first side of the jewelry piece strand to the second side of the jewelry piece strand thereby creating a jewelry piece connection joint and forming a jewelry piece such that the distances between the jewelry piece connection joint and the supplemental strand connectors coupled to the second side of the jewelry piece strand are similar to the distances between the jewelry piece connection joint and the supplemental strand connectors coupled to the first side of the jewelry piece strand.

A jewelry piece as described above having one or more supplemental strands, each such supplemental strand comprising: a first side having a jewelry coupler at the end thereof and a second side having a jewelry coupler at the end thereof; a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the supplemental strand and displaced a distance from the end of the first side of the supplemental strand; and a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the supplemental strand and displaced a similar distance from the end of the second side of the supplemental strand as the first supplemental strand connector is displaced from the end of the first side of the supplemental strand.

A jewelry piece necklace as described above wherein the supplemental strands are of similar length.

A jewelry piece as described above having a first supplemental strand wherein the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of such first supplemental strand is removably connected to a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the jewelry piece strand a distance from the jewelry piece connection joint, and the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of such first supplemental strand is removably connected to a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the jewelry piece strand a similar distance from the jewelry piece connection joint as the supplement strand connector to which the jewelry coupler on the first side of such first supplemental strand is connected, and forming a multi-strand jewelry piece.

A jewelry piece as described above having a second supplemental strand wherein the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of such second supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the first supplemental strand, and the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of such second supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the first supplemental strand, and forming a multi-strand jewelry piece.

A jewelry piece as described above wherein the jewelry piece strand and the supplemental strands are comprised of a plurality of jewelry sections and wherein the supplemental strand connectors are ring connectors which are removably connectable to a supplemental strand coupler and which interconnect jewelry sections of the jewelry piece strand and jewelry sections of the supplemental strands.

A jewelry piece as described above wherein jewelry couplers are clasps.

A jewelry piece as described above further comprising: a plurality of supplemental strand connectors coupled to the first and second sides of the jewelry piece strand.

A jewelry piece as described above wherein the supplemental strand connectors of the jewelry piece strand are ring connectors, the jewelry piece further comprising: a plurality of jewelry piece sections interconnected by the ring connectors to form the jewelry piece strand; a ring connector coupled to the end of the first side of the jewelry piece strand; the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of the jewelry piece strand is a clasp; and wherein the clasp at the end of the second side of the jewelry piece strand is removably coupled to a ring connector coupled to first side of the jewelry piece strand creating the jewelry piece connection joint and forming the jewelry piece.

A jewelry piece as described above wherein the length of the jewelry piece may be adjusted by selecting different ring connectors on the first side of the jewelry piece strand for removable coupling with the clasp.

A jewelry piece as described above further comprising: one or more supplemental strands, each such supplemental strand having a first side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof and a second side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof; and wherein a multi-strand jewelry piece is formed by removably coupling the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of each supplemental strand to a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the jewelry piece strand and removably coupling the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of such supplemental strand to a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the jewelry piece strand similarly spaced from the jewelry piece connection joint as the supplemental strand connector on the first side of the necklace strand removably coupled to the supplemental strand coupler at the end of the first side of such supplemental strand.

A jewelry piece as described above wherein the supplemental strand couplers are clasps.

A jewelry piece necklace as described above further comprising: one or more supplemental strands, each such supplemental strand having a first side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof and a second side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof, and each supplemental strand having a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the supplemental strand a distance from the end of the first side of the supplemental strand, and a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the supplemental strand a similar distance from the end of the second side of the supplemental strand as the first supplemental strand connector is coupled from the end of the first side of the supplemental strand; and wherein a multi-strand jewelry piece is formed by removably coupling the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of each such one or more supplemental strands to a supplemental strand connector located on the first side of the jewelry piece strand and removably coupling the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of each such one or more supplemental strands to a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the jewelry piece strand and wherein supplemental strand connectors, removably coupled to the jewelry couplers at the ends of the first and second sides of each such supplemental strand, are coupled to the jewelry piece strand a similar distance from the jewelry piece connection joint.

A multi-strand jewelry piece comprising: a base strand having a first side with a supplemental strand jewelry coupler at the end thereof, a second side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof, a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the base strand a distance from the end of the first side of the base strand, and having a supplemental necklace connector coupled to the second side of the base strand a distance from the end of the second side of the base strand similar to the distance for the supplemental connector coupled to the first side of base strand from the end of the first side of such base strand; one or more supplemental strands, each such supplemental strand having a first side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof, a second side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof, a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the supplemental strand a distance from the end of the first side of the supplemental strand, and having a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the supplemental strand a distance from the end of the second side of the supplemental strand similar to the distance for the supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of supplemental strand from the end of the first side of such supplemental strand; wherein the jewelry couplers of the base strand are removably connected to the opposite sides of the base strand to form a base jewelry piece; and wherein the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of a first supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the base strand and the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of such first supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the base strand thereby forming a multi-strand jewelry piece.

A multi-strand jewelry piece as described above having a second supplemental strand wherein the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of the second supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the first supplemental strand and the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of the second supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the first supplemental strand thereby forming a multi-strand jewelry piece.

A multi-strand jewelry piece as described above wherein the base strand and the supplemental strands are comprised of a plurality of jewelry sections and wherein the supplemental strand connectors are ring connectors which can be removably connected to a supplemental strand coupler and which interconnect necklace sections of the base strand and necklace sections of the supplemental strands and wherein the jewelry couplers are clasps.

A jewelry piece for removable connection with one or more supplemental strands to form a multi-strand jewelry piece, the jewelry piece comprising: a jewelry piece strand having a first side with an end and a second side with an end; a plurality of supplemental strand connectors coupled to the first and second sides of the jewelry piece strand; and a jewelry coupler connected to the end of one or both sides of the jewelry piece strand for removable coupling of the first side of the jewelry piece strand to the second side of the jewelry piece strand thereby creating a jewelry piece connection joint and forming the jewelry piece.

A jewelry piece as described above wherein the supplemental strand connectors coupled to the jewelry piece strand are ring connectors similarly spaced from the ends of the first and second sides of the necklace strand, the jewelry piece further comprising: a plurality of jewelry sections interconnected by the ring connectors to form the jewelry piece necklace strand; a ring connector coupled to the end of the first side of the jewelry piece strand; and wherein the jewelry coupler is removably coupled to a ring connector in first side of the jewelry piece strand creating the jewelry piece connection joint and forming the jewelry piece.

A jewelry piece as described above further comprising: one or more supplemental strands, each such supplemental strand having a first end with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof and a second end with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof; and wherein the jewelry coupler at the first end of each supplemental strand is removably coupled to a ring connector in the first side of the jewelry piece strand and the jewelry coupler at the second end of such supplemental strand is removably coupled to a ring connector in the second side of the jewelry piece strand similarly spaced from the necklace connection joint as the ring connector in the first side of the jewelry piece strand removably coupled to the first end of such supplemental strand, and thereby forming a multi-strand jewelry piece.

The jewelry piece as described above wherein the jewelry piece strand is further comprised of: a first side having a plurality of supplemental strand connectors coupled thereto and having a first end and a second end, the first end having a display jewelry section connector coupled thereto; a second side having a plurality of supplemental strand connectors coupled thereto and having a first end and a second end, the first end having a display jewelry section connector coupled thereto and the second end having the jewelry coupler connected thereto; and a display necklace section removably coupled to the display jewelry section connectors at the first ends of the first and second sides of the jewelry piece strand.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A is a schematic view of a necklace strand having a plurality of supplemental strand connector pairs and necklace couplers at both ends.

FIG. 1B is a schematic view of a necklace formed by removably coupling together the necklace couplers creating necklace connection joint and forming a necklace from the necklace strand of FIG. 1A to form a necklace wherein both supplemental strand connectors in each supplemental strand connector pair are a similar distance from the necklace connection joint.

FIG. 1C is a schematic view of a supplemental necklace strand having a necklace connector at both ends and one or more of such supplemental strands can be removably coupled to the necklace of FIG. 1B to form a multi-strand necklace.

FIG. 1D is a schematic view of another supplemental necklace strand having a necklace connector at both ends and a pair of supplemental strand connectors wherein both supplemental strand connectors in the supplemental strand connector pair are a similar distance from a necklace couple and wherein one or more of such supplemental strands can be removably coupled to each other or to the necklace of FIG. 1B to form a multi-strand necklace.

FIG. 1E is a schematic view depicting the similar spacing alignment and distances from the necklace connection joint of the supplemental strand connectors of the necklace of FIG. 1B and three supplemental necklace strands as depicted in FIG. 1D.

FIG. 2A is a top view of a necklace strand having a plurality of necklace sections interconnected by a plurality of ring connectors, a ring connector at one end of the strand and a clasp at the other end of the strand.

FIG. 2B is a top view of a necklace formed by removably coupling the clasp of the necklace strand of FIG. 1A to a ring connector at the other end of the strand.

FIG. 2C is a schematic view of a necklace depicting the distances between the necklace joint and pairs of supplemental necklace connectors.

FIG. 2D is a top view of a supplemental necklace strand having a clasp at either end.

FIG. 2E is a top view of a multi-strand necklace formed by connecting three supplemental strands as depicted in FIG. 2D to the necklace of FIG. 2B.

FIG. 3A is a top view of two necklace base strands, each having a plurality of necklace sections interconnected by a plurality of ring connectors, a ring connector at one end of a necklace base strand and clasps at the other ends of the necklace base strands.

FIG. 3B is a top view of a necklace base formed by coupling the two necklace base strands of FIG. 3A together using the clasp on one base strand and a ring connector on the other base strand.

FIG. 3C is a top view of a display necklace section having a ring connector at either end.

FIG. 3D is a top view of a necklace formed by coupling the display necklace section of FIG. 3C to the necklace base of FIG. 3B.

FIG. 3E is a top view of a multi-strand necklace formed by connecting two supplemental strands as shown in FIG. 2D to the necklace of FIG. 3D.

FIG. 4A is a top view of another supplemental necklace strand having a clasp at either end and a pair of ring connectors wherein each ring connector in the pair is spaced a similar distance from a clasp at an end of the supplemental necklace strand.

FIG. 4B is a top view of the supplemental necklace strand of FIG. 4A where the clasps are removably connected together to create a necklace connection joint and form a necklace.

FIG. 4C is a spread top view of a multi-strand necklace formed by removably coupling a first additional supplemental strand as depicted in FIG. 4A to the supplemental necklace connectors of the necklace of FIG. 4B and a second additional supplemental strand as depicted in FIG. 4A to the supplemental necklace connectors of the first additional supplemental strand.

FIG. 4D is a top view of the multi-strand necklace of FIG. 4C depicting the appearance of such multi-strand necklace when being worn.

FIG. 4E is a top view of the multi-strand necklace formed by removably connecting the multi-strand necklaces of 4D to the necklace of FIG. 2B.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

While various embodiments of the present invention are discussed in detail below, it should be appreciated that the present invention provides many applicable inventive concepts, which can be embodied in a wide variety of specific contexts. The specific embodiments discussed herein are merely illustrative of specific ways to make and use the invention and do not limit the scope of the invention.

FIG. 1A is a schematic view of a multi-strand base necklace strand 1011 for use in multi-strand necklace which has flexibility and interchangeability with consistent appearance and distinctive presentation. The necklace strand 1011 has a first side 1051 with a necklace coupler 1061 attached thereto and a second side 1072 with a necklace coupler 1062 attached thereto. Four pairs of supplemental strand connectors 1021, 1022, 1023 and 1024 are coupled to the strand 1011 such that one supplemental connector from each pair is coupled to the first side 1051 of the strand 1011 and one supplemental connector from each pair is coupled to the second side 1072 of the strand 1011. The section of the necklace strand 1011 between the two supplemental strand connectors 1024 is not depicted in its entirety.

Referring now to FIG. 1B, a schematic view of the necklace couplers 1061 and 1062 of base necklace strand 1011 removably coupled together to create a necklace connection joint 1101 and form a base necklace 1001 for the multi-strand necklace. The supplemental strand connectors in each pair 1021, 1022, 1023 and 1024 are both spaced the same or approximately the same (i.e. similar) distance from the necklace connection joint 1101. Preferably, the spacing between the connector pairs is also similar.

Referring now to FIG. 1C, a schematic view of a supplemental strand 1201 to be used with the multi-strand base necklace 1001 is depicted. The supplemental strand 1201 has a necklace coupler 1211 at either end thereof. A plurality of supplemental strands like 1201 can be used with necklace 1001 to form the multi-strand necklace. All of the supplemental strands are preferably of similar length (e.g. 15 inches). The base necklace strand 1011 is preferably shorter than the supplemental strands 1201 (e.g. 13 inches).

As will be shown in subsequent figures and described below, by removably coupling a coupler 1211 of a supplement strand 1201 to one of the supplemental connectors in a pair (e.g. 1022) on the first side 1051 of the necklace 1001 and removably coupling the other coupler 1211 of the supplemental strand 1201 to the other supplemental connector in the pair (e.g. 1022) on the right side 1072 on the second side of the necklace 1001, a multi-strand necklace is formed with distinctive presentation of and consistent spacing between the supplemental strands at the front (i.e. opposite the necklace connection joint 1101) when the necklace is being worn because of the similar spacing between the necklace connection joint 1101 and both supplemental connectors in each supplemental connector pair 1021, 1022, 1023 and 1024. The supplemental strand 1201 is not depicted in its entirety.

Referring now to FIG. 1D, a schematic view of another supplemental strand 1501 is depicted. The supplemental strand 1501 has a necklace coupler 1511 at either end thereof. The supplemental strand 1501 also has a pair of supplemental connectors 1025 coupled thereto and each supplemental connector 1025 in the pair is spaced a similar distance from a coupler 1511. A plurality of supplemental strands like 1501 can be used to form the multi-strand necklace. All of the supplemental strands 1501 are preferably of similar length (e.g. 15 inches). The supplemental strand 1501 is not depicted in its entirety.

As will be shown in subsequent figures and described below, by coupling together the couplers 1511 of one supplemental strand 1501 and creating a necklace connection joint, a multi-strand base necklace is formed. Then, the couplers 1511 of a second supplemental strand 1501 can be removably coupled to the supplemental connectors 1025 of the first supplemental strand. Similarly, the couplers 1511 of a third supplemental strand 1501 can be removably coupled to the supplemental connectors 1025 of the second supplemental strand. The multi-strand necklace can be added to by similarly connecting additional supplemental strands.

Because the spacing between both connectors in each pair of supplemental connectors 1025 to the necklace connection joint will be similar, the strands of the multi-strand necklace will have a distinctive presentation of and consistent spacing between the supplemental strands at the front when the necklace is being worn.

If the spacing between supplemental connector 1025 and coupler 1511 of FIG. 1D is similar to the spacing in FIG. 1A between the supplemental connectors (1021 to 1022, 1022 to 1023, and 1023 to 1024) coupled to necklace strand 1011, then the supplemental strands 1501 can be used with necklace strand 1011 and the supplemental connectors on each used interchangeably to form a multi-strand necklace that has the same distinctive appearance and consistent spacing because the distance from the necklace connection joint 1101 and the connectors in these pairs are similar.

Referring now to FIG. 1E, a schematic view is presented depicting the spacing alignment of the supplemental necklace connectors of the necklace strand 1011, as depicted in FIG. 1A, and three supplemental strands 1601, 1701 and 1801 similar to the supplemental strand 1501 depicted in FIG. 1D. The necklace strand 1011 and the three supplemental strands 1601, 1701 and 1801 can removably coupled together to form a multi-strand necklace 1520.

The necklace couplers 1061 and 1062 of necklace strand 1011 can be removably coupled together to form a necklace 1001 that will act as the base necklace of the multi-strand necklace 1520. The necklace couplers 1611 of the first supplemental strand 1601 are to be coupled to the supplemental strand connector pair 1021.

Still referring to FIG. 1E, the necklace couplers 1711 of the second supplemental strand 1701 are to be removably coupled to either supplemental strand connector pair 1022 on necklace strand 1011 or to the supplemental strand connector pair 1625 on the first supplemental strand 1601. Supplemental strand connector pair 1022 on the necklace strand 1011 and supplemental strand connector pair 1625 on supplemental strand 1601 are the same or similar distances from necklace connection joint 1101. As a result, the appearance or consistent spacing between supplemental strands 1601 and 1701 at the opposite side from the necklace connection joint 1101 is the same, whether supplemental strand connector pair 1022 on necklace strand 1011 is used or the supplemental strand connector pair 1625 on the first supplemental strand 1601 is used. This is particularly applicable when the multi-strand necklace 1520 is being worn.

In similar fashion, the necklace couplers 1811 of the third supplemental strand 1801 are to be removably coupled to either supplemental strand connector pair 1023 on necklace strand 1011 or to the supplemental strand connector pair 1725 on the second supplemental strand 1701. Supplemental strand connector pair 1023 on the necklace strand 1011 and supplemental strand connector pair 1725 on supplemental strand 1701 are the same or similar distances from necklace connection joint 1101. As a result, the appearance or consistent spacing between supplemental strands 1601, 1701 and 1801 at the opposite side from the necklace connection joint 1101 is the same, whether supplemental strand connector pairs 1022 and 1023 on necklace strand 1011 are used or the supplemental strand connector pairs 1625 and 1725 on the supplemental strands 1601 and 1701, respectively are used. Accordingly, there will be no difference in appearance of the multi-strand necklace 1520 depending which pair of supplemental strand connectors is used.

Still referring to FIG. 1E, it will appreciated and understood that additional supplemental strands could be added to multi-strand necklace 1520 in similar fashion and with similar results because the distance between the necklace connection joint 1101 and the applicable supplemental strand connector pairs will be same or similar. The following will describe some specific embodiments of the present invention.

Referring now to FIG. 2A, a top view of a necklace strand 2101 is depicted. The necklace strand 2101 is comprised of a plurality of necklace sections 2103 and a display necklace section 2108, all of which are interconnected by a plurality of jump rings or ring connectors 2102 to form the necklace strand 2101. At one end of a side 2105 of the necklace strand 2101, another ring connector 2104 is secured. At the end of the other side 2107 of the necklace strand 2101, another ring connector 2109 attached to a clasp 2106 is depicted. Comparing the necklace 2101 of FIG. 2A to the schematic necklace 1011 of FIG. 1A, all of the ring connectors in necklace strand 2101 can function as a supplemental strand connector and the clasp 2106 functions as necklace coupler 1062 and can be removably coupled to any one of the ring connectors on the side 2105 of the necklace strand 2101. Whichever such ring connector is removably coupled to the clasp 2106, will then also function as necklace coupler 1061 of FIG. 1A. Unlike the necklace strand 1011 of FIG. 1A, there is an additional supplemental strand connector 2104 and an additional necklace section on the first side 2105 of the necklace strand 2101. As will be explained below, these additions allow the user to adjust the length of the necklace to be formed with necklace strand 2101 while maintaining the similar spacing between supplemental strand connectors for multi-strand necklaces.

The necklace sections 2103 can be made of standard necklace chain material such as gold, silver, platinum, etc. and of equal or similar length. It will be understood, however, the necklace sections 2103 may be plain, decorative or mixed styles. The ring connectors 2102 may be made of any suitable material but are, preferably, of the same material, gold, etc. as the necklace sections 2103. The ring connectors 2102, 2104 and 2109 may be of any shape such as circular, oval, etc. The size of the inner cavity of the ring connector must be large enough to easily accommodate the ends of two necklace sections 2103 being interconnected and a clasp, such as clasp 2106 or a clasp or other jewelry coupling device from a supplemental necklace strand. The length of the necklace sections 2103 or the spacing between the ring connectors 2102 is preferably the same or approximately the same (i.e. similar), and for example, 0.875 inches, to bring the desired spacing or tiered necklace look as will be explained hereafter.

Still referring to FIG. 2A, the clasp 2106 may be any one of a variety of jewelry clasps, such as lobster clasp, or any other form of jewelry connector and is preferably made of the same material (e.g. gold, etc.) as the necklace sections 2103. In FIG. 2A, ring connector 2109 is depicted for coupling the clasp 2106 to the other end of the necklace strand 2101. It should be understood, however, that other ring connector 2109 need not be used and just the clasp 2106 or a clasp with a built in connector may be used.

Referring now to FIG. 2B, a top view of a necklace 2100, is depicted. As will be subsequently described, necklace 2100 is designed to be a multi-strand necklace base necklace. The necklace 2100 is formed by removably coupling or latching the clasp 2106 to a ring connector 2102 at or near the end 2105 of the other side of the necklace strand 2101 depicted in FIG. 2A and creating clasp joint 2110. In FIG. 2B, the first ring connector 2102 in from the end of the other side 2105 of the necklace strand 2101 from the clasp 2106 and ring connector 2109 end of the necklace strand 2101 has been removably connected to the clasp 2106. Since the user has several ring connectors 2102 and ring connector 2104 to choose from, for removably coupling or latching to the clasp 2106, the necklace 2100 is adjustable in length with excess necklace sections (e.g. necklace section 2103 in FIG. 2B) extending from the clasp joint 2110.

Necklace 2100 may be worn as a choker and/or a short necklace depending on the length of the necklace 2100 chosen. The clasp joint 2110 is intended to be worn at the back of the neck. Consequently, the display section 2108 will be at the front of the necklace 2100 and opposite the clasp joint 2110. The display section 2108, connected to ring connectors 2102, of the necklace 2100 is preferably longer the any other necklace sections 2103 and may be the same design as the necklace sections 2103 or may have a decorative design and appearance.

The length of necklace strand 2101 is preferably 13 inches. However, for a variety of reasons, it may be desirable to have necklace strand 2101 that forms the necklace 2100, available in different lengths (e.g. 13, 14, 15 inches, etc.) to achieve different hanging effects, reduce excess sections 2103 extending from the clasp joint 2110 and/or other reasons. Similarly, it may be desirable to produce the necklace strand 2101 that forms the necklace 2100 with different display sections 2108 for different looks or appearances.

While the preferred embodiment of the necklace strand 2101 is described above with necklace sections 2103 and ring connectors 2102 similarly spaced from the ends of the necklace strand 2101, it will be appreciated that other configurations are available and within the scope of the present invention. For example, the strand 2101 could be a single, contiguous section or strand of jewelry with a plurality of supplemental strand connector devices affixed or coupled thereto and similarly spaced from the ends of the strand. The supplemental connectors may be any one of plurality of different jewelry connection devices so long as they are compatible with and removably mate with the necklace couplers (e.g. 2106).

Referring now to FIG. 2C, a schematic diagram of the necklace 2100 is depicted showing the spacing of the supplemental strand connectors (e.g. ring connectors 2102, etc). The necklace strand 2011 is joined together at necklace connection joint 2110 to form the necklace 2100. The ring connectors of FIG. 2B are shown in 4 pairs; 2102 & 2109, 2102A, 2102B and 2102C. A ring connector from each pair is coupled to the necklace strand 2101 on either side of the necklace connection joint 2110 and both ring connectors in each such pair is the same or approximately the same (i.e. similar) distance from necklace connection joint 2110. The display necklace section 2108 and the excess necklace section 2103 are also depicted in FIG. 2C.

Referring now to FIG. 2D, a top view of a supplemental strand 2201 is depicted. As will be described below, one or more supplemental strands 2201 may be coupled to necklace 2100 as shown in FIG. 2B, to form a multi-strand necklace. Each supplemental strand 2201 may be a simple design or a decorative design. Both ends of the supplemental strand 2201 have a clasp 2211 secured thereto as a necklace coupler. All of the supplemental strands 2201 are preferably of the same or similar length such as, for example, 15 inches. The supplemental strands may be the same or different in design or decorative effect. Additionally, the supplemental strand may have secured or removably coupled hanging jewelry items (e.g. pendants) which are attached to the strand.

Referring now to FIG. 2E, a top view of the formation of a multi-strand necklace 2220 is depicted. Specifically, three supplemental strands 2202, 2203 and 2204 as described above for FIG. 2D and having supplemental strand clasps 2212, 2213 and 2214, respectively, at both ends are removably coupled or clasped to ring connector pairs 2022, 2023 and 2024, respectively, on either side of the necklace 2100 to form a multi-strand necklace 2220. Necklace 2100 is the same as necklace 2100 depicted in FIG. 2B. The clasp joint 2110 of necklace 2100 is also depicted as well as one excess necklace section 2103 extending from the clasp joint 2110.

Ring connectors 2024 are both the same or a similar distance from the necklace clasp joint 2110. Ring connectors 2023 are both the same or similar distance from the necklace clasp joint 2110 and, in this example, approximately twice as far from the clasp joint 2110 as ring connectors 2024. Ring connectors 2022 are both the same or similar distance from the necklace clasp joint 2110 and, in this example, approximately three times as far from the clasp joint 2110 as ring connectors 2024. Since the supplemental strands 2202-2204 are of similar length and are coupled or clasped to ring connectors 2022-2024, respectively, which are each successively closer in distance to the clasp joint 2110, a consistent distance is maintained between the supplemental strands 2202 and 2203 and between supplemental strands 2203 and 2204 at the front or opposite clasp joint 2110; and each supplemental strand 2202, 2203 and 2204 as well as necklace 2100 are distinctly and separately presented at the front or opposite clasp joint 2110 when the multi-stand necklace 2220 is being worn as depicted in FIG. 2E, while they are neatly layered at the back or as they near clasp joint 2110.

Still referring to FIG. 2E, it will be appreciated that additional or fewer supplemental strands 2201 can be coupled or clasped to necklace 2100 with the same spacing consistency and distinct and separated presentation. Moreover, the length of necklace 2100 can be adjusted, as described above for FIG. 2B, to affect the spacing between the necklace 2100 and the supplemental strand 2202 and alter the presentation and spacing of necklace 2100 within the multi-strand necklace 2220. Additionally, the user is not restricted to only a few, fixed necklace strand options but a plethora of options with great flexibility.

Still referring to FIGS. 2D and 2E, It will be understood that any form of jewelry connecting devices may be used in lieu of clasps 2211 so long as they are compatible with or mates with whatever jewelry connecting devices are being used on necklace 2100 as the supplemental strand connectors (e.g. ring connectors 2102).

Referring back to FIG. 2B, it may be desirable to make the display section 2108 of necklace 2100 replaceable with other display sections that are decorated differently and/or have different lengths. In this manner, a user would only need to obtain a different display section 2108 rather than the entire necklace strands 2101. FIGS. 3A through 3C describe how this may be done within the scope of the present invention.

Referring now to FIG. 3A, a top view of two necklace base strands, 3131 and 3141 is depicted. Both of the base strands 3131 and 3141 have a plurality of ring connectors 3132 interconnecting a plurality of necklace sections 3133. Base strand 3131 has a first end 3135 with a ring connector 3134 and clasp 3179 coupled to it and a second end 3136 with another ring connector 3137 coupled to it. Base strand 3141 has a first end 3145 with a ring connector 3144 and clasp 3179 coupled thereto and a second end 3146 with another ring connector 3147 and a clasp 3149 coupled to it.

Referring now to FIG. 3B, the clasp 3149 at the second end (3146) of base strand 3141 has been removably connected or coupled to a ring connector 3132 near the second end (3136) of base strand 3131 forming a base clasp joint 3160 and such that one necklace section 3133 of the base strand 3131 is excess and extends away from the base clasp joint 3160. The ring connector 3134 and clasp 3179 are shown coupled to the first end 3135 of base strand 3131. Similarly, the ring connector 3144 and clasp 3179 are shown coupled to the first end 3145 of base strand 3141. The coupling of clasp 3149 to a ring connector 3132 in base strand 3131 forms a necklace base 3151.

Referring now to FIG. 3C, a top view of a display necklace section 3173 having a ring connector 3172 at either end is depicted. It will be appreciated that a plurality of display necklace sections 3173 may be used with different decorations and/or lengths.

Referring now to FIG. 3D, a top view of another necklace 3180 which can be used as the multi-strand necklace base is depicted. Necklace 3180 is formed by coupling the display necklace section 3173 of FIG. 3C to the necklace base 3151 of FIG. 3B. Specifically, the ring connector 3172 coupled to one end of the display necklace section 3173 is removably connected or clasped to the clasp 3179 at the end of base strand 3131 and the ring connector 3172 coupled to the other end of the display necklace section 3173 is removably connected or clasped to the clasp 3179 at the end of base strand 3141. The necklace 3180 is the same as necklace 2100 except that the display necklace section 3173 can be easily replaced with other display necklace sections of different designs and/or different lengths thus permitting necklace 3180 to appear and be presented differently.

It will be appreciated that the materials, appearance, dimensions, locations, etc. of the necklace sections, ring connectors, and clasps of FIGS. 3A through 3D are the same as described above for necklace strand 2101 and necklace 2100.

It will also be appreciated that different connection mechanisms for coupling the display necklace section 3172 to the necklace base 3151 other than that shown in FIGS. 3A through 3C may be used and remain with the scope of the present invention. For example, the clasps 3179 at the ends necklace base 3151 could be moved to the ends of display necklace 3173 and removably connected to ring connectors 3134 and 3144 at the ends of necklace base 3151 to form the necklace 3180 or entirely different, mating jewelry connecting devices (other than clasps 3179 and ring connectors 3134 and 3144) could be used.

Referring now to FIG. 3E, a top view of a multi-strand necklace 3190 is depicted and which is formed by removably connecting two supplemental strands 3012 and 3013, each having a pair of clasps or connectors 3112 and 3113, respectively, to necklace 3180. More specifically, clasp pair 3112 is removably connected to ring connector pair 3022 on necklace 3180 and clasp pair 3113 is removably connected to ring connector pair 3023 on necklace 3180.

Multi-strand necklace 3190 is removably assembled in the same manner as described above for the multi-strand necklace 2220 of FIG. 2E, except that necklace 2100 has a fixed display necklace section (i.e. 2108 in FIG. 2B) whereas, in FIG. 3E, necklace 3180 has a replaceable display necklace section 3173 with connector rings 3172 at each end removably coupled to necklace base clasps 3179 of necklace 3180. Also, multi-strand necklace 3190 has only two supplemental strands 3012 and 3013 whereas multi-strand necklace 2220 has three supplemental strands 2202, 2203 and 2204.

As with the multi-strand necklace 2220 depicted in FIG. 2E, the ring connector pairs 3023 and 3022 of FIG. 3E are each spaced similar distances further away from the base clasp joint 3160. Since supplemental strands 3013 and 3012 are of similar length, a consistent distance is maintained between supplemental strands 3012 and 3013 at the front or opposite the base clasp joint 3160; and each supplemental strand 3012 and 3013 as well as necklace 3180 are distinctly and separately presented at the front or opposite base clasp joint 3160 when the multi-stand necklace 3190 is being worn as depicted in FIG. 3E, while they are neatly layered at the back or as they near base clasp joint 3160.

It will be understood that any form of jewelry connecting devices may be used in lieu of clasps 3179 so long as they are is compatible with or mate with whatever jewelry connecting devices that are being used as supplemental strand connectors on necklace 3180 (e.g. ring connector pairs 3022 and 3023 in FIG. 3E).

Referring now to FIG. 4A, a top view of another embodiment of the present invention is depicted. More specifically, a supplemental strand 4401, which is different than the supplemental strand 2201FIG. 2D, is depicted. As will be explained, a plurality of these supplemental strands 4401 can be removably connected together to form a multi-strand necklace.

The supplemental strand 4401 includes two necklace sections 4403 and a display necklace section 4408. At the end of both sides of the supplemental strand 4401, a necklace coupler 4411, such as a clasp, is attached. Both sides of the supplemental strand 4401, have a supplemental strand connector 4402 coupled thereto. In the example depicted in FIG. 4A, the supplemental strand connectors 4402 are jump rings or ring connectors and which also interconnect necklace sections 4403 and display necklace section 4408. Preferably, the length of each supplemental strand 4401 is similar (e.g. 15 inches).

Similar to the necklace strand 2101 of FIG. 2A, the necklace sections 4403 of FIG. 4A are of similar length and can be made of standard necklace material such as gold, silver, platinum, etc. Necklace sections 4403 may be plain, decorative or mixed in style. The display necklace section 4408 can be made of standard necklace material such as gold, silver, platinum, etc. and may be plain, decorative or mixed in style. The display necklace section 4408 may have other jewelry pieces such as pendants securely or removably coupled to it. It will also be appreciated that, display necklace section 4408 may be securely coupled to the strand 4401 or removably coupled to strand 4401 as described above for display necklace section 3173 and providing the user with more necklace options and looks.

Similarly, ring connectors 4402 may be made of any suitable material but are, preferably, of the same material, gold, etc. as the necklace sections 4403. The ring connectors 4402 may be of any shape such as circular, oval, etc. The size of the inner cavity of the ring connector 4402 must be large enough to easily accommodate the ends of two necklace sections 4403 being interconnected and a necklace coupler, such as clasp 4411 or a clasp or other jewelry coupling device from a supplemental necklace strand.

To be consistent with the spacing of the ring connectors 2102 of FIG. 2A, the length of necklace sections 4403 or the spacing of between the ring connectors 4402 and the necklace couplers 4411 is, for example, approximately 1 inch, as opposed to, for example, 0.875 inches (for the spacing between supplemental connectors 2102 of FIG. 2A). The extra distance (between ring couplers 4402 and necklace couplers 4411 is to compensate for the distance of ring couplers 2104 and 2109 of necklace strand 2101 in FIG. 2A, which are not present in the supplemental strand 4401 of FIG. 4A. The length of display necklace section 4408 is then the amount needed, after coupling display necklace section 4408 to the rest of the supplemental strand 4401, to achieve the desired overall length of the supplemental strand (e.g. 15 inches).

Still referring to FIG. 4A, necklace couplers 4411 may made of any suitable material (e.g. gold, etc.) and is preferably made of the same material as necklace sections 4403. It will be understood that any form of jewelry connecting device, such as a clasp, may be used for necklace couplers 4411 so long as they are compatible with or mate with whatever jewelry connecting devices are being used as supplemental strand connectors, (e.g. 4402).

While the embodiment of the supplemental strand 4401 is described above with necklace sections 4403 and a pair of ring connectors 4402 similarly spaced from the ends of the supplemental strand 4401, it will be appreciated that other configurations are available and within the scope of the present invention. For example, the supplemental strand 4401 could be a single, contiguous section or strand of jewelry with a pair of any one of a plurality of different jewelry connection devices coupled or affixed thereto and similarly spaced from the ends to serve as the supplemental strand connectors. As mentioned above, the necklace couplers and the supplemental connectors must mate or otherwise be compatible for forming removable couplings.

Referring now to FIG. 4B, a top view of a necklace 4400 is depicted. A necklace 4400 has been formed from supplemental strand 4401 by removably coupling together the supplemental strand couplers (4411) at the ends of a supplemental strand 4401 and creating a necklace connection joint 4410. As a will be described below, necklace 4400 can be used as the base necklace for a multi-strand necklace.

The ring connectors 4402, which interconnect necklace sections 4403 with display necklace section 4408, are both located a similar distance or spacing (e.g. 1 inch) from the necklace connection joint 4410.

Referring now to FIG. 4C, a spread top view of a multi-strand necklace 4470 is formed by removably coupling two additional supplemental strands 4501 and 4601 to necklace 4400 and each other. A spread view is meant to depict how the multi-strand necklace 470 would appear if laid flat on a table top, for example, as opposed to being worn around the neck of a user.

To form the multi-strand necklace 4470, the supplemental necklace couplers or clasps 4511 of a first supplemental necklace strand 4501 are removably connected to the ring connectors 4402 of necklace 4400. Additionally, the necklace couplers or clasps 4611 of a second supplemental necklace strand 4601 are removably connected to the ring connectors 4502 of the first supplemental strand 4501.

In multi-stand necklace 4470, the spacing or distance, from the necklace connection joint 4410 to the ring connectors in each pair of ring connectors 4402, 4502 and 4602 is similar (e.g. 1 inch, 2 inches and 3 inches, respectively). This will create the consistent spacing desired between the supplemental strands at the bottom (or opposite end from the necklace connection joint 4410, particularly, when being worn.

Still referring to FIG. 4C, it will be appreciated that fewer or more than the 2 additional supplemental strands 4501 and 4601, as depicted in FIG. 4C, may used with the multi-strand necklace 4470. As a practical matter, the aesthetics of the presentation will normally determine the most additional supplemental strands a user may want to use. As an example, once the couplings of necklace couplers (e.g. 4411) to supplemental connectors (e.g. 4402) becomes visible at the front of a wearer or user, most users will not want to add additional supplemental strands. In the present example, where the distance or spacing of the ring connectors 4402 from the clasps 4411 is approximately 1 inch, two or three additional supplemental strands 4401, in addition to necklace 4400, will probably be the most users will want to add for aesthetic reasons. Of course, if a different spacing or distance of the ring connectors 4402 from the clasps 4411 is used, these practical or aesthetic limitations would change.

Referring now to FIG. 4D, a top view of the multi-strand necklace 4470 of FIG. 4C being worn is depicted. The principal difference in appearance of the multi-strand necklace 4470 in the worn view of FIG. 4D over the spread view of multi-strand necklace 4470 in FIG. 4C, is that, at the top or near the necklace connection joint 4410, necklace 4400 and supplemental strands 4501 and 4601 have a more aesthetically pleasing layered effect as opposed to a spread effect while the consistent spacing between them at the bottom is maintained by gravity.

It will be appreciated that, in addition to supplemental strands 2201, supplemental strands 4401 may also be used, with either necklace 2100 or necklace 3180 as the multi-strand necklace base, to form a multi-strand necklace as described below. As an example, and referring now to FIG. 4E, a top view of a multi-strand necklace 4480 is depicted. Multi-strand necklace 4480 has been formed by unlatching the clasps or couplers 4411 of necklace connection joint 4410 of the multi-strand necklace 4470 (of FIGS. 4C and 4D) and connecting these necklace couplers 4411 to ring connectors 2102 and 2109 of necklace 2100. This forms a new multi-strand necklace 4480 with an additional necklace strand 2101 included.

It will be appreciated and understood that the necklace couplers 4511 of supplemental strand 4501 could be removably coupled to ring connectors 2024 with same effect as being removably coupled to ring connectors 4402 on supplemental strand 4401 (as depicted ion FIG. 4E) because ring connectors 2024 are the same or similar distance from the necklace connection joint 2110 as ring connectors 4502. Similarly, the necklace couplers 4611 of supplemental strand 4601 could be removably coupled to ring connectors 2023 with same effect as being removably coupled to ring connectors 4502 on supplemental strand 4501 because ring connectors 2023 are the same or similar distance from the necklace connection joint 2110 as ring connectors 4502.

It will be understood that, within the scope of the present invention, any form of jewelry connecting devices may be used in lieu of clasps and ring connectors as described above for the necklace strands and supplemental strands so long as they are compatible with or mate with the corresponding jewelry devices they are intended to be removably coupled to or with.

It will be further appreciated and understood that, within the scope of the present invention, the necklace and supplemental strands referred to above may be worn as separate necklaces.

It will be still further appreciated and understood that, the present invention will accommodate different numbers of supplemental strands and allows the user/wearer flexibility in the amount of choices of necklace jewelry pieces and presentations.

It will be further appreciated and understood that, although the present invention has been described above primarily with respect to necklaces and multi-strand necklaces, it is applicable to other jewelry pieces having strands such as, for example, bracelets and multi-strand bracelets.

It is, therefore, intended by the appended claims to cover any and all such applications, modifications, and embodiments within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A jewelry piece for removably connecting with one or more supplemental jewelry strands to form a multi-strand jewelry piece, the jewelry piece comprising: a jewelry piece strand having a first side with an end and a second side with an end;one or more supplemental strand connectors coupled to the first side of the jewelry strand and coupled to the second side of the jewelry strand; anda jewelry coupler at the end of one or both sides of the jewelry piece strand for removable coupling of the first side of the jewelry piece strand to the second side of the jewelry piece strand thereby creating a jewelry piece connection joint and forming a jewelry piece such that the distances between the jewelry piece connection joint and the supplemental strand connectors coupled to the second side of the jewelry piece strand are similar to the distances between the jewelry piece connection joint and the supplemental strand connectors coupled to the first side of the jewelry piece strand.

2. The jewelry piece of claim 1 having one or more supplemental strands, each such supplemental strand comprising: a first side having a jewelry coupler at the end thereof and a second side having a jewelry coupler at the end thereof;a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the supplemental strand and displaced a distance from the end of the first side of the supplemental strand; anda supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the supplemental strand and displaced a similar distance from the end of the second side of the supplemental strand as the first supplemental strand connector is displaced from the end of the first side of the supplemental strand.

3. The jewelry piece of claim 2 wherein the supplemental strands are of similar length.

4. The jewelry piece of claim 2 having a first supplemental strand wherein the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of such first supplemental strand is removably connected to a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the jewelry piece strand a distance from the jewelry piece connection joint, and the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of such first supplemental strand is removably connected to a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the jewelry piece strand a similar distance from the jewelry piece connection joint as the supplement strand connector to which the jewelry coupler on the first side of such first supplemental strand is connected, and forming a multi-strand jewelry piece.

5. The jewelry piece of claim 4 having a second supplemental strand wherein the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of such second supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the first supplemental strand, and the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of such second supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the first supplemental strand, and forming a multi-strand jewelry piece.

6. The jewelry piece of claim 2 wherein the jewelry piece strand and the supplemental strands are comprised of a plurality of jewelry sections and wherein the supplemental strand connectors are ring connectors which are removably connectable to a supplemental strand coupler and which interconnect jewelry sections of the jewelry piece strand and jewelry sections of the supplemental strands.

7. The jewelry piece of claim 2 wherein jewelry couplers are clasps.

8. The jewelry piece of claim 1 further comprising: a plurality of supplemental strand connectors coupled to the first and second sides of the jewelry piece strand.

9. The jewelry piece of claim 8 wherein the supplemental strand connectors of the jewelry piece strand are ring connectors, the jewelry piece further comprising: a plurality of jewelry piece sections interconnected by the ring connectors to form the jewelry piece strand;a ring connector coupled to the end of the first side of the jewelry piece strand;the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of the jewelry piece strand is a clasp; andwherein the clasp at the end of the second side of the jewelry piece strand is removably coupled to a ring connector coupled to first side of the jewelry piece strand creating the jewelry piece connection joint and forming the jewelry piece.

10. The jewelry piece of claim 9 wherein the length of the jewelry piece may be adjusted by selecting different ring connectors on the first side of the jewelry piece strand for removable coupling with the clasp.

11. The jewelry piece of claim 8 further comprising: one or more supplemental strands, each such supplemental strand having a first side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof and a second side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof; andwherein a multi-strand jewelry piece is formed by removably coupling the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of each supplemental strand to a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the jewelry piece strand and removably coupling the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of such supplemental strand to a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the jewelry piece strand similarly spaced from the jewelry piece connection joint as the supplemental strand connector on the first side of the necklace strand removably coupled to the supplemental strand coupler at the end of the first side of such supplemental strand.

12. The jewelry piece of claim 11 wherein the supplemental strand couplers are clasps.

13. The jewelry piece of claim 8 further comprising: one or more supplemental strands, each such supplemental strand having a first side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof and a second side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof, and each supplemental strand having a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the supplemental strand a distance from the end of the first side of the supplemental strand, and a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the supplemental strand a similar distance from the end of the second side of the supplemental strand as the first supplemental strand connector is coupled from the end of the first side of the supplemental strand; andwherein a multi-strand jewelry piece is formed by removably coupling the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of each such one or more supplemental strands to a supplemental strand connector located on the first side of the jewelry piece strand and removably coupling the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of each such one or more supplemental strands to a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the jewelry piece strand and wherein supplemental strand connectors, removably coupled to the jewelry couplers at the ends of the first and second sides of each such supplemental strand, are coupled to the jewelry piece strand a similar distance from the jewelry piece connection joint.

14. A multi-strand jewelry piece comprising: a base strand having a first side with a supplemental strand jewelry coupler at the end thereof, a second side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof, a supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the base strand a distance from the end of the first side of the base strand, and having a supplemental necklace connector coupled to the second side of the base strand a distance from the end of the second side of the base strand similar to the distance for the supplemental connector coupled to the first side of base strand from the end of the first side of such base strand;one or more supplemental strands, each such supplemental strand having a first side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof, a second side with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof, asupplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the supplemental strand a distance from the end of the first side of the supplemental strand, and having a supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the supplemental strand a distance from the end of the second side of the supplemental strand similar to the distance for the supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of supplemental strand from the end of the first side of such supplemental strand;wherein the jewelry couplers of the base strand are removably connected to the opposite sides of the base strand to form a base jewelry piece; andwherein the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of a first supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the base strand and the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of such first supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the base strand thereby forming a multi-strand jewelry piece.

15. The multi-strand jewelry piece of claim 14 having a second supplemental strand wherein the jewelry coupler at the end of the first side of the second supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the first side of the first supplemental strand and the jewelry coupler at the end of the second side of the second supplemental strand is removably connected to the supplemental strand connector coupled to the second side of the first supplemental strand thereby forming a multi-strand jewelry piece.

16. The multi-strand jewelry piece of claim 14 wherein the base strand and the supplemental strands are comprised of a plurality of jewelry sections and wherein the supplemental strand connectors are ring connectors which can be removably connected to a supplemental strand coupler and which interconnect necklace sections of the base strand and necklace sections of the supplemental strands and wherein the jewelry couplers are clasps.

17. A jewelry piece for removable connection with one or more supplemental strands to form a multi-strand jewelry piece, the jewelry piece comprising: a jewelry piece strand having a first side with an end and a second side with an end;a plurality of supplemental strand connectors coupled to the first and second sides of the jewelry piece strand; anda jewelry coupler connected to the end of one or both sides of the jewelry piece strand for removable coupling of the first side of the jewelry piece strand to the second side of the jewelry piece strand thereby creating a jewelry piece connection joint and forming the jewelry piece.

18. The jewelry piece of claim 17 wherein the supplemental strand connectors coupled to the jewelry piece strand are ring connectors similarly spaced from the ends of the first and second sides of the necklace strand, the jewelry piece further comprising: a plurality of jewelry sections interconnected by the ring connectors to form the jewelry piece necklace strand;a ring connector coupled to the end of the first side of the jewelry piece strand; andwherein the jewelry coupler is removably coupled to a ring connector in first side of the jewelry piece strand creating the jewelry piece connection joint and forming the jewelry piece.

19. The jewelry piece of claim 18 further comprising: one or more supplemental strands, each such supplemental strand having a first end with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof and a second end with a jewelry coupler at the end thereof; andwherein the jewelry coupler at the first end of each supplemental strand is removably coupled to a ring connector in the first side of the jewelry piece strand and the jewelry coupler at the second end of such supplemental strand is removably coupled to a ring connector in the second side of the jewelry piece strand similarly spaced from the necklace connection joint as the ring connector in the first side of the jewelry piece strand removably coupled to the first end of such supplemental strand, and thereby forming a multi-strand jewelry piece.

20. The jewelry piece of claim 17 wherein the jewelry piece strand is further comprised of: a first side having a plurality of supplemental strand connectors coupled thereto and having a first end and a second end, the first end having a display jewelry section connector coupled thereto;a second side having a plurality of supplemental strand connectors coupled thereto and having a first end and a second end, the first end having a display jewelry section connector coupled thereto and the second end having the jewelry coupler connected thereto; anda display necklace section removably coupled to the display jewelry section connectors at the first ends of the first and second sides of the jewelry piece strand.