The Phillips-head shape has been available since the nineteen thirties and defined by U.S. Pat. No. 2,046,343, H. F. Phillips filed 3, 1934. Therefore, this Phillips Ring is a tribute to that patent as being an important technological advance.
Reference is made to a first embodiment of the present invention and is illustrated in
This jewelry product is comprised of an annular copper ring (10) having a receiving passage through-hole (11) to be engaged with the user. The annular copper ring shank (12) includes a through-bore (13) extending from an outer circumferential surface to an inner circumferential surface in
a radial direction of the copper ring, i.e., the radial direction is the direction along a radial line extending from the center of the passage through-hole (11). The annular copper ring shank (12) has a flattened area on the outer circumferential surface to facilitate engagement with an inner surface of the head (14) of an ornament, which is a Phillips head screw. The ornament includes a threaded shaft Application/Control extending from the inner surface of the head (14). The threaded shaft engages the through-bore (13) and terminates at a flanged end to make a secured connection between the screw and the inner circumferential surface of the ring shank. The flanged end (at 13 in
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1465682 | Pollack | Aug 1923 | A |
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20190254392 A1 | Aug 2019 | US |