Jewelry item comprising a three-dimensional mesh for supporting decorative elements

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11540601-B2
Application number	US-201917253850-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2019
Priority date	Jul 4, 2018
Publication date	Jan 3, 2023
Grant date	Jan 3, 2023

Abstract

The invention relates to a jewelry item ( 10 ) comprising:—at least one cable ( 12 ) arranged to form a support mesh ( 14 ),—a plurality of decorative elements ( 16 ) threaded on said at least one cable ( 12 ) and shaped to structure the support mesh ( 14 ) according to a predetermined three-dimensional profile. The invention also relates to a jewelry assembly comprising at least two jewelry items ( 10 ) according to any one of the preceding claims and means for securing the support meshes together.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A jewelry item comprising:
at least one cable arranged so as to form a support mesh,
a plurality of decorative elements threaded onto said at least one cable and shaped so as to structure the support mesh with a predetermined three-dimensional profile wherein at least some of the decorative elements comprise a fastener that fastens that decorative element to said at least one cable onto which it is threaded.

2. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said at least one cable comprises at least two segments extending in two distinct directions so as to form at least one crossing of segments, at least one of the decorative elements being threaded onto each of said at least two segments at said at least one crossing of segments.

3. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 2 , comprising a first plurality of cables extending in a first direction and a second plurality of cables extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction so as to form the support mesh, a plurality of crossings of segments being formed between the first and second pluralities of cables, each decorative element being jointly threaded onto a first cable of the first plurality of cables and onto a second cable of the second plurality of cables, at a crossing of segments.

4. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each decorative element comprises at least two ducts for the passage of a cable through said decorative element, each passage duct extending in a direction that is transverse relative to the other so as to form a crossing of segments inside the decorative element.

5. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each decorative element comprises a fastener.

6. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 5 , wherein each decorative element comprises at least two ducts for the passage of a cable through said decorative element, each passage duct extending in a direction that is transverse relative to the other so as to form a crossing of segments inside the decorative element, wherein said at least two passage ducts are formed in a single plane so as to form an intersection, a compression screw being configured to compress, at said intersection, at least two segments each extending in one of said passage ducts.

7. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each decorative element of a portion of the plurality of decorative elements comprises a fastener so that only some of the decorative elements of the jewelry item comprise a fastener.

8. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the portion of the plurality of decorative elements is equal to or greater than 50% of the plurality of decorative elements.

9. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each decorative element comprises at least two ducts for the passage of a cable through said decorative element, each passage duct extending in a direction that is transverse relative to the other so as to form a crossing of segments inside the decorative element, wherein the fastener comprises a compression screw that extends transverse to said at least two passage ducts and is configured to compress at least one segment disposed inside one of said passage ducts against the decorative element.

10. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least two decorative elements that are adjacent along a segment are in contact with one another.

11. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least two decorative elements that are adjacent along a segment are arranged so as to maintain a predetermined clearance between said at least two decorative elements.

12. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least two adjacent segments converge toward one another in a convergence direction, peripheral dimensions of the decorative elements being selectively chosen so as to decrease along said at least two segments in the convergence direction.

13. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the predetermined three-dimensional profile is a sphere portion.

14. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each decorative element comprises a decorative face, and wherein the three-dimensional profile is at least one portion of an external envelope of a volume, each decorative element being threaded onto said at least one cable such that the decorative face is oriented toward the outside of the external envelope portion of the volume.

15. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional profile is at least one portion of an external envelope of a volume, forming a hollow space inside the external envelope portion.

16. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 15 , wherein an arrangement of the support mesh is configured to allow elastic deformation of a portion of the support mesh under action of a predetermined force, thus deforming the three-dimensional profile, and return of said portion when the predetermined force is no longer applied to said portion such that the three-dimensional profile is reformed.

17. A jewelry assembly comprising at least two jewelry items as claimed in claim 1 and means for securing the support meshes to one another.

18. A jewelry item comprising:
at least one cable arranged so as to form a support mesh,
a plurality of decorative elements threaded onto said at least one cable and shaped so as to structure the support mesh with a predetermined three-dimensional profile,
wherein each decorative element comprises means for fastening the decorative element to said at least one cable onto which it is threaded.

19. A jewelry item comprising:
at least one cable arranged so as to form a support mesh,
a plurality of decorative elements threaded onto said at least one cable and shaped so as to structure the support mesh with a predetermined three-dimensional profile,
wherein each decorative element of a portion of the plurality of decorative elements comprises means for fastening the decorative element to said at least one cable onto which it is threaded, so that only some of the decorative elements of the jewelry item comprise fastening means.

20. The jewelry item as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the portion of the plurality of decorative elements is equal to or greater than 50% of the plurality of decorative elements.

Assignees

• Cartier Int Ag

Inventors

• Bernard Philippe
• Provent Ludovic
• Guillotin Aline

Classifications

• A44C17/02

  Settings for holding gems {or the like, e.g. for ornaments or decorations} · CPC title

• A44C17/046 Primary

  Setting gems in a plurality of non coplanar table top planes · CPC title