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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4186425 | Illuminated jewelry A piece of jewelry which comprises an elongated length of fiberoptic material, prewound into a multilooped coil and cut at one radial point, each open end of the loop being clamped to a shell containing a source of illumination in such manner that the cut... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4184344 | Mood-indicating jewelry with changeable display A piece of jewelry for indicating mood and usable as a pendant or the like in the form of a miniature traffic light having three apertures of substantially the same size spaced in vertical alignment with one another and having a cylindrical inner surface.... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4173035 | Tape strip for effecting moving light display A flexible lighting strip including a circuit of modular construction formed thereon, light emitting diodes connected to said circuit, and the circuit being connectable to control circuitry which provides selected energization to said circuit and the ligh... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4170036 | Article of jewelry with flashing diode An article of jewelry consists of first and second lengths of electrically conductive wire with a light emitting diode connected across a first set of the free ends of the wire lengths. A restraining diode is connected across the lengths of wire in close ... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4161018 | Lighted ornamental devices There are disclosed herein various forms of ornamental devices such as jewelry and the like, including a plurality of light sources, the light sources being illuminated in a random or substantially random fashion. An exemplary belt buckle is illustrated, ... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4101955 | Ornamental article with illuminated display An illuminated display is presented on an ornamental article through a lens carried by the article. The article has a case in which the lens is mounted which contains a miniature incandescent lamp adjacent to the lens providing the light for illuminating ... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4096552 | Electric jewels A new article of jewelry such as a pendant with a necklace for being worn around a person's neck, the pendant including an ornamental case containing a dry cell battery and switch in circuit with one or more incandescent lamps each with its own blinker ci... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4093973 | Illuminated costume jewelry An ornamental finger ring consists of a transparent cylindrical body having a colored liquid center, an incandescent light, a battery and a switch for causing illumination of the ring.... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4076976 | Flash assembly for clothing-supported jewelry An assembly for causing a piece of jewelry to emit a flashing light in which a miniature circuit board has a pair of sockets presenting spaced pin-receiving openings. Cooperating with the openings is a jewelry mounting plate having a light-emitting diode ... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4061910 | Luminescent jewelry This invention provides an article of chemiluminescent jewelry, preferably having provision for separately releasably sealed compartments containing chemiluminescent components or replacement means for replaceably providing a chemiluminescent material.... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4035630 | Article of jewelry A decorative article for wearing on the clothing and having light emitting diodes thereon, which alternately flash on and off. A button with a decorative design on its face has two or more light emitting diodes mounted for display on the forward face of t... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4012629 | Flashlight ring A flashlight ring includes a hollow toroidal finger encircling member formed in four sectors. A front sector carries a lamp socket while a rear sector carries a switch. Left and right side sectors are hinged to the rear sector for swinging movement to all... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4009381 | Illuminated fiber optic jewelry An article of illuminated jewelry has a substantially planar, radial array of fiber optic filaments organized around a common light source and secured at an end proximate the light source by an annular plastic matrix. In a preferred form, the matrix is an... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3984674 | Illuminated decorative items Apparatus for producing a variable illuminated display suitable for incorporation in articles of personal jewelry. The apparatus includes a switch device responsive to movements of an individual wearing the jewelry article for electrically energizing smal... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3968357 | Illuminated earring which is switched on by securement to the ear A multi-facetted translucent ball surrounds a lamp which is suspended from an earring clip by a flexible tubular metal shaft which has a wire running there through. The earring clip is U-shaped and has a pair of opposed legs which are spread resiliently a... | 07/06/1976 |
