Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331197 | Decorative earring sleeve A decorative earring sleeve is disclosed, the decorative earring sleeve for slidable engagement with an earring of the type having an elongated, curved loop for insertion into a person's pierced ear. The decorative earring sleeve includes a plurality of decorative s... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7296438 | Stone mount and clasp for jewelry A bezel having a lumen open to the top and bottom and a recessed center section is used both to mount a stone to a piece of jewelry and to function as a clasp for the jewelry. The recessed center section of the jewelry can be coupled to a hook to secure the jewelry ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7225639 | Expandable ring design and method for making same An expandable jewelry ring. The ring has a split circular spring made of springy metal and having first and second ends separated by a gap. A tongue portion extends from the first end of the spring and into the gap. A mounting is made of metal and has a generally sp... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210313 | Release mechanism for a bangle A bangle includes first and second bangle members, each having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the first bangle member is pivotally connected to the distal end of the second bangle member to permit relative movement between the first and second ba... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7043939 | Band-like ring An adjustable band ring includes a band formed by threading a thread through a thread hole provided on each of individual jewel or precious metal beads, a chain-like band formed by joining individual sub-chains made of precious metals, or a ring band formed by joini... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7007508 | Twisted necklace/bracelet A twisted tennis bracelet or necklace is provided comprising individual elements which have male and female components, the male and female components being angularly offset with respect to each other along a longitudinal axis therethrough such that a jewelry articl... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6989127 | Health ornament containing titanium powder and method for manufacturing thereof Manufacture health ornaments such as necklaces, bracelets and wristbands that provide sufficient health-promoting function and effective therapeutic action for a long time, by burning a gaseous mixture of oxygen and hydrogen in high-pressure water, using the resulta... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6772580 | Decorative, diamond-cut jewelry surface Jewelry pieces, for example, earrings, pendants, rings and the like, made of metal such as gold or silver and the like, with special surface texturing to improve and enhance the light-reflecting characteristics of the jewelry. The surface texturing is formed by form... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6758061 | Nipple hugger jewelry system A wire is fabricated of a semi-rigid material. The wire may be bent by a user. At least three primary sections are formed. A nipple reception circle is located between the primary sections. The circle has a center. Each primary section extends radially outwardly fro... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6412303 | Article of jewelry having an elastic member An article of jewelry includes a plurality of settings coupled to each other by slidable links and an elastic member threaded through the settings extending substantially parallel to the links in a "string". The settings may include stones or any other de... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6250107 | Expandable chain construction An expandable chain construction comprises first and second chain lengths of a monofilament such as nylon fishing line. Each chain length is formed into a series of spaced loops, the loops of the two lengths being of opposite senses. Each loop of each len... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6247334 | Closure for tattoo-like fashion accessory A fastening closure arrangement is provided for securing loose ends of the elements forming a tattoo-like fashion accessory formed of plastic monofilament line. The accessory article is formed in an artistic pattern of interconnected loops, with a closed ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6227006 | Wear-resistant bracelet The links (8) forming the bracelet (6) are articulated one after the other via cylindrical bars (9), these bars and links being held together by a flexible tie (10). The link (8) is made of a mineral material whose hardness is equal to or greater than 7.5... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6094939 | Jewelry item A jewelry item includes a plurality of components mounted in an end-to-end relationship on and along an annular, elastic support. Each component has two, generally planar end walls and an aperture for receiving the support and extending between the end wa... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5816072 | Jewelry with links and visible substrate A novel piece of jewelry providing a substrate to which one or more link elements may be affixed. The substrate is formed essentially entirely of a non-gold metal that is ductile and sufficiently elastic so that after being formed into a particular shape ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5779113 | Watch holder system The present invention relates to a watch holder system, which is worn on the back side of a hand, comprising a casing, an elastic cord, and a buckle. The casing is provided with two holes passing through from the front end to the back end and accommodatin... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5630329 | Wristwatch bracelet and process for the production thereof A wristwatch bracelet segment includes a core and decorative elements mounted thereon in longitudinally spaced relationship. The core comprises first and second flexible core elements. The first core element is elastically stretchable and includes longitu... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5627607 | Spectacles with movable gems In a pair of spectacles comprising a spectacle frame and side-pieces laterally articulated to the frame, it is provided that a recess having a cover that is transparent at least outwardly is provided on the frame and/or at least one side-piece, movable de... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5491984 | Ring shaped member for hand wear This invention concerns a ring shaped member for hand wear on a hand of a person which comprises an inner ring shaped section and an upper ring shaped section, the inner ring section having an inwardly bulged ring shaped area bulged in a direction towards... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5193365 | Penalty device for criminal offenders As an alernative to incarceration or supervised parole/probation, and following the burgeoning home detention philsophy, the penalty device would provide a humane, relatively inexpensive, court directed, rehabilitative/monitoring measure for non-violent c... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5176452 | Self-closing bag A self-closing bag is disclosed as having front and rear sidewalls which are interconnected at their side edges and top and bottom. A spring strip holder in the form of a longitudinal slot extends from near a top edge to near a bottom edge of the bag on a... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5074127 | Highly flexible jewelry band material A highly flexible jewelry band material (100) comprising a plurality of interlocked helical members (134-148) with articulated surfaces (152,154) is disclosed.... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5054299 | Jewelry, without fasteners, formed by the wearer by bending from a planar configuration into circular and/or other configurations to be worn as a necklace, bracelet, belt, etc, and reformed many times to serve as the same or other jewelry Jewelry, having no fasteners, is made initially in a planar form of a molded rubber or a molded rubber-like plastic material, having, essentially throughout a central portion thereof, bendable metal. This bendable metal is preferably composed of one or mo... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4936699 | Toy accessories A toy accessory has a plastic accessory base having plural engaging parts. At least two different ornamental parts made of a composition for writing which contains a polyolefin are attached to the base. The ornamental parts are simultaneously detachably e... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4733544 | Ornamental jewelry member A jewelry member comprises an elongated, resiliently flexible coil spring element, a jewelry post on one end of the coil spring element and a jewelry clutch on the other end of the coil spring element. The jewelry member can be worn as a pierced earring b... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4724548 | Hugging novelty device An inexpensive novelty device for simulating a hug having a coiled flexible strip that is normally resistant to uncoiling with animated appendages attached to each end. A pair of tabs formed at the ends of the strip co-operatively associated with a notch ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4357694 | Thermally responsive bimetallic jewelry Thermally expansive jewelry as bracelets, rings, wristwatch bands and the like are characterized by formation of the entirety or a component part thereof of an arcuate length of bimetallic strip, thereby to increase and decrease the effective diameter or ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4197720 | Two-part band structure with interengageable ends A pair of readily separable and conjoinable band or bracelet members, provided with complementary integrally formed end fittings, snap together to form a unitary bracelet. At least one of the band members is reversible with respect to the other member. Th... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4195492 | Safety earrings for pierced ears A post to extend through the pierced hole in an ear lobe. One end of the post has a stop that is positioned against one surface of the ear lobe. The opposite end of the post has a small male snap connector portion. A smooth and flat back with a small fema... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4087989 | Bracelet A wrist encircling one-piece discontinuous flexible bracelet has a recessed outside surface protected by an upstanding ridge on each edge and a thin flexible decorative cover which fits between the upstanding ridges around the bracelet with the cover atta... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4060185 | Band for wrist-watch In a band for a wrist-watch comprising a thin elastic metal plate with a resilient material being backed up integrally therewith, a band for a wrist watch, in which it is free in bending along the arm without feeling any resistance when it is attached abo... | 11/29/1977 |
