Mikhail T Buryakov

US Patent:

20040020243, Feb 5, 2004

Filed:

Jun 6, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/456188

Inventors:

William Molino - Valley Cottage NY, US
Igor Dranovsky - New City NY, US
Mikhail Buryakov - New City NY, US

International Classification:

A44C017/02

US Classification:

063/031000

Abstract:

A pendant necklace having a chain having a first end and a second end, a pendant member having a first end and a second end, the pendant member having at least three pendant elements pivotally connected to each other by hinges that permit adjacent elements to pivot about each other in a plane. A pivot stop is associated with each hinge. The first end of the chain is attached to the first end of the pendant member and the second end of the chain is attached to the second end of the pendant member. An attachment means is provided for releasably attaching the first end of the pendant member to the second end of the pendant member. When the first end of the pendant member is attached to the second end of the pendant member, the pendant has a first closed configuration that hangs from the ends of the chain member, e.g., a Star of David, heart or cross. When the first end of the pendant member is released from the second end of the pendant member, adjacent pendant elements pivot about each other in the plane to form a pendant having a second open configuration that hangs from the ends of the chain member. The pendant elements are prevented from pivoting about each other to a predetermined angle by the pivot stops to thereby prevent the first end of the pendant member from contacting the second end of the pendant member to prevent the second open configuration from closing.