US1638743A - Pendant ornament - Google Patents

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Aug. 9,1927. .v 1,638,743 G W. PETERSON ET AL PENDANT ORNAMENT Filed Dec. 22, 1925' WITNESSES INVENTORS Patented ug. 9, 1927. a

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i The device f he re en inv a n i the nature of aflpen ant ornament adapted.

to be worn on a-chain'suspendedaroundathe neck, to be used as swatch fob, jorto'b'e used as a pendant decoration for. Purpose- An object of the-"invention i's-to provid a pendant ornament of this c a a er may be unfolded and displayed-in the form of across, or which inaybefolded into the shape of a: cube, andfwhich, in either folded or unfoldedposition, will serve as an attractive ornament. A further object of the invention to provide a device of this character which will be of extremely simple and practical construction, which will be neat and attrac, tive in appearance, rugged and durable in use, which canbe manufactured with comparative economy, and wh ch includes means for holding the same snugly and securely in folded position. V

7 With the above noted and other objects in I View, the invention consists in certain novel features 'ofconstruction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims. The invention may be more 'fully understood from the following de scription in connection with the accompany mg drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying the invention, showing the same nected sections, each of quadrilateral, pyramidal shape and so proportioned that when they are folded one upon the other,-

they will form a cube. I In the drawings wehaveused the refer ence character 10 to designate the main or central section of the cross. Each side edge of the section 10 is connected by hinges 11 to similar sections 12, 13, 14 and. 15. respectively. It will be noted that eachsection is.

of quadrilateral pyramidalv form with the side faces thereof rising from the base at an angle of 15 so that the pyramids will be exactly one half as high as they are wide. I Hinged to the edge of section 15 by hinges se-letien a-beve'described;

By virtue of the shapeand arrangement Qf-the' py-ramildalnsections, it will be evident hat th y mayb folded ne p th o her -14? isa sixth ection similar inshape'to the J j ts? term solid ub wln foldi g, t c-f tiei s 1 2, 1 ant-. 15 ar era s u g inwardly on ei hinge unt l theyngag th ent al sec ien .1 Sec ien 1.6 is" hen .swunggin- Warclly until it engages with the sections 12, 14' and 15. Section 13 carriesmeansfor I looking the other sections against unfolding and is swung into position last. -Se-' curedto the rear fiat face of the section 13 1s a strap '17 terminating at its ends in spring fingers 18 adapted to overlie the edges I of the sections 12 and 14, and'retain the I latter against unfolding movement; "Integral with-the strap 18 is an arm 19 disposed at" right anglesto the strapand terminate}: 1 7 ing at its end in a spring finger 20 adapted," v to overlie the fiat face of. the section 16;

Preferably the finger 2O i i formed with a E0 1 depression 21 adapted to snap over a tit 22 on the rear face of the section 16.:

The strap 18may carry an eye. 23 for reception of a watch chain or anyyother appropriate type of fiexiblesupporting device,-

this eye serving as a hanger for the orna ment regardless of Whether the same is 111".

folded or unfolded position.

Various changes and alterations'might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described, without departing from the invention. Hence wedo not wish to w limit ourselves to the details set forth, but

shall consider ourselves at liberty to make such changesand alterations as fairly fall" Within .the spirit and scope of the appended claims. 1 W h We claiinz dal section's, four of said sectionsjbeing hingedly connected to the side edges of a fifth 1. A pendant ornament of the class described including six quadrilateral pyrami-fl loo section, the sixth section being 'hingedly. connected tothe outer edge of one of theffour sections abovementioned, said four sections. being adapted for folding over lnto engage-1 ment with the fifth section, and the sixth section beingadapted for folding over intoten- 1 gagement with the four sections, and, means i for lockingall' of said sect-ions against un-.

folding including three spring fingers rigidly carried by the backofQne of thefourj sections, said fingers snapping over two others of said foursections-end the sixth 'sect-ionff V f 2. pendant scribed including a regularquadrilatei al pyornament of the class deraInid-al section 10; one height equa l to l: one-half thelength of an edge of its base, , simi1ar'sections 12, 18, 14, 15 hingedly connected zit-their ed esto then-four side edges 3 of section ,lO, mi'othen siiniiar section 16' hingedly connected to the outerledge of sec- 7 tio n 15', all of said sectionsbeingiolda ble one upon the other to form a solidcu'be; and spring fingers rigidly carried by the section 13;;f0r locking" $11 of said sections H against movement; said fingers including'fini fiers l8 embracing the sections 12 and l ii and a finger 20*eng2iging the section 16. I

3. A' pendant ornament of theclass det scribed incl'uding siX quadrilateral pyrarni hingedly connected to the side edges of'a engagementwith the fi'fth section, and the of one of said four sections, and right angularly disposed springfingers at the three ex treinities ofthe T-shapedmeinber adapted to snap over tWo other-sot said four sections end the sixth section; 1 I GUST W. PETERSON.

BERT T. WALLS.

delsections, four of said sections being

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