JP2017148123A - Accessory for ear - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide accessories for ears having both durability and decorativeness, capable of simplifying a production process.SOLUTION: An accessory for an ear to be attached to the ear includes a bearing member 1 and a holding member 2. The bearing member 1 has a curved shape along the periphery of the ear E, and the holding member 2 is attached slidably along the bearing member 1, and a spot having a contact with the ear E is formed as a spherical surface.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to ear accessories represented by earrings and earrings.

  Earrings and earrings are widely known as accessories worn on the ear. The general structure of the ear accessory is an open / close section that can be opened and closed from one member that covers the outer periphery of the earlobe and the other member that is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the one member and fixes ornaments such as jewelry. Is configured.

JP 2004-97531 A

  The ear accessory as described above has a structure in which the earlobe is sandwiched by the opening and closing part, and when the force to be sandwiched is weakened due to deterioration of the spring or the like, the earlobe tends to come off from the earlobe. It was. Furthermore, when the force to pinch at the opening / closing part is set with emphasis on the difficulty of coming off the ear, the adjustment of the spring is very difficult because pain and discomfort are felt when the ear accessory is worn.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an ear accessory that has a good wearing feeling on the ear and that is not easily detached even after long-term use.

  The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is an ear accessory to be attached to an ear, and includes a support member and a holding member, and the support member has a curved shape along the outer periphery of the ear. The holding member is slidably attached along the support member, and a portion that contacts the ear is formed on a spherical surface.

  The invention according to claim 2 of the present invention is characterized in that the intermediate portion of the support member is bent toward the ear.

  The invention according to claim 3 of the present invention is characterized in that the holding member has an elastic body inside and presses and positions the outer peripheral portion of the support member.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the support member is provided with a guide portion, and the holding member is slidably attached along the guide portion.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the portion where the holding member hits the ear is formed in a spherical surface, the holding member slides along the supporting member, and the ear gradually becomes like a wedge. Although pressed and held, the spherical surface of the holding member hits the ear and is not painful.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the intermediate portion of the support member is bent toward the ear, the holding member is slid to be positioned at the bent portion in the intermediate portion of the support member. The holding member is preferentially positioned in the soft part of the earlobe. Thereby, since a support member will be in the state which does not touch an ear as much as possible, a feeling of mounting | wearing when the ornament for ears is attached to the ear improves.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the elastic member of the holding member is elastically restored and presses the support member, the holding member can be positioned at any sliding position.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the holding member is stably slid along the groove by attaching the holding member to the groove provided along the longitudinal direction of the support member. Thereby, a holding member presses the predetermined position of an earlobe correctly, and the attachment condition of the ear accessory is stabilized.

It is a front view on the basis of the time of wearing which shows the jewelry for ears by this implementation. (A) is a side view seen from the outside of the ear, and (b) is a side view seen from the inside of the ear. (A) which shows the support member which comprises the jewelry for ears by this implementation is a front view, (b) (c) is a front view which shows the construction procedure when attaching a holding member. (A) which shows the holding member which comprises the jewelry for ears by this implementation is a side view, (b) is the sectional view on the AA line of (a). (A)-(c) is a front view which shows the procedure when mounting | wearing the ear accessory by this implementation to an earlobe. (A) which shows other embodiment of the ear accessories of this invention is a front view when a holding member is slid along a support member, (b) is a side view.

The ear accessory according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings.
The ear accessory according to this embodiment is made of a noble metal such as platinum (Pt), gold (Au), silver (Ag), or a metal such as titanium (Ti), as shown in FIGS. The support member 1 is formed by bending the bar material into a U shape, and the holding member 2 is formed in a spherical shape.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), the support member 1 is made of a noble metal or metal (in this embodiment, a silver (Ag) alloy is used) and a round bar having a relatively small diameter, as described above. Are used. And it has the stopper 4 which makes enormous shape in the one end side of the extending | stretching direction of the above-mentioned round bar, Furthermore, the screw-shaped attachment part 3 for attaching ornaments 5, such as jewelry, to the other end side of an extending | stretching direction. have. 1 and 3A, the entire support member 1 is bent into a substantially U shape, and a space S for inserting an earlobe (ear) E into the inner peripheral side of the U shape. Is formed. Furthermore, the side having the retaining member 4 of the support member 1 that is substantially U-shaped as a whole is provided with an intermediate bent portion 1a in which the intermediate portion in the extending direction of the support member 1 is bent toward the inner peripheral side. Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, the retaining member 1 is prevented from coming off by deforming the end edge 1b after attaching the holding member to the supporting member 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the holding member 2 is formed by press-fitting a hollow noble metal or metal sphere 6 and a cylindrical elastic body 7 having a cylindrical shape inside the sphere 6. . Further, the spherical body 6 is provided with insertion holes 8 and 8 at two opposing positions on the outer peripheral wall, and the insertion holes 8 and 8 are arranged so as to coincide with the cylindrical hole 7 a of the cylindrical elastic body 7. It is.

By configuring the support member 1 and the holding member 2 as described above, the ear accessory according to the present embodiment has the following operations and effects.
When the holding member 2 is slid along the support member 1 and the sliding of the holding member 2 is stopped at an arbitrary position of the support member 1 as shown in FIGS. If also referring to b), the elastic body 7 inside the sphere 6 of the holding member 2 presses the outer peripheral portion of the support member 1, so that the holding member 2 can be positioned at that position. As a result, the support member 1 is placed on the outer periphery of the earlobe E, and the holding member 2 is slid along the support member 1 to be held by the holding member 2 in accordance with the size and shape of the user's earlobe E. The ear accessory can be worn by adjusting Further, since the outer peripheral portion of the holding member 2 is formed on the spherical surface P, it softly hits against the earlobe E, so that it does not hurt when wearing the ear accessory according to this embodiment and can be worn for a long time. it can. Further, since the intermediate portion of the support member 1 is bent inward to have the intermediate bent portion 1a, when the holding member 2 slides along the intermediate bent portion 1a, the holding member 2 is The earlobe E is approached in preference to other parts of the support member 1. For this reason, when the ear accessory according to the present embodiment is mounted on the earlobe E, the support member 1 becomes difficult to touch the earlobe E, and the discomfort at the time of mounting the ear accessory is eliminated.

FIGS. 6A and 6B show another embodiment of the ear accessory according to the present invention.
In the ear accessory according to the present embodiment, a guide portion 9 is provided at a location where the holding member 2 of the support member 1 slides. The guide portion 9 has a ring-shaped portion in which a part of the support member 1 is long in the extending direction of the support member 1. The guide member 9 sandwiches the outer peripheral side portion of the holding member 2 by using the hole of the ring. The holding member 2 is slid along the guide portion 9 to be formed. And the holding member 2 by this implementation is carrying out the disk shape, and has a hollow over the perimeter of the outer peripheral part. Furthermore, the holding member 2 has a spherical recess, and this concave spherical surface P is a location where the earlobe E hits. When formed as described above, the holding member 2 bites into the guide portion 9, whereby the ring-shaped portion of the support member 1 can be guided and the holding member 2 can be slid along the guide portion 9. Positioning can be performed at a position where sliding is stopped by the elasticity of the holding member 2. Note that the spherical portion of the holding member may be a spherical surface P that bulges in a convex shape.

The ear accessory of the present invention can be modified as appropriate within the scope of the claims other than those disclosed in the above embodiments.
As long as the support member 1 has a shape that can be attached in a state of surrounding the outer periphery of the user's earlobe (ear) E, the support member 1 is not limited to the above-described substantially U-shape but may be substantially U-shaped. Good. The holding member 2 only needs to have a concave or convex spherical shape at a position where it comes into contact with the earlobe (ear) E. The holding member 2 has a spherical surface P as a whole as in the sphere disclosed in the above embodiment or a part thereof. It may have a spherical surface P. Further, although the elastic member 7 is disposed in the holding member 2, it may be other than silicon, as long as it has a large frictional resistance when contacting the support member 1.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Support member 1a Middle curved part 1b End edge part 2 Holding member 3 Attaching part 4 Detachment 5 Decoration 6 Sphere 7 Elastic body 7a Tube hole 8 Insertion hole 9 Guide part E Earlobe (ear)
P spherical surface S space

Claims (4)

Ear accessory attached to the ear,
A support member and a holding member, the support member has a curved shape along the outer periphery of the ear, and the holding member is slidably attached along the support member and hits the ear An ear accessory characterized in that a portion is formed on a spherical surface.   The ear accessory according to claim 1, wherein the support member is bent toward the ear at an intermediate portion.   The ear accessory according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the holding member has an elastic body inside and presses and positions the outer peripheral portion of the support member.   The ear accessory according to claim 1, wherein the support member is provided with a guide portion, and the holding member is slidably attached along the guide portion.

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