United States Patent (19) 11) 4,383,002 Manolescu. 45) May 10, 1983

(54) JEWELLERY POST 56 References Cited 75 Inventor: Dorin T. Manolescu, Toronto, U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS Canada 4,307,582 12/1981 Mancini ...... 63/12 Primary Examiner-Veronica O'Keefe 73) Assignee: French Jewellery Company of Canada Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Robert F. Delbridge; Arne I. Limited, Toronto, Canada Fors (21) Appl. No.: 297,393 57 ABSTRACT A jewellery post has an elongated member with a longi 22 Filed: Aug. 28, 1981 tudinally extending passage adjacent one end, and a plug of bonding material within the passage adjacent 51) Int. Cl...... A44C 7/00 this end. The bonding plug is a sliding fit in the passage 52 U.S. Cl...... 428/580; 428/577; and has a length which is short compared to the length 428/578; 428/579; 63/12; 63/20 of the tubular member. 58) Field of Search ...... 428/577, 578,579, 580; 63/12, 20 11 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures

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