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EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION |
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Mention of the grant of the patent: |
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09.10.2019 Bulletin 2019/41 |
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Date of filing: 28.04.2014 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC):
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International application number: |
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PCT/JP2014/061918 |
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WO 2014/175461 (30.10.2014 Gazette 2014/44) |
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ACCESSORY/DECORATION THAT OPENS LIKE A FLOWER
SICH BLUMENARTIG ÖFFNENDES ZUBEHÖR-/SCHMUCKTEIL
ACCESSOIRE/DECORATION S'OUVRANT COMME UNE FLEUR
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AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL
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26.04.2013 JP 2013093133
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- Fukui, Osamu
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- Fukui, Misako
75006 Paris (FR)
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- Fukui, Osamu
75006 Paris (FR)
- Fukui, Misako
75006 Paris (FR)
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WO-A1-2010/073910 US-A- 3 365 877 US-A- 5 090 569
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patent, any person may give notice to the European Patent Office of opposition to
the European patent
granted. Notice of opposition shall be filed in a written reasoned statement. It shall
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have been filed until the opposition fee has been paid. (Art. 99(1) European Patent
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Technical Field
[0001] This invention is concerned with accessories / decorations equipped with several
"Petal Shaped Parts" (1) that open / close like a flower in a simple mechanism.
Background Art
[0002] With traditional accessories / decorations, they are composed of decorated parts
or precious metal / stones which are mostly fixed on the base. Thus the design remains
indifferent and is not innovative enough to give a surprise.
Citation List
Summary of Invention
Technical Problem
[0003] As a new design, when making a decoration as form changeable like a flower opening
/ closing, there is a tendency for this to result in an unnecessarily complex structure
such as driven by gears, and it was difficult to apply such structures to every kind
of decorations especially for small decorations like rings, due to considerations
such as strength and effective smooth movement in a limited scale.
US 3365 877 A discloses an article of jewelry having an unfurlable cover.
Solution to Problem
[0004] The present invention was configured as follows in order to provide a decoration,
having enough strength even in a small size, that opens like a flower in smooth movement
in a simple structure.
[0005] The accessory / decoration of this invention has a configuration whereby a group
of movable petals (1) having a calculated curved surface (2) are positioned as to
overlap each other, so that a movement to elect one of the petals (1) is well synchronized
with the other petal shaped parts (1) smoothly and effectively to replicate the movement
of a flower opening and closing with minimal numbers of parts.
[0006] According to the present invention, there is provided a form changeable accessories
/ decorations like a flower opening / closing, comprising a group of petal shaped
parts (FIG.12-1), wherein each petal shaped parts (FIG.12-1) is mounted on a base
(FIG.12- 2) having a butterfly shaped curved surface cut out from a sphere (FIG. 3),
that is allocated in rotationally symmetric positions (FIG.5) in the way curved surface
of the base (FIG.12-2) overlaps each other as to keep the surface touching / pushing
throughout opening / closing movement (FIG.5, FIG.6), as the result open/close movement
of one petal shaped parts (FIG.12-1) is well synchronized to all of the remaining
petal shaped parts (FIG.12-1) smoothly / effectively and replicate the movement of
a flower opening / closing.
[0007] Preferably, a series of open/close Petal Shaped Parts (FIG.12-1) mounted on base
of petal shaped parts for open / close (FIG.12-2) are allocated in multiple layers
to represent twofold or multiple-fold flower (FIG.15).
[0008] Preferably, turning Parts (FIG.13-9) is designed to elect a Base of petal shaped
parts for open/Close (FIG. 12-2) step by step as turning parts (FIG.13-9) is turned,
resulting to have a manually opening/closing flower system with a rotary motion of
a turning parts-knob (FIG.13-11).
[0009] Preferably, turning parts (FIG.13-9) for electing petal shaped parts for open/close
(FIG.12-2) is kept pushing toward flower opening direction by a spring (FIG.13-8)
mounted on main body (FIG.13-5), that is once compressed manually toward flower closing
direction by a rotary motion of turning parts-knob (FIG.13-11) until turning parts
(FIG.13-9) is locked at flower closing point to make an automatic flower opening system
ready to work when turning parts (FIG.13-9) is released with a touch of release button
(FIG.13-16), that offers dynamic replication of flower opening.
Advantageous Effects of Invention
[0010] With this invention, open / close mechanism replicating a flower in smooth and swift
movement can be easily adopted to accessories / decorations from small one like a
ring to large objects, resulting to allow suppliers to expand flexibility in designing
with minimal composition of parts.
Brief Description of Drawings
[0011]
- FIG.1 :
- Application sample of this invention to a ring - open status
- FIG.2 :
- Application sample of this invention to a ring - close status
- FIG.3 :
- A sphere used as a contacting surface of "Base of petal shaped parts for open/close"
- FIG.4 :
- Original butterfly formed surface clipped from a sphere to create "Base of petal shaped
parts for open/close" having ideal contacting surfaces
- FIG.5 :
- Overlap relation of the butterfly formed surface - close status
- FIG.6 :
- Overlap relation of the butterfly formed surface - open status
- FIG.7 :
- Completed "Base of petal shaped parts for open/close" after reinforcement is done
on the surface thickness - closed status
- FIG.8 :
- Completed "Base of petal shaped parts for open/close" after reinforcement is done
on the surface thickness - open status
- FIG.9 :
- Structure of a ring with this invention - upper part - open status
- FIG.10 :
- Structure of a ring with this invention - middle part - open status
- FIG.11 :
- Structure of a ring with this invention - lower part - open status
- FIG.12 :
- Structure of a ring with this invention - upper part - close status
- FIG.13 :
- Structure of a ring with this invention - middle part - close status
Industrial Applicability
[0012] This invention is applicable to Accessories / Decorations / Objet / Packages etc.
Reference Signs List
[0013]
- 1
- Petal Shaped Parts
- 2
- Base of Petal Shaped Parts for Open/Close
- 3
- Pole for Open/Close
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- Shaft for Open/Close
- 5
- Main Body
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- Main Body - Receiver of Base of Petal
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- Main Body - Receiver of shaft
- 8
- Torsion Spring
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- Turning Parts
- 10
- Turning Parts - Angle control gap of Pole
- 11
- Turning Parts - Knob
- 12
- Turning Parts - Receiver of Torsion Spring
- 13
- Turning Parts - Receiver of Stopper Head
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- Turning Parts - Cap
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- Turning Stopper Head
- 16
- Turning Stopper Release Button
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- Pushing coil of Turning Stopper Release Button
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- Center Cut Stone
- 19
- Melee Diamonds
- 20
- Receiver of Main Body
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- Ornament (Ring)
1. Form changeable accessories / decorations like a flower opening /closing, comprising
a group of petal shaped parts (1), characterized in that each of the petal shaped parts (1) is mounted on a base (2) having a butterfly shaped
curved surface cut out from a sphere, the bases (2) are allocated in rotationally
symmetric positions in the way curved surfaces of the bases (2) overlap each other
so as to keep the surfaces touching / pushing throughout opening / closing movement,
wherein, as a result, the open/close movement of one petal shaped part (1) is well
synchronized to all of the remaining petal shaped parts (1) to smoothly and effectively
replicate the movement of a flower opening / closing.
2. Form changeable Accessories / Decorations like a flower opening / closing according
to claim 1, characterized in that a series of open/close Petal Shaped Parts (1) mounted on the bases of petal shaped
parts for open / close (2) are allocated in multiple layers to represent twofold or
multiple-fold flower.
3. Form changeable accessories / decorations like a flower opening / closing according
to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that turning Parts (9) are designed to elect a Base of petal shaped parts for open/Close
(2) step by step as turning parts (9) are turned, resulting to have a manually opening/closing
flower system with a rotary motion of a turning parts-knob (11)
4. Form changeable accessories / decorations like a flower opening / closing according
to claim 3, characterized in that turning parts (9) for electing a base of petal shaped parts for open/close (2) are
kept pushing toward flower opening direction by a spring (8) mounted on main body
(5), that is once compressed manually toward flower closing direction by a rotary
motion of turning parts-knob (11) until turning parts (9) is locked at flower closing
point to make an automatic flower opening system ready to work when turning parts
(9) are released with a touch of release button (16), that offers dynamic replication
of flower opening.
1. In der Form veränderbare Accessoires / Dekorationen, wie eine sich öffnende / sich
schließende Blume, die eine Gruppe von blütenblattförmigen Teilen (1) umfasst, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jedes der blütenblattförmigen Teile (1) auf einem Boden (2) montiert ist, der eine
schmetterlingsförmige gekrümmte Oberfläche aufweist, die aus einer Kugel ausgeschnitten
ist, dass die Böden (2) an rotationssymmetrischen Positionen so angeordnet sind, dass
sich gekrümmte Oberflächen der Böden (2) überlappen, sodass die Oberflächen während
der Öffnungs- / Schließbewegung das Berühren / das Drücken beibehalten, wodurch die
Öffnungs- / Schließbewegung eines blütenförmigen Teils (1) mit allen übrigen blütenförmigen
Teilen (1) gut synchronisiert ist, sodass die Öffnungs- / Schließbewegung einer Blume
sanft und effektiv reproduziert werden kann.
2. In der Form veränderbare Accessoires / Dekorationen, wie eine sich öffnende / sich
schließende Blume nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine Reihe von sich öffnenden / sich schließenden blütenblattförmigen Teilen (1),
die auf dem Boden (2) von sich öffnenden / sich schließenden blütenblattförmigen Teilen
montiert sind, in mehreren Schichten bereitgestellt sind, um eine zwei- oder mehrfache
Blume darzustellen.
3. In der Form veränderbare Accessoires / Dekorationen, wie eine sich öffnende / sich
schließende Blume nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass Drehteile (9) dazu bestimmt ist, schrittweise einen Boden (2) von sich öffnenden
/ sich schließenden blütenblattförmigen Teilen zu wählen, wenn Drehteile (9) gedreht
wird, was bei einer Drehbewegung eines Drehteilknopfs (11) zu einem manuell sich öffnenden
/ sich schließenden Blumensystem führt.
4. In der Form veränderbare Accessoires / Dekorationen, wie eine sich öffnende / sich
schließende Blume nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass Drehteile (9) zur Auswahl von sich öffnenden / sich schließenden blütenblattförmigen
Teilen (2) durch eine am Hauptkörper (5) angebrachte Feder (8) in Richtung Blütenöffnungsrichtung
gedrückt gehalten wird, die durch eine Drehbewegung des Drehteil-Knopfes (11) in Richtung
Blumenschließrichtung einmal manuell gedrückt wird, bis die Drehteile (9) am Blumenschließpunkt
verriegelt ist, um ein automatisches Blumenöffnungssystem dann betriebsbereit zu machen,
wenn die Drehteile (9) mit einem Knopfdruck (16) freigegeben wird, der eine dynamische
Nachbildung der Blumenöffnung ermöglicht.
1. Accessoires / décorations de forme modifiable comme une fleur ouvrante / fermante,
comprenant un groupe de pièces en forme de pétale (1), caractérisés en ce que chacune des pièces en forme de pétale (1) est montée sur une base (2) ayant une surface
courbe en forme de papillon découpée dans une sphère, que les bases (2) sont réparties dans des positions symétriques en rotation de manière
à ce que les surfaces courbes des bases (2) se chevauchent l'une l'autre de manière
à ce que les surfaces restent en contact / exercent une pression pendant tout le mouvement
d'ouverture / de fermeture, de manière que par conséquent le mouvement d'ouverture
/ fermeture d'une pièce en forme de pétale (1) soit bien synchronisé avec toutes les
autres pièces en forme de pétale (1) pour reproduire en douceur et efficacement le
mouvement de la fleur qui s'ouvre / qui se ferme.
2. Accessoires / décorations de forme modifiable comme une fleur ouvrante / fermante
d'après la revendication 1, caractérisés en ce qu'une série de parties d'ouverture / de fermeture en forme de pétale (1) montées sur
une base de parties d'ouverture / de fermeture en forme de pétale (2) sont réparties
en plusieurs couches pour représenter une fleur pliante double ou multiple.
3. Accessoires / décorations de forme modifiable comme une fleur ouvrante / fermante
d'après la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisés en ce que des pièces tournantes (9) est conçue pour élire pas à pas une base de pièces d'ouverture
/ de fermeture en forme de pétale (2) lorsque des pièces tournantes (9) est tournée,
ce qui donne un système à fleurs à ouverture / fermeture manuelle avec un mouvement
rotatif d'un bouton de rotation des pièces (11).
4. Accessoires / décorations de forme modifiable comme une fleur ouvrante / fermante
d'après la revendication 3, caractérisés en ce que des parties tournantes (9) pour l'élection de pièces d'ouverture / de fermeture en
forme de pétale (2) sont maintenues en poussée vers la direction d'ouverture de fleur
par un ressort (8) monté sur le corps principal (5), qui est une fois comprimé manuellement
vers la direction de fermeture de la fleur par un mouvement rotatif du bouton de rotation
des pièces (11) jusqu'à ce que les pièces tournantes (9) soit verrouillée au point
de fermeture de la fleur pour rendre un système d'ouverture automatique de la fleur
prêt à fonctionner lorsque des pièces tournantes (9) sont libérées avec une pression
du bouton de libération (16) qui offre une reproduction dynamique de l'ouverture de
fleur.
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It does not form part of the European patent document. Even though great care has
been taken in compiling the references, errors or omissions cannot be excluded and
the EPO disclaims all liability in this regard.
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