An assembly is provided comprising a gemstone holder and a battery housing. The gemstone holder comprises a bezel portion providing a mount for receiving a gemstone and a shaft portion comprising an elongate shaft. The elongate shaft comprises first and second electrically conducting portions. The battery housing comprises a battery power source and a plurality of apertures, the first one of said plurality of apertures being configured to enable engagement of an end portion of the shaft with a first connector within the housing, and the second one of said plurality of apertures being configured to enable engagement of an end portion of the shaft with a second connector within the housing. The assembly further comprises a light emitting diode, LED, configured to illuminate the gemstone. Engagement of the end portion of the shaft with the first connector completes an electrical circuit between the battery power source and the LED, whereas engagement of the end portion of the shaft with the second connector does not complete the electrical circuit.

The present application provides a nose stud used for perforating and a perforating apparatus. The nose stud used for perforating comprises a needle tip and a needle bar, wherein the needle tip is connected to one end of the needle bar, and an easily bendable portion, which bends when the needle tip is subjected to a resistance force under a force applied by the needle bar, is provided at a joint. As a bendable structure is provided at the joint between the needle tip and the needle bar, the needle tip can bend relative to the needle bar after perforating the nose to avoid damaging tissues in the nasal cavity.

The invention relates to a piece of ear jewelry having at least one ear part to be worn on each ear of a user, wherein each ear part has a jewelry body, to be worn in a predetermined wearing position on an outside of the ear, and a retaining device for retaining the jewelry body in the wearing position on the ear, wherein the auditory canal of the ear remains free. The piece of ear jewelry incorporates all of the following electrical components completely and so as to be invisible from the outside: a microphone device, a loudspeaker device and a communication unit for providing a bidirectional, wireless communication link to a portable terminal of the user, in order to use the communication link to transmit a microphone signal from the microphone device to the terminal and to receive a loudspeaker signal for the loudspeaker device from the terminal.

Disclosed is an ornament including male-shaped ornaments which are attached to one surface of a desired portion, respectively; and a unit plate to fix the respective male-shaped ornaments to the other surface of the desired portion, so that the desired portion is freely flexible. A side of the male-shaped ornament is provided with a fitting protrusion which passes through the desired portion to fix the male-shaped ornament to the unit plate, and the unit plate is provided with an engaging hole into which the fitting protrusion is fitted. Also, disclosed are an ornament coupling apparatus and method for the ornament.

A method of producing a safety clutch for releasable securing of a post for a body piercing is disclosed. The post is guided through a hole in a plate to be secured (but removable) between a pair of cantilever spring elements bent from the edges of the plate into position on the back side of the plate. A dome shield is also secured to the edge of plate to cover the cantilever spring elements on back side of the clutch, the dome shield including one or more ventilation holes for reducing moisture accumulation within the dome shield. The dome shield blocks an end of the post extending between the cantilever spring elements from contacting the user and possibly puncturing skin. The plate, dome shield and cantilever spring elements can be efficiently manufactured by forming and stamping from a single piece of material.

A central component is positionable in a generally horizontal plane around a waist of the wearer. The central component is formed as an arc of a circle. The central component has an end with male screw threads. A peripheral component is positionable in a generally vertical plane adjacent to the waist of the wearer when worn. The peripheral component has an inner end with inner male screw threads and an outer end. A coupling ball has a diametric aperture formed with ends with female screw threads receiving the end of the central component and the inner end of the peripheral component.

A support device for transferring at least part of the weight of an earring from an earlobe to a part of the ear that comprises cartilage, the device comprising a first portion (P1) capable of being attached to the earlobe and a second portion (P2) protruding from the first portion and capable of, when the first portion is attached to the earlobe, extending from the earlobe to attach to the part of the ear comprising cartilage.

A method of producing a safety clutch for releasable securing of a post for a body piercing is disclosed. The post is guided through a hole in a plate to be secured (but removable) between a pair of cantilever spring elements bent from the edges of the plate into position on the back side of the plate. A dome shield is also secured to the edge of plate to cover the cantilever spring elements on back side of the clutch, the dome shield including one or more ventilation holes for reducing moisture accumulation within the dome shield. The dome shield blocks an end of the post extending between the cantilever spring elements from contacting the user and possibly puncturing skin. The plate, dome shield and cantilever spring elements can be efficiently manufactured by forming and stamping from a single piece of material.

Flexible retaining structures for body jewelry and method for their use. A loop portion may be open and present a width greater than a cross-section of a shaft-like transdermal portion and the loop may be oriented at an angle to the transdermal shaft-like portion when the retaining structure is in a relaxed condition. The structure may be stretched to close the loop and reduce the cross-sectional area of the loop portion of the retaining structure.

A hypoallergenic earring for a pierced human body part such as an ear may have an ear piece of a non-allergenic material removably directly connectable to a pierced ear and engageable with skin of the ear and a separate ornamental piece removably connectable by a fastener to the ear piece. The ear and ornamental pieces may be configured so that when the ear piece is connected to the ear, the ornamental piece normally does not engage the skin of the wearer of the earring.