Ring having recessed stone secured by plastic material thereunder

Claim 1

In a jewelry ring the combination of a ring band means, a first opening in said ring band means to accommodate the insertion of the user''s finger, a second opening through said ring band means lateral to said first opening and forming a cavity to accommodate a jewelry stone, with the top portion of said opening which is remote from said first opening being smaller than the size of the bottom of said second opening which is nearest to said first opening, a jewelry stone mounted and recessed inside the top portion of said second opening, with the top of said stone shaped so as to be similar to, mate with and be mounted against a similarly shaped and sized inside surface of the top inside of said second opening which faces said first opening and with the outside dimension of the top of said stone being larger than the inside dimension of that portion of the said second opening against which it is mounted but smaller than the said bottom inside portion of said second opening, and, securing means consisting of plastic material poured into the said second opening under and against said stone so as to bond and adhere to the underside of said stone and a portion of the walls of the said second and first openings to secure said jewelry stone in its mounted position, said securing means filling said second opening beneath said stone and being formed by the walls of said cavity, said cavity having a transverse diameter larger than its opening at said bottom so that the shape of the formed securing means is too large to pass through said bottom, with that portion of said securing means which is nearest to said first opening contoured to match and form a part of the contour of the inside of said first opening which is sized to fit the user''s finger.