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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1999
Meang K. Chia, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Cheo K. Chia, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Huy K. Chia, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A decorative rope chain and a manufacturing process to produce a rope chain in which each link used as a basic building element exhibits a unique visual property, such as surface texture, coloration, attribute, feature, characteristic, shape or other physical appearance. Such unique visual property traits for the succession of links results in a more attractive, fanciful, more delicate and interesting fashion item. In one aspect of the invention, each of the interconnected links has a first side surface exhibiting a first visual property and an opposite second side surface exhibiting a second, perceptively different, visual property. In other aspects of the invention, the side surfaces of the links may have differently colored, textured, or patterned surface portions. In yet another aspect of the invention, each link may have differently shaped portions.