Decorative pendant or locket housing a reading lens

Abstract

A decorative pendant or locket, or jewelry piece, housing a reading lens is provided, including a first portion attached to a second portion arranged to form an interior cavity wherein the retractable reading lens is housed. The reading lens can be drawn or pulled out or pivotally rotated outwardly to extend to the extracted position to enable a wearer to read a menu or the like. During non-use, the reading lens is pushed back or pivotally rotated inward to become discretely housed within the interior cavity in the retracted position. Further, one embodiment of the jewelry article includes a light that is automatically turned on or activated when a reading lens is extracted from the device, thereby illuminating the subject matter to be read, facilitating the reading process.

1 . Ajewelry piece housing a reading lens, comprising:
 a. a first portion attached to a second portion arranged to form an interior cavity having an elongated opening;   b. said reading lens being housed within said interior cavity, said reading lens being arranged in an extractable-retractable manner in said interior cavity so that said reading lens can be extracted from said interior cavity through said elongated opening to enable a wearer to read more clearly and said reading lens can be retracted back into said interior cavity through said elongated opening when not being utilized to read.   
   
   
       2 . A jewelry piece housing a reading lens as recited by  claim 1 , wherein said first portion includes a show surface representing a top of said jewelry piece and said show surface is decorative. 
   
   
       3 . A jewelry piece housing a reading lens as recited by  claim 1 , wherein said first portion and said second portion each include first and second interior surfaces, respectively, wherein at least one of said first portion or second portion comprises an interior track running along at least a segment of said interior surface, and wherein said reading lens includes a railed edge further housed within said interior track so that said reading lens is extracted from said interior cavity through said elongated opening by pulling said reading lens in a forward motion and retracted into said interior cavity through said elongated opening by pushing motion. 
   
   
       4 . A jewelry piece housing a reading lens as recited by  claim 3 , wherein said interior track comprises a braking wall located at ends of said interior track and said railed edge of said reading lens comprises a braking appendage appointed to engaged with said braking wall for preventing said reading lens to be completely removed from said interior cavity through said elongated opening during extraction. 
   
   
       5 . A jewelry piece housing a reading lens as recited by  claim 3 , wherein said reading lens further comprises an extraction protrusion for readily extracting said reading lens from said interior cavity through said elongated opening. 
   
   
       6 . A jewelry piece housing a reading lens as recited by  claim 3  comprising a light source, said light source being integrated within a rim of said first or second portion located along said elongated opening of said interior cavity, said light source being automatically turned on when said reading lens is extracted from said interior cavity and automatically turned off when said reading lens if retracted into said interior cavity. 
   
   
       7 . A jewelry piece housing a reading lens as recited by  claim 1 , wherein said first and said second portions each include first and second interior surfaces, respectively, wherein a pivot bar extends adjacently between said first and second interior surfaces of said first and second portions and said reading lens is mounted on said pivot bar so that said reading lens is pivotally extracted from said interior cavity through said elongated opening by pulling said reading lens in a forward pivot motion and retracted into said interior cavity through said elongated opening by pushing pivot motion. 
   
   
       8 . A jewelry piece housing a reading lens as recited by  claim 7 , wherein said reading lens further comprise an extraction protrusion for readily extracting said reading lens from said interior cavity through said elongated opening. 
   
   
       9 . A jewelry piece housing a reading lens as recited by  claim 7  comprising a light source, said light source being integrated within a rim of said first or second portion located along said elongated opening of said interior cavity, said light source being automatically turned on when said reading lens is extracted from said interior cavity and automatically turned off when said reading lens if retracted into said interior cavity. 
   
   
       10 . A jewelry piece housing a reading lens as recited by  claim 1 , wherein said jewelry piece is a decorative pendant or locket. 
   
   
       11 . A jewelry piece housing a reading lens as recited by  claim 1 , wherein said reading lens further comprises an extraction protrusion for readily extracting said reading lens from said interior cavity through said elongated opening. 
   
   
       12 . A jewelry piece housing a reading lens as recited by  claim 11 , wherein said extraction protraction comprises a finger groove. 
   
   
       13 . A jewelry piece housing a reading lens as recited by  claim 1  comprising a light source. 
   
   
       14 . A jewelry piece housing a reading lens as recited by  claim 13 , wherein said light source is integrated within a rim of said first and/or second portion located along said elongated opening of said interior cavity and is automatically turned on when said reading lens is extracted from said interior cavity and automatically turned off when said reading lens is retracted into said interior cavity. 
   
   
       15 . A jewelry piece housing a reading lens as recited by  claim 1 , wherein said reading lens is a magnifying glass. 
   
   
       16 . A jewelry piece housing a reading lens as recited by  claim 1 , wherein said reading lens is a prescription lens.