Device, System and Methods of Use and Production for Preventing Chains of a Plurality of Necklaces Simultaneously Worn by a User from Entangling

Abstract

A necklace chain entangling preventer apparatus and related method of use and production for preventing necklace chains of a plurality of N greater than 1 necklaces from entangling when simultaneously worn by a user thereof, comprising a first entangling preventer half and a second entangling preventer half, each the entangling preventer half comprising: a substantially flat rigid body plate; a plate-half attachment facilitator permanently affixed to the body plate; a plurality of N substantially rigid necklace chain threading hooks permanently affixed to the body plate; a plurality of N necklace chain threading retainers permanently affixed to the body plate; and the plate-half attachment facilitators affixed to their respective rigid body plates with opposite mating configurations; and the necklace chain threading hooks positioned to vertically separate the N necklace chains from one another when the N necklaces have been threaded therethrough.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A necklace chain entangling preventer apparatus for preventing necklace chains of a plurality of N greater than 1 necklaces from entangling when simultaneously worn by a user thereof, said apparatus comprising a first entangling preventer half and a second entangling preventer half, each said entangling preventer half comprising:
 a substantially flat rigid body plate;   a plate-half attachment facilitator permanently affixed to said body plate for attaching said first entangling preventer half with said second entangling preventer half;   a plurality of N substantially rigid necklace chain threading hooks permanently affixed to said body plate with a necklace chain threading separation between ends of said necklace chain threading hooks and said body plate, each said hook and separation configured for enabling the necklace chain of one of the N necklaces to be threaded into an interior region substantially circumscribed by said hook by passing the necklace chain through said separation and into said interior region without utilizing end-clasping hardware of the necklaces;   said plate-half attachment facilitators affixed to their respective rigid body plates with opposite mating configurations;   except for said plate-half attachment facilitators being affixed to their respective rigid body plates with opposite mating configurations, said two entangling preventer halves being otherwise substantially identical; and   said necklace chain threading hooks positioned to vertically separate the N necklace chains from one another when the N necklaces have been threaded therethrough and the two entangling preventer halves have been attached to one another behind the user's neck using said attachment facilitators.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of N necklace chain threading retainers permanently affixed to said body plate, each of said N threading retainers configured to extend over a corresponding one of said N necklace chain threading hooks, and each of said N threading retainers comprising a material with sufficient malleability and rigidity to enable said necklace chain threading retainer to be pressed against its corresponding necklace chain threading hook for retaining a corresponding already-threaded necklace chain threaded within said interior region of said hook while said hook is slid over its said corresponding necklace chain. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said N is equal to three (3). 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , said plate-half attachment facilitator on each of said entangling preventer halves comprising a plurality of permanent magnets; and
 said opposite mating configurations comprising the permanent magnets permanently affixed to said body plate of said first entangling preventer half being affixed thereto with opposite magnetic polarity orientation relative to said permanent magnets affixed at corresponding positions to said body plate of said second entangling preventer half.   
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , each of said permanent magnets comprising a length l thereof and a width w thereof, wherein when said first entangling preventer half is attached with said second entangling preventer half, a separation between insides of said two body plates is 2l; and
 said widths w, the placement and corresponding spacing between the permanent magnets on each of the two body plates, and said 2l separation, in combination, is configured to create space for portions of the necklace chains and their necklace end-clasping hardware to situate when said two entangling preventer halves have been attached to one another.   
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein said widths w, the placement and corresponding spacing between the permanent magnets on each of the two body plates, and said 2l separation, in combination, is configured to separate the N necklace chains from one another when said two entangling preventer halves have been attached to one another. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , each said end of each said necklace chain threading hook further comprising a retention bead permanently affixed thereto, for additionally keeping the corresponding already-threaded necklace chain threaded within said interior region of its said hook while said hook is slid over its said corresponding necklace chain; and
 said separation between said ends of said necklace chain threading hooks and said body plates comprising the separation between said retention beads and said body plates.   
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , each of said entangling preventer halves and their body plates further fabricated to comprise a visual design appearance in the nature of a jewelry item. 
     
     
         9 . A method for preventing necklace chains of a plurality of N greater than 1 necklaces simultaneously worn by a user thereof from entangling, comprising:
 providing a necklace chain entangling preventer apparatus comprising a first entangling preventer half and a second entangling preventer half, each said entangling preventer half comprising a substantially flat rigid body plate with a plurality of N substantially rigid necklace chain threading hooks;   joining the two ends of each of said N necklaces together using necklace end-clasping hardware of the necklaces and thereby hanging the N necklaces about the user's neck;   holding said first and second entangling preventer halves in front of the user's upper torso proximate said necklaces, with said necklace chain threading hooks of said two entangling preventer halves facing inwards toward one another;   threading each one of the N necklaces into an interior region substantially circumscribed by its corresponding said chain threading hook, by passing the necklace chain through a necklace chain threading separation between and end of its necklace chain threading hook and said body plate and into said interior region of its chain threading hook, without utilizing the end-clasping hardware;   with said N necklaces threaded into said necklace said chain threading hooks, sliding each of said entangling preventer halves from their positions in front of the user's upper torso, around and then behind the back of the user's neck, while synchronously rotating each of said entangling preventers half about its long axis;   attaching said first entangling preventer half with said second entangling preventer half behind the user's neck, using a plate-half attachment facilitator permanently affixed to each of said body pates of said entangling preventer halves; and   said necklace chain threading hooks of said two entangling preventer halves attached to one another behind the user's neck vertically separating from one another, the N necklace chains threaded therethrough; wherein:   said plate-half attachment facilitators are affixed to their respective rigid body plates with opposite mating configurations;   except for said plate-half attachment facilitators being affixed to their respective rigid body plates with opposite mating configurations, said two entangling preventer halves are otherwise substantially identical.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 providing each said entangling preventer half further comprising a plurality of N necklace chain threading retainers permanently affixed thereto, corresponding with each pf said N, each necklace chain threading retainer configured to extend over its corresponding said necklace chain threading hook, said N threading hooks and N threading retainers further each corresponding with one of said N necklace chain threading hooks;   holding said first and second entangling preventer halves in front of the user's upper torso proximate said necklaces, with said necklace chain threading retainers of said two entangling preventer halves likewise facing inwards toward one another;   pressing each said necklace chain threading retainer against its corresponding necklace chain threading hook to retain its corresponding already-threaded necklace chain in its threaded positional within said interior region of its said necklace chain threading hook; and   with said N necklaces threaded into said necklace said chain threading hooks and additionally retained by said necklace chain threading retainers, sliding each of said entangling preventer halves from their positions in front of the user's upper torso, around and then behind the back of the user's neck, while synchronously rotating each of said entangling preventers half about its long axis, wherein each of said N threading retainers comprises a material with sufficient malleability and rigidity to retain its corresponding necklace chain during said sliding and rotation, in its already-threaded position within said interior region of said hook.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein said Nis equal to three (3). 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 9 , said plate-half attachment facilitator on each of said entangling preventer halves comprising a plurality of permanent magnets;
 permanently affixing said permanent magnets to said body plate of said first entangling preventer half being affixed thereto with opposite magnetic polarity orientation relative to said permanent magnets affixed at corresponding positions to said body plate of said second entangling preventer half; and   attaching said first entangling preventer half with said second entangling preventer half behind the user's neck by moving the oppositely-polarized magnets sufficiently proximate to one another such that the preventer halves naturally snap together into proper alignment without the user having to press to two preventer halves together.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , each of said permanent magnets comprising a length l thereof and a width w thereof, wherein when said first entangling preventer half is attached with said second entangling preventer half, a separation between insides of said two body plates is 2l; and
 when said two entangling preventer halves have been attached to one another, portions of the necklace chains and their necklace end-clasping hardware to are situated in the space created by the combination of said widths w, the placement and corresponding spacing between the permanent magnets on each of the two body plates, and said 2l separation.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising, when said two entangling preventer halves have been attached to one another, further separating the N necklace chains from one another by the combination of said widths w, the placement and corresponding spacing between the permanent magnets on each of the two body plates, and said 2l separation. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising additionally keeping the corresponding already-threaded necklace chain threaded within said interior region of its said hook while said hook is slid over its said corresponding necklace chain, using a retention bead permanently affixed to said end of said necklace chain threading hook; said
 said separation between said ends of said necklace chain threading hooks and said body plates comprising the separation between said retention beads and said body plates.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising fabricating each of said entangling preventer halves and their body plates to comprise a visual design appearance in the nature of a jewelry item. 
     
     
         17 . A method of producing a necklace chain entangling preventer apparatus for preventing necklace chains of a plurality of N greater than 1 necklaces from entangling when simultaneously worn by a user thereof, comprising:
 providing a substantially flat rigid first body plate;   permanently affixing a plurality of N substantially rigid necklace chain threading hooks to said first body plate with a necklace chain threading separation between ends of said necklace chain threading hooks and said first body plate, each said hook and separation configured for enabling the necklace chain of one of the N necklaces to be threaded into an interior region substantially circumscribed by said hook by passing the necklace chain through said separation and into said interior region, without utilizing end-clasping hardware of the necklaces;   providing a substantially rigid second body plate;   permanently affixing a plurality of N substantially rigid necklace chain threading hooks to said second body plate in the same manner as said hooks are affixed to first flat rigid body plate, thereby replicating the assemblage of the first body plate and its said hooks with a duplicate assemblage of said second body plate and its said hooks;   permanently affixing a plate-half attachment facilitator to said first body plate in a first plate mating configuration; and   permanently affixing a plate-half attachment facilitator to said second body plate in a second plate mating configuration opposite said first plate mating configuration; wherein   said first and second rigid body plates and their necklace chain threading hooks and plate-half attachment facilitator respectively comprise first and second entangling preventer halves of said necklace chain entangling preventer apparatus;   said entangling preventer halves with their said opposite mating configurations are capable of being attached to one another using said attachment facilitators; and   so-affixing said necklace chain threading hooks are in positions to vertically separate the N necklace chains from one another when the N necklaces have been threaded therethrough and the two entangling preventer halves have been attached to one another behind a user's neck.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 permanently affixing a plurality of N necklace chain threading retainers to said first body plate, each of said N threading retainers configured to extend over a corresponding one of said N necklace chain threading hooks, with each of said N threading retainers comprising a material with sufficient malleability and rigidity to enable said necklace chain threading retainer to be pressed against its corresponding necklace chain threading hook for retaining a corresponding already-threaded necklace chain threaded within said interior region of said hook while said hook is slid over its said corresponding necklace chain;   permanently affixing a plurality of N necklace chain threading retainers to said second body plate in the same manner as said retainers are affixed to first flat rigid body plate, thereby replicating the assemblage of the first body plate and its said retainers with a duplicate assemblage of said second body plate and its said retainers; wherein:   said necklace chain threading retainers likewise comprise part of said first and second entangling preventer halves of said necklace chain entangling preventer apparatus.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein said N is equal to three (3). 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising said plate-half attachment facilitator on each of said entangling preventer halves comprising a plurality of permanent magnets; and
 permanently affixing said permanent magnets to said first body plate of said first entangling preventer half;   permanently affixing said permanent magnets to said second body plate of said second entangling preventer half with opposite magnetic polarity orientation relative to permanently said permanent magnets affixed at corresponding positions to said first body plate of said second entangling preventer half.   
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , further comprising:
 each of said permanent magnets comprising a length  1  thereof and a width w thereof, wherein when said first entangling preventer half is attached with said second entangling preventer half, a separation between insides of said two body plates is 2l; and   configuring said widths w, the placement and corresponding spacing between the permanent magnets on each of the two body plates, and said 2l separation, in combination, to create space for portions of the necklace chains and their necklace end-clasping hardware to situate when the said entangling preventer halves have been attached to one another.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising configuring said widths w, the placement and corresponding spacing between the permanent magnets on each of the two body plates, and said 2l separation, in combination, to separate the N necklace chains from one another when said two entangling preventer halves have been attached to one another. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 permanently affixing a retention bead to each said end of each said necklace chain threading hook, for additionally keeping the corresponding already-threaded necklace chain threaded within said interior region of its said hook while said hook is slid over its said corresponding necklace chain; and   said separation between said ends of said necklace chain threading hooks and said body plates comprising the separation between said retention beads and said body plates.   
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising fabricating each of said entangling preventer halves and their body plates to comprise a visual design appearance in the nature of a jewelry item.