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A jewelry setting for holding at least one decorative gem stone comprises a frame having an upper surface bounded by side edges with at least one opening formed in the upper surface and sized to receive therein a lower surface of a decorative gem stone; and a housing having an opening bounded by sid

A jewelry setting for holding at least one decorative gem stone comprises a frame having an upper surface bounded by side edges with at least one opening formed in the upper surface and sized to receive therein a lower surface of a decorative gem stone; and a housing having an opening bounded by sidewalls, each sidewall having a bottom portion and a top portion, the opening of said housing being sized to accommodate therein the frame between said sidewalls. The top portion of the sidewalls has a lip extending into the opening formed by the sidewalls, the lip having a surface facing downwardly toward the bottom portions of said sidewalls. A decorative gem stone mounted in the frame (which is received in the housing opening) has a lower surface supported in an opening of the frame and an upper surface in abutment with the downwardly facing surface of the lip to secure the decorative gem stone in the jewelry setting. The setting may be made in substantially any shape, depending upon desired use. The frame may be secured in the opening of the housing by, for example, soldering, to securely retain the gem stones in the setting. The lip of the housing preferably has cut outs, such as arcuate cut-outs, to better conform to the upper surfaces of the gem stones to provide better retention and appearance.

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A jewelry setting for holding at least one decoration gem stone comprising: a frame (3) having an upper surface bounded by side edges and having a plurality of openings (15) formed in said upper surface, said openings (15) each being seized to receive herein a lower surface of a respective decoratio

A jewelry setting for holding at least one decoration gem stone comprising: a frame (3) having an upper surface bounded by side edges and having a plurality of openings (15) formed in said upper surface, said openings (15) each being seized to receive herein a lower surface of a respective decoration gem stone (19); and a housing (1) having an opening (5) bounded by sidewalls (7, 9, 11, 13), each sidewall having a bottom portion and a top portion, said opening (5) of said housing (1) being sized to accommodate therein the frame (3) between said sidewalls, said top portions of said sidewalls having a lip (10) extending into said opening (5) formed by said sidewalls, each of said lips (10) being above said frame (3) and having a surface facing downwardly toward said frame and said bottom portions of said sidewalls, and said downwardly facing surfaces being adapted to contact an upper surface of said gem stones (19) received in said openings (15) of said frame (3); said lip (10) of at least two of said sidewalls including a plurality of downwardly facing cut-out portions or recesses (22) formed in said downwardly facing surfaces thereof, said cut-out portions or recesses (22) having surfaces which face and are unobstructedly open toward said bottom portion; said cut-out portions or recesses (22) being positioned and sized to accommodate therein a peripheral upper surface portion of a respective one of said gem stones (19) which is mounted in said frame (3), the surfaces of each of said cut-out portions or recesses abutting and contacting said upper peripheral surface of said respective gem stones at least at two spaced apart points on the upper peripheral surface of said respective gem stones without contacting lower surfaces of said respective gem stones; whereby gem stones (19) mounted in said frame (3) have a lower surface supported in an opening (15) of said frame (3) and an upper surface in abutment with said downwardly facing surfaces of said cut-out portions or recesses to thereby secure and substantially immovably retain said gem stones (19) between said frame and said lips in said jewelry setting.