Patent Application
20240306776
The COVID-19 pandemic has made people feel the need to connect more than ever, but many individuals have struggled to do so given the strict protocols in place regarding gatherings. Moreover, finding a meaningful gift that provides a sense of warmth and remembrance of another person can be difficult. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem.
An apparatus to help individuals feel connected when seperated is not being met by any known device or system at present. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem either.
The main purpose of the bracelet with printed fingerprints is to provide users with matching rubber band bracelets that can be personally customized with fingerprints.
A bracelet device having a band with two ends configured into a bracelet and having complementary attaching surfaces on an overlap of each of the two ends, a first fingerprint captured on a first outside portion of the bracelet, a second fingerprint captured on a second outside portion of the bracelet, and a personalized indicia captured on an interportion of the bracelet between the first and the second outside portions.
Throughout the description, similar reference numbers may be used to identify similar elements depicted in multiple embodiments. Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated, the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms or arrangements of parts so described and illustrated. The scope of the invention is to be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.
Reference will now be made to exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used herein to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein and additional applications of the principles of the inventions as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention.
The present disclosed bracelet with printed fingerprints, also known as “Pinky (Pinkie) Promise”, offers a modern accessory that provides users with sentimental matching bracelets to help individuals feel closely connected with others, especially, to those who may be remote. Whether it be for a best friend, a parent or grandparent, a significant other, or essentially anyone, the Pinky (Pinkie) Promise introduces a novel pack of rubber band bracelets that come with customizable pinky finger print strips. The purchaser simply presses their little finger on the specially made water proof ink pad and transfers their personal print onto both bracelets. The person receiving the gift will then also put their pinky print next to the first print to increase the element of personalization. As a result, each user can take and wear their customized bracelets. To further enhance functionality and personalization, individuals can also write their “pinky promise” to each other onto the bracelets. The Pinky (Pinkie) Promise can be used by all individuals who seek to give, or receive a sentimental piece of jewelry that is uniquely designed and partially hand made by their loved ones.
Although the operations of the method(s) herein are shown and described in a particular order, the order of the operations of each method may be altered so that certain operations may be performed in an inverse order or so that certain operations may be performed, at least in part, concurrently with other operations. In another embodiment, instructions or sub-operations of distinct operations may be implemented in an intermittent and/or alternating manner.
