Patent Application
20190045890
The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present disclosure. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art nor material to the presently described or claimed inventions, nor that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
The present invention relates generally to the field of rings and more specifically relates to an openable finger ring system.
A ring is a round band, usually of metal, worn as an ornamental piece of jewelry around the finger. Due to arthritis and other conditions causing inflammation of the knuckles, putting on or removing a finger ring is nearly impossible. Typically, the inflamed knuckle is 3-4 sizes larger than the finger near the base where the ring sits. A suitable solution is desired.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,879,883 to Mates A. Bruner relates to an openable ring with unique locking and release means. The described openable ring with unique locking and release means includes a ring to be worn as an article of jewelry about a portion of a body of a person has pivotally mounted, first and second arcuate sections movable between opened and closed positions. A substantially T-shaped recess is provided in the first arcuate section. This recess extends along a portion of the arc of the first arcuate section and includes an outer head portion of a wider transverse dimension than an inner stem portion. The head and stem portions of the recess are joined through upwardly facing, transversely extending supporting surfaces. The recess further has an open free end, and the stem portion of the recess includes an opening along the arcuate inner surface of the first arcuate section for communicating with the interior of the ring. The second arcuate section has an inner surface and a rigid male extending male member projecting therefrom. The male member includes a distal portion having a transverse dimension receivable within the stem portion of the recess and a proximal portion having a substantially T-shaped transverse configuration providing downwardly facing surfaces which overlie the transversely extending supporting surfaces of the recess when the arcuate sections are in a fully closed position. In a preferred embodiment of this invention a latching member is provided for maintaining the male extending member in a position fully inserted within the recess when the arcuate sections are in a fully closed position, and the latching member is operable to both release the locking engagement thereof and to apply a biasing force between the first and second sections in a direction to move the arcuate sections into an opened position. The latching member also forms a part of this invention.
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known ring art, the present disclosure provides a novel openable finger ring system. The general purpose of the present disclosure, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide an openable finger ring for accommodating removal and donning of rings.
An openable finger ring system is disclosed herein. The openable finger ring system includes a ring configured to be worn around a finger of a user. The ring comprises a first-arcuate member, a second-arcuate member, a hinge, and a fastener in functional combination. The first-arcuate member and the second-arcuate member may be hingedly coupled via the hinge creating a continuous circular ring for encircling the finger of the user when secured for use. The fastener may include a female-fastener and a male fastener comprising a tortured grooved channel and a bar respectively. The fastener provides releasable locking means for the first-arcuate member and the second-arcuate member. The ring is configured to open and close via the hinge and the fastener with applied force. The second-arcuate member comprises a cavity portion for receiving a t-shaped extrusion of the first-arcuate member.
For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description.
The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and methods of use for the present disclosure, an openable finger ring system, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present disclosure.
The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements.
As discussed above, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to rings and more particularly to an openable finger ring system as used to improve the removal and donning of a ring when knuckles are inflamed.
Generally, the present invention provides a ring which is designed to accommodate the removal and donning of a ring when knuckles are inflamed. The ring is openable and pivots on a hinge for opening and closing of the ring. This invention solves this issue without having to cut off the ring and destroy what some would consider their most precious asset.
Referring now more specifically to the drawings by numerals of reference, there is shown in
The first-arcuate member 120 and the second-arcuate member 130 are in the closed in-use condition when the bar 174 is maneuvered into the back end of the tortured grooved channel 180 and the t-shaped extrusion 122 is mated within the cavity portion 132. When the t-shaped extrusion 122 and the cavity portion 132 are flush when the bar 174 is maneuvered into the back end of the tortured grooved channel 180 creating a virtually seamless and continuous the outer surface of the ring 110.
The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.
