Finger Ring Rosary Counter with Elevated Beads for Simultaneous View
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing rosary prayer counting devices require users to insert their fingers into bead channels, making them cumbersome and difficult to operate discreetly, while also requiring users to bend their hands to view the count display.
Innovation Solution
A lightweight, portable finger ring rosary prayers counting device with elevated beads on a bridge element extending over the ring's circumference, allowing for easy bead movement without inserting fingers into channels, and a display that shows the bead count without requiring hand bending.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users insert fingers into bead channels to move beads, then beads can be moved for counting, but the device becomes cumbersome and difficult to operate discreetly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent elevates beads from a flat channel layout to a three-dimensional arrangement on top of the ring body, allowing beads to be moved by finger pressure from above rather than requiring finger insertion into channels. This dimensional change simplifies operation while maintaining counting functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent removes the channel structure that required finger insertion, extracting this unnecessary component while retaining the essential bead movement function. Beads are now moved directly on the ring surface without needing to pass through channels.
2Loss of information
If display is positioned on the hand, then count can be displayed, but user must bend hand to view the count display
Solution Approach 1:
The patent positions the display on the ring body rather than on the hand, utilizing the ring's structure to elevate the display to eye level. This allows simultaneous viewing of both the beads and the count display without requiring the user to bend their hand.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the display function with the ring body structure, integrating the display into the device itself rather than requiring a separate hand-held display component. This merging allows the display to be viewed naturally while wearing the ring.
3Ease of operation
If beads are placed on bridge element elevated from ring body, then beads can be easily controlled by finger, but device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the device into distinct functional segments: the ring body for structural support, the bridge element for bead support and movement, and the beads themselves for counting. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The bridge element elevates beads from the flat ring surface to a raised position, creating a three-dimensional structure that facilitates easy finger manipulation while maintaining a compact overall device form.
Data Source
AI summary
A finger ring rosary prayers counting device enables the operator to see both the urged beads and the beads number count display area on the same eyes sight view with no need to twist his hand to see the number count. It includes a housing that contains a counter and a number count display area mounted on the stationary facing surface of the ring. A rotating member are attached to the stationary ring body that have a mounted bridges' elements that extend higher than the ring circumference where a plurality of beads is attached to the bridges' elements and positioned around the circumference of the ring. The finger ring rosary prayers counting device relates to the use for religious, entertaining, or athlete practices count and is desirable when the user is doing the catholic rosary or the Muslim prayer's tasbih repetition.