Bowler's lift ring

Claim 1

A BOWLER''S LIFT RING FOR FITTING ON THE PINKIE FINGER OF A BOWLER''S HAND, COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE BODY MADE OF A RESILIENT, RUBBER-LIKE MATERIAL AND HAVING A RING PORTION AND A PAD PORTION; THE RING PORTION BEING IN THE SHAPE OF A TAPERED TUBE OF AN INTERNAL DIAMETER AND OF A LENGTH TO FIT AND SUBSTANTIALLY COVER THE PORTION OF THE PINKIE FINGER LOCATED BETWEEN THE POINT WHERE THE FINGER JOINS THE PALM TO THE FIRST JOINT, THAT IS, THE JOINT CLOSEST TO THE PALM; THE PAD PORTION HAVING AN UPPER FACE AND AN OPPOSITE LOWER FACE, THE RING PORTION BEING INTEGRAL WITH THE UPPER FACE AND THE INTERNAL WALL OF THE RING PORTION MERGING WITH AND FORMING PART OF THE UPPER FACE FOR THE FULL AXIAL LENGTH OF THE RING PORTION; THE PAD PORTION BEING APPROXIMATELY THE WIDTH OF THE FINGER AND EXTENDING A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE BEYOND THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE RING PORTION TO FORM AN INTEGRAL FORWARD EXTENSION PART AT THE SMALL DIAMETER OF THE RING PORTION AND AN INTEGRAL REARWARD EXTENSION PART AT THE LARGER DIAMTER OF THE RING; THE UPPER FACE, INCLUDING THE FORWARD EXTENSION PART AND THE REARWARD EXTENSION PART, BEING OF A LENGTH AND SHAPE TO FORM FULL LENGTH CONTACT WITH THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE FINGER FOR THE FULL AXIAL LENGTH OF THE RING AND ALSO INCLUDING AND SLIGHTLY BEYOND THE FIRST JOINT AND A PORTION OF THE PALM OF THE HAND UP TO A POINT APPROXIMATELY ALIGNED WITH THE KNUCKLE JOINT OF THAT FINGER; THE LOWER FACE OF THE PAD BEING SHAPED TO CORRESPOND, WITHOUT DISTORTION, TO THE SURFACE CURVATURE OF A BOWLING BALL FOR FULL FACE TO SURFACE CONTACT THEREWITH