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US3279696A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Menstrual calendar

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-04-21
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Granted: 1966-10-18
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Expires: 1985-04-21
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Lawrence M Sherman

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 15:26
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06G; G06G1/00; G06G1/0005; G06G1/0015; G06C; G06C3/00; G09; G09D; G09D3/00; G09D3/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 187 words
A MENSTRUAL CALENDAR COMPRISING: A BOTTOM DISC HAVING THE CIRCUMFERENCE THEREOF DIVIDED INTO TWELVE ANGULAR INCREMENTS REPRESENTING THE CALENDAR MONTHS, SAID MONTHLY INCREMENTS BEING SUBDIVIDED INTO DAILY INCREMENTS; AN INTERMEDIATE DISC OF SMALLER RADIUS THAN SAID BOTTOM DISC HAVING THE CIRCUMFERENCE THEREOF INVIDED INTO A PLURALITY OF UNIFORMLY SPACED INCREMENTS OF PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING ANGULAR DISTANCE REPRESENTING SHORTEST MENSTRUAL CYCLE OF INCREASING DURATION, SAID SHORTEST MENSTRUAL CYCLE INCREMENTS EACH HAVING A BEGINNING-OFCYCLE INDEX AND AN END-OF-CYCLE INDEX; AND UPPER DISC HAVING A RADIAL LENGTH INTERMEDIATE OF THE RADIAL LENGTH OF SAID INTERMEDIATE AND BOTTOM DISCS AND A REDUCED RADIUS PORTION DEFINING AN INDENTATION IN THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID UPPER DISC THROUGH WHICH A SELECTED SHORTEST MENSTRUAL CYCLE INCREMENT AND A PORTION OF SAID MONTHLY AND DAILY CALENDAR INCREMENTS ARE VISIBLE WHEN SAID DISCS ARE ASSEMBLED IN SUPERPOSED RELATION, SAID REDUCED RADIUS PORTION HAVING A PREDETERMINED ANGULAR DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO EXPOSE THE LONGEST SELECTED CYCLE INCREMENT WITHOUT EXPOSING MORE THAN ONE SELECTED CYCLE INCREMENT WHEN THE CALENDAR IS SET FOR THE SHORTEST CYCLE INCREMENT; AND, MEANS FOR SECURING SAID DISCS IN SUPERPOSED RELATION FOR ROTATION ABOUT A COMMON AXIS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 187 words
A MENSTRUAL CALENDAR COMPRISING: A BOTTOM DISC HAVING THE CIRCUMFERENCE THEREOF DIVIDED INTO TWELVE ANGULAR INCREMENTS REPRESENTING THE CALENDAR MONTHS, SAID MONTHLY INCREMENTS BEING SUBDIVIDED INTO DAILY INCREMENTS; AN INTERMEDIATE DISC OF SMALLER RADIUS THAN SAID BOTTOM DISC HAVING THE CIRCUMFERENCE THEREOF INVIDED INTO A PLURALITY OF UNIFORMLY SPACED INCREMENTS OF PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING ANGULAR DISTANCE REPRESENTING SHORTEST MENSTRUAL CYCLE OF INCREASING DURATION, SAID SHORTEST MENSTRUAL CYCLE INCREMENTS EACH HAVING A BEGINNING-OFCYCLE INDEX AND AN END-OF-CYCLE INDEX; AND UPPER DISC HAVING A RADIAL LENGTH INTERMEDIATE OF THE RADIAL LENGTH OF SAID INTERMEDIATE AND BOTTOM DISCS AND A REDUCED RADIUS PORTION DEFINING AN INDENTATION IN THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID UPPER DISC THROUGH WHICH A SELECTED SHORTEST MENSTRUAL CYCLE INCREMENT AND A PORTION OF SAID MONTHLY AND DAILY CALENDAR INCREMENTS ARE VISIBLE WHEN SAID DISCS ARE ASSEMBLED IN SUPERPOSED RELATION, SAID REDUCED RADIUS PORTION HAVING A PREDETERMINED ANGULAR DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO EXPOSE THE LONGEST SELECTED CYCLE INCREMENT WITHOUT EXPOSING MORE THAN ONE SELECTED CYCLE INCREMENT WHEN THE CALENDAR IS SET FOR THE SHORTEST CYCLE INCREMENT; AND, MEANS FOR SECURING SAID DISCS IN SUPERPOSED RELATION FOR ROTATION ABOUT A COMMON AXIS.

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