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Anxiety transference ring organization
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1991-04-03
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Granted: 1992-05-26
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Expires: 2011-04-03
Abstract
Abstract An organization to therapeutically provide an alternative nervous nail-biting habit into a harmless biting and chewing of an extensible and retractable fishing line member rotatably mounted within a spool within a ring organization, whereint he ring organization includes a cap securable to a base with the cap including a floor mounting an abrasive plate surrounded by a protective wall to provide for fingernail grooming in lieu of a nail-biting habit. The fishing line is utilized as a biting alternative.
Inventors
- 👤 Anthony J. Salvucci
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 09:54
CPC Classifications
A; A44; A44C; A44C9/00; A44C9/0053; A61; A61F; A61F5/00; A61F5/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
344 words
A ring organization for accomodating anxiety transference in lieu of nail biting. wherein the ring organization comprises, band means, including at least one leg band for securement of the at least one leg band about an individual's finger, wherein a ring support head is fixedly mounted to the band means, and the ring support head includes a planar top bearing surface, the planar top bearing surface is defined by a predetermined diameter and includes an externally threaded cylindrical skirt extending above the bearing surface, and a support post defined by a predetermined first height orthogonally and coaxially mounted to the planar top bearing surface, and a spool rotatably mounted on the bearing surface, wherein the spool is defined by a predetermined second height substantially equal to or less than the predetermined first height, and includes a through-extending bore coaxially directed through the spool for receiving the support post therethrough, and the spool mounting nylon fishing line wound thereabout, and wherein the spool is defined by a lower cylindrical flange spaced from and parallel a top cylindrical flange, wherein the lower and top cylindrical flanges are defined by a predetermined diameter substantially equal to the predetermined diameter of the bearing surface to align and mount the spool on the bearing surface, and further including a cap member, the cap member including a cylindrical internally threaded side wall, wherein the side wall is threadedly securable to the externally threaded cylindrical skirt, and the cap member including a roof plate, the roof plate spaced from and parallel to the bearing surface at a height equal to the predetermined first height when the cap member is mounted to the ring support head, and wherein the roof plate includes a top surface, and the top surface integrally mounts an abrasive plate thereon, wherein the abrasive plate is contained in the roof plate, and further including a protective cylindrical side wall coextensive with the cylindrical side wall extending above the roof plate defining a serpentine top edge to provide access to the abrasive plate through the protective cylindrical side wall.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
344 words
A ring organization for accomodating anxiety transference in lieu of nail biting. wherein the ring organization comprises, band means, including at least one leg band for securement of the at least one leg band about an individual's finger, wherein a ring support head is fixedly mounted to the band means, and the ring support head includes a planar top bearing surface, the planar top bearing surface is defined by a predetermined diameter and includes an externally threaded cylindrical skirt extending above the bearing surface, and a support post defined by a predetermined first height orthogonally and coaxially mounted to the planar top bearing surface, and a spool rotatably mounted on the bearing surface, wherein the spool is defined by a predetermined second height substantially equal to or less than the predetermined first height, and includes a through-extending bore coaxially directed through the spool for receiving the support post therethrough, and the spool mounting nylon fishing line wound thereabout, and wherein the spool is defined by a lower cylindrical flange spaced from and parallel a top cylindrical flange, wherein the lower and top cylindrical flanges are defined by a predetermined diameter substantially equal to the predetermined diameter of the bearing surface to align and mount the spool on the bearing surface, and further including a cap member, the cap member including a cylindrical internally threaded side wall, wherein the side wall is threadedly securable to the externally threaded cylindrical skirt, and the cap member including a roof plate, the roof plate spaced from and parallel to the bearing surface at a height equal to the predetermined first height when the cap member is mounted to the ring support head, and wherein the roof plate includes a top surface, and the top surface integrally mounts an abrasive plate thereon, wherein the abrasive plate is contained in the roof plate, and further including a protective cylindrical side wall coextensive with the cylindrical side wall extending above the roof plate defining a serpentine top edge to provide access to the abrasive plate through the protective cylindrical side wall.
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