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US 8,262,393 B2Granted
Rosary
OwnerWilliam E. Adamsinventor
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Abstract
A rosary prayer device has a ring or elongated housing containing a series of stops. The stops are arranged in five groups of five or ten with a starting space adjacent one of the groups of stops. A bead is positioned on the ring and sized to travel around the ring and remain between any two selected stops on the ring until pushed over one of the two selected stops. A user pushes the bead to the next stop after saying each prayer of the rosary.
Claims18
A rosary prayer device comprised of:
- a generally circular rigid body having a vacant generally circular center, the generally circular body comprised of a plurality of distinct sections defined by markings or spaces on the body, each section having two ends, the sections being joined end to end and each section having a surface containing a plurality of stops;
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- a bead positioned on one of the sections of the circular body and sized to travel along each section, to move from one section to another and to remain between any two selected stops until pushed over one of the two selected stops.
A rosary prayer device comprised of:
- a generally circular body having a vacant generally circular center, the generally circular body comprised of a plurality of distinct sections each section having two ends, the sections being joined end to end and each section having a surface containing a plurality of stops;
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- a bead positioned on one of the sections of the circular body and sized to travel along each section, to move from one section to another and to remain between any two selected stops until pushed over one of the two selected stops;
- wherein the bead also comprises a projection which causes the bead to rotate as the bead passes over a stop.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.