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Prayer Counter

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Inactive Publication Date: 2007-12-20
FORBATH FR P
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Catholics who pray using the Rosary may feel out of place or embarrassed while counting in public using the fingers of one or both hands.
Oftentimes, people who want to pray have difficulty finding time to do so.
The simplified rosary bead configuration with its reduced number of beads may still be too cumbersome for private prayer or public prayer.

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[0023]The following terms are useful in understanding the disclosure. The central processing unit 88 can be implemented in a wide variety of physical embodiments. For example, an ASIC chip is an application specific integrated circuit which is a custom integrated circuit. A computer can be a microcomputer or a microprocessor. The term computer here represents computation by computer, ASIC or other computational unit. In low volume production, field programmed logic arrays (FPLA) or similar units may be used for the computational tasks. These physical embodiments and resultant electronics methods are well known in the art and therefore are not further described. Also, flexible printed circuit embodiments are well known in the art and also not further described in this disclosure.

[0024]An electronic prayer aid device housing 10 is shown in FIG. 1 as a loop having near-paper-thin thickness and placed over the index finger of the right hand. The device housing 10 consists of a short tub...

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A mechanical or computer-assisted electronics device, typically worn on one, two or three fingers of either hand to aid the user in saying and keeping track of the prayers of the Rosary. The device may be useful to a person saying the Rosary prayers while involved in other activities during a busy day, such as driving a vehicle, in public transportation, walking, etc. The system may be especially desirable when full use of both hands are needed at times, as well as when others in the area need not know that the user is deep in prayer. The user may wish to keep the hand with the device in a pants pocket, hidden in scarf or other clothing, covered by the other hand, or merely partly covering the device by the adjacent thumb. Growth to other prayer groups or sets of meditations and to prayers of other religions is disclosed.

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[0001]This application claims priority from provisional patent application entitled “A Unique System to Pray the Rosary—With Only One Prayer Bead” by inventor Frank P. Forbath filed Jun. 15, 2006 having U.S. Provisional application No. 60 / 813,880.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention is in the field of electronic prayer counters.DISCUSSION OF RELATED ART[0003]Christians and other faiths often pray several times a day. Prayer is vital to the lives of millions of people and allows countless souls to grow closer to God and to receive spiritual blessings from God. Prayer encourages, revitalizes and emboldens millions of people each day.[0004]Prayer takes a wide variety of forms, customs and rituals. Sometimes, prayers are brief and spontaneous. Prayer is personal to some people who prefer to pray in private. Catholics who pray using the Rosary may feel out of place or embarrassed while counting in public using the fingers of one or both hands. Oftentimes, people who want to pray hav...

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IPC IPC(8): A44C23/00
CPCA44C23/00A47G33/008G06M1/00
Inventor FORBATH, FRANK P.
Owner FORBATH FR P
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