Breathable and expandable rings
View Patent ↗Rings disclosed herein include a toroid formed of an expandable polymer, the expandable polymer having an elastic modulus of no greater than 5 gigapascals (GPa), the expandable polymer forming at least 80 weight percent of the toroid, the toroid sized to fit snugly over a digit of a user. In implementations a plurality of precious material particles are disposed within the expandable polymer, wherein the precious material particles include one or more of gold particles, non-ionic silver particles, copper particles, platinum particles, and crushed pearl particles. In implementations a plurality of grooves are formed on an inner surface of the ring and extend from proximate a top of the ring to proximate a bottom of the ring. In implementations no portion of the ring has an elastic modulus greater than 5 GPa.
1. A ring, comprising:
a toroid comprised of an expandable polymer, the expandable polymer comprising an elastic modulus of no greater than 5 gigapascals (GPa), the expandable polymer comprising at least 80 weight percent of the toroid, the toroid sized to fit snugly over a digit of a user;
a plurality of precious material particles disposed within the expandable polymer;
wherein the precious material particles comprise one or more of gold particles, non-ionic silver particles, copper particles, platinum particles, and crushed pearl particles; and
one or more colorants disposed within the expandable polymer and visible at an exterior surface of the toroid, the one or more colorants comprising a color matching a color of the precious material particles, the one or more colorants not comprising the precious material particles;
wherein no portion of the ring is rigid.
2. The ring of claim 1 , wherein the toroid comprises a substantially even distribution of the precious material particles interspersed throughout the toroid.
3. The ring of claim 1 , wherein the ring further comprises shiny particles, wherein the shiny particles do not comprise the precious material particles.
4. The ring of claim 1 , wherein the precious material particles comprise between 0.1 and 5.0 weight percent of the toroid.
5. The ring of claim 1 , wherein the precious material particles are not visible to the naked eye.
6. The ring of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of grooves formed on an inner surface of the ring and extending from proximate a top of the ring to proximate a bottom of the ring.
7. The ring of claim 6 , wherein, except for two grooves, each groove is equidistant from its two nearest neighboring grooves.
8. The ring of claim 6 , wherein the grooves extend fully from the top of the ring to the bottom of the ring.
9. The ring of claim 1 , wherein no portion of the ring comprises an elastic modulus greater than 5 GPa.
10. The ring of claim 1 , wherein the ring does not comprise a jewel.