Ring support
A ring support and method of supporting a ring on a finger of a wearer having an enlarged knuckle, includes a soft, pliable ring-shaped body sized and dimensioned to slide over the wearer's enlarged knuckle and rest securely on a finger segment of the wearer. The body has a thickness sized and dimensioned to a ring size substantially as large as the wearer's enlarged knuckle and an outer surface on an outer circumference configured to receive a ring. The ring support may further include a channel to receive the ring on the outer circumference of the body, which may include a first flange and a second flange. The ring support may be made from silicone rubber.
1. A ring support comprising:
a pliable, ring-shaped body having a substantially concave u-shaped channel around an outer circumference of the ring-shaped body, the concave u-shaped channel comprising:
a center area having a center diameter at a center point;
a first side flange on one side of the center area having a diameter greater than the center diameter; and
a second side flange on an opposite side of the center area having a diameter greater than the center diameter;
wherein the center point is spaced substantially equidistant from the first side flange and the second side flange;
wherein the center area, the first side flange, and the second side flange form the concave u-shaped channel; and
wherein the center diameter corresponds to a predetermined ring size so that a ring having the predetermined ring size fits within the u-shaped channel.
2. The ring support of claim 1 , wherein the ring-shaped body comprises silicone rubber.
3. The ring support of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises an inner circumference corresponding to a second ring size that is smaller than the predetermined ring size.
4. The ring support of claim 3 , wherein the second ring size is about ring size 0 to about ring size 16.
5. A ring support comprising:
a ring-shaped body having an inner surface having an inner diameter and a substantially concave u-shaped channel around an outer circumference of the ring-shaped body, the u-shaped channel comprising:
a center area having a center diameter at a center point;
a first side flange on one side of the center area having a diameter greater than the center diameter; and
a second side flange on an opposite side of the center area having a diameter greater than the center diameter area;
wherein the center point is spaced substantially equidistant from the first side flange and the second side flange;
wherein the center area, the first side flange, and the second side flange form the concave u-shaped channel;
wherein the center diameter corresponds to a predetermined ring size so that a ring having the predetermined ring size fits within the u-shaped channel; and
wherein the ring-shaped body comprises a material with elasticity to allow the ring-shaped body to expand to an expanded state to fit over an object and return to a normal state to accept the ring in the u-shaped channel.
6. The ring support of claim 5 , wherein the body has a thickness such that the inner diameter corresponds to a second ring size and the center area corresponds to the predetermined ring size when the ring-shaped body is in the normal state.
7. The ring support of claim 6 , wherein the second ring size of the inner circumference is from about ring size 0 to about ring size 16.
8. The ring support of claim 5 , wherein the ring-shaped body is formed from silicone rubber.
9. The ring support of claim 5 , wherein the second ring size is smaller than the predetermined ring size.
10. A ring support comprising:
an elastomeric body having a substantially concave u-shaped channel around an outer circumference of the body, the u-shaped channel comprising:
a center area having a center diameter at a center point;
a first side flange on one side of the center area having a diameter greater than the center diameter; and
a second side flange on an opposite side of the center area having a diameter greater than the center diameter;
wherein the center point is spaced substantially equidistant from the first side flange and the second side flange;
wherein the center area, the first side flange, and the second side flange form the concave u-shaped channel; and
wherein the center diameter corresponds to a predetermined ring size so that a ring having the predetermined ring size fits within the u-shaped channel.
11. The ring support of claim 10 , wherein the first side flange and the second side flange laterally deflect when subjected to a lateral force.
12. The ring support of claim 10 , wherein the body is formed from silicone rubber.
13. The ring support of claim 10 , wherein the body comprises an inner diameter that corresponds to a second ring size, wherein the second ring size is smaller than the predetermined ring size.
14. The ring support of claim 13 , wherein the predetermined ring size and/or the second ring size ranges from about ring size 0 to about ring size 16.