ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,473, issued on Nov. 3.
"Therapeutic counting apparatus" was invented by Lisa Marshall (Pembroke Pines, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A therapeutic counting apparatus for use in a therapeutic practice to improve a user's general mood includes a positive-thought rail and a negative-thought rail mounted and spaced above a base. A plurality of positive-thought beads is slidably mounted on the positive-thought rail and a plurality of negative-thought beads is slidably mounted on the negative-thought rail. The positive-thought beads and the negative-thought beads are movable along their respective rails in the process of a therapeutic...