Patent ID: 7588544

Claim:
An apparatus for providing daily visual indications relating to various phases of a woman's menstrual cycle, said apparatus comprising: a string; a first bead of a first color positioned on the string to indicate the first day of a menses phase of the woman's menstrual cycle, the first bead being removed from the string at the end of the woman's menstrual cycle; a plurality of second beads positioned on the string to indicate each additional day of the menses phase, the second beads being of the first color and different in size than the first bead and being removed from the string at the end of the woman's menstrual cycle; a third bead positioned on the string to indicate the day the woman's menses phase crosses over to a fertile phase of the woman's menstrual cycle, the third bead being of the first color, a second color, and a third color and different in size than the second beads and being removed from the string at the end of the woman's menstrual cycle; a plurality of fourth beads positioned on the string to indicate each additional day of the fertile phase, the fourth beads being of the second color and being removed from the string at the end of the woman's menstrual cycle; a fifth bead positioned on the string to indicate the day the woman's cervical mucus begins drying up, the fifth bead being of the second and third colors and being removed from the string at the end of the woman's menstrual cycle; a plurality of sixth beads positioned on the string to indicate each additional day the woman's cervical mucus is drying up, the sixth beads being of the second and third colors and different in size than the fifth bead and being removed from the string at the end of the woman's menstrual cycle; a seventh bead positioned on the string to indicate the first day of an infertile phase of the woman's menstrual cycle, the seventh bead being of the third color and being removed from the string at the end of the woman's menstrual cycle; and a plurality of eighth beads positioned on the string to indicate each additional day of the infertile phase, the eighth beads being of the third color and shaped different from the seventh bead and being removed from the string at the end of the woman's menstrual cycle.