Patent 4,763,490
Disaster number one
Bruner knows a spring is the right way to go, but He doesn't know how to work with springs so this was his first attempt and failure.

(Jan., 1990) Original M.A. Bruner Letter (The father of Gena Alulis, SuperFit inc.CEO)

Then disaster to his second attempt when he saw the P.F.F. had already been available on the market for over a year. Bruner knew he was defeated on the spring version.

That is when he gave up on using springs, as he didn't know how to go about it.

So then Bruner's bright idea was to go without a spring and use Taiwan paper ring technology book binder ring school supplies (interference fit) and get around the P.F.F. and away from springs altogether and this is what he ended up with scrub bumps. Not a lock! His motto..(If you can't make it, fake it) After seeing the test video some have referred to SuperFits as Mexican jumping rings.

It is a simulated lock to trap most people into thinking it must be good as you can hear it slapping together. Now, when you least expect it, you can also see it flying off your finger and you can hear the audible sound of non-confidence as it hits the floor!!!

The document is an editorial on a patent found at the US Patent Website.

Highlighted excerpt from the above patent link(69KB MS Word Document), a cut & paste of the Patent document, with salient points highlighted.

The proof is in the patent!(45KB MS Word Document), an analysis of the patent documentation

Note the advice given in 1993 by SuperFit to "wear-in" the contacts. When sufficiently worn in, the so-called click of confidence becomes your nightmare as what you hear will likely be the ring falling on the floor. They want your comments

Their theory in 1997 seems to try to convey that the older a piece gets the better it is, yet you can see even the brand new SuperFit in the test can't hold up. So I guess that they think that your car tires get better after 20,000 miles. And your car should be at it's best at 40,000 miles. "Ya right"

SuperFit letters that have
to be seen to be believed.
Click on them to read.

They say their ring is safe "enough" for championship rings.
Who decided what safe enough was?
Your ring should be totally safe.

Here a concerned client voices their support towards the PFF, pointing out strange things in the SuperFit letter... developed and tested since 1984? But no springs? Perhaps they've forgotten that their original attempts dating back to 1984 involved springs.

Their current design is not nearly so old, and as indicated on this site, they didn't know how to test, as they didn't know how to work with springs. This is a classic case where a little knowledge can be dangerous.

Here is a somewhat dated fax. It shows that clients have been using the PFF for quite a long time. Many clients, like this one being concerned that the SuperFit is in fact a copy of OUR ring. If it is, it's a bad imitation!

Note these headers from ads refer to 4763490. Considering this patent involves a mechansim that Bruner appeared unable to master, and was no longer using, it seems like he just wanted to impress people with more patent numbers!