Game timer with increased visibility
First Claim
1. A device for displaying information about a game comprising:
- a body;
a first display operable to display first information about a player of the game; and
a second display operable to display second information about the player of the game, the second display facing in a different direction from that of the first display, in which the first display and the second display are attached to the body.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention include a chess clock with a first display facing in one direction and a second display facing in an opposite direction. Each of the first and second displays may display information about a single player of a chess game. Such information may include a time remaining in the game. A chess clock of the present invention may afford spectators and chess tournament directors a view of a player'"'"'s time remaining from a wide range of vantage points. Various embodiments of the present invention include a chess clock with four displays, two displays corresponding to each of two players. The two displays corresponding to a given player may face in opposite directions. Various embodiments of the present invention include a chess clock suitable for simultaneous use in two separate chess games, or for use in a game of bughouse.
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19 Claims
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1. A device for displaying information about a game comprising:
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a body;
a first display operable to display first information about a player of the game; and
a second display operable to display second information about the player of the game, the second display facing in a different direction from that of the first display, in which the first display and the second display are attached to the body. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A device for keeping time comprising:
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a chassis;
a first memory for storing a first amount of time remaining for a first player of a game, the first memory attached to the chassis;
a first display for displaying the first amount of time, the first display attached to the chassis and coupled to the first memory;
a second display for displaying the first amount of time, the second display attached to the chassis and coupled to the first memory, in which the second display faces in a different direction from that of the first display;
a second memory storing a second amount of time remaining for a second player of the game, the second memory attached to the chassis;
a third display for displaying the second amount of time, the third display attached to the chassis and coupled to the second memory; and
a fourth display for displaying the second amount of time, the fourth display attached to the chassis and coupled to the second memory. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A device comprising:
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a means for tracking a first time;
a means for tracking a second time;
a first display means for displaying the first time in a first direction;
a second display means for displaying the first time in a second direction; and
an initiation means for initiating the reduction of the first time and halting the reduction of the second time. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A device comprising:
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a body;
a memory, the memory including four memory locations, in which each of the four memory locations stores a time remaining for a different one of four players; and
four buttons, each of which, when pressed, halts the reduction of a first one of the times remaining stored in a first one of the four memory locations, and initiates the reduction of a second one of the times remaining stored in a second one of the four memory locations, in which the memory and each of the four buttons are attached to the body. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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