MULI-SIGNAL DISPLAYER

• US 20080129654A1
• Filed: 12/01/2006
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sun Coast Merchandise
• Original Assignee: Sun Coast Merchandise
• Inventors: Bhavnani, Dilip
• Application Number:
  US11/566,159
• Publication Number:
  US 20080129654A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/59
• CPC Class Codes: G04C 3/005 Multiple switches G04C3/004 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 17/086 Desktop clocks
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0064 in which functions not related to time can be displayed digital output to display devices of digital computers G06F3/14

Abstract

A multi-signal desktop digital displayer that can selectively display digital signals created from digital utilities such as a clock, timer, alarm, or thermometer by rotating a large artistically designed disc. The multi-signal displayer has a housing to encase electric circuitry, a disc rotatably mounted on the front face of the housing and a display screen. The disc is configured to selectively activate different digital utilities one by one as it rotates by a preset degrees of an angle to display the digital signal generated therefrom one by one. In the preferred embodiment, the displayer is also configured to reverse the shades of display, for each digital signal, as the disk rotates, that is, from bright background to dark background and from dark image to bright image.

Claims

1. A multi-signal displayer, comprising:

a housing;

a plurality of digital signal generators disposed within the housing, each of the digital signal generators being configured to output a unique respective digital signal;

a disc rotatably mounted on the housing and configured to selectively activate the digital signal generators upon rotation thereof; and

a display disposed on the housing and configured to display a different respective one of the digital signals upon activation of a respective one of the digital signal generators via each rotational turn of the disc.

2. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 1, wherein the plurality of digital signal generators comprises at least three unique digital signal generators selected from the group consisting of:

a digital clock, a countdown timer, an alarm, and a thermometer.

3. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 2, the plurality of digital signal generators comprises four unique digital signal generators.

4. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 3, wherein each of the digital signal generators are activated by a 90 degree rotational turn of the disc.

5. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 3 further comprising a plurality of input units disposed on an outer surface of the housing.

6. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 1, wherein the disc is configured to rotate in both clockwise and counter-clockwise directions.

7. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 1, wherein the display is a liquid crystal display.

8. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 1, wherein the display is a light emitting diode.

9. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 1, wherein the disc has a substantially circular shape.

10. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 1, wherein the housing has a flat bottom which is perpendicular to a front surface of the housing.

11. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 1 further comprising advertising material disposed on a visible outer surface thereof.

12. A multi-signal displayer, comprising:

a housing;

a plurality of digital signal generators disposed within the housing, each of the digital signal generators being configured to output a unique respective digital signal;

a disc rotatably mounted on the housing and configured to selectively activate the digital signal generators upon rotation thereof;

a display disposed on the housing and configured to display a different respective one of the digital signals upon activation of a respective one of the digital signal generators via each rotational turn of the disc; and

a polarized lens superimposed upon the display, the lens being configured to change color of the display when the disc is rotated.

13. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 12, wherein the plurality of digital signal generators comprises at least three unique digital signal generators selected from the group consisting of:

a digital clock, a countdown timer, an alarm, and a thermometer.

14. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 13, wherein the plurality of digital signal generators comprises four unique digital signal generators.

15. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 14, wherein each of the digital signal generators are activated by a 90 degree rotational turn of the disc.

16. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 14 further comprising a plurality of input units disposed on an outer surface of the housing.

17. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 12, wherein the disc is configured to rotate in both clockwise and counter-clockwise directions.

18. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 12, wherein the display is a liquid crystal display.

19. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 12, wherein the display is a light emitting diode.

20. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 12, wherein the disc has a substantially circular shape.

21. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 12, wherein the housing has a flat bottom which is perpendicular to a front surface of the housing.

22. The multi-signal displayer as in claim 12 further comprising advertising material disposed on a visible outer surface thereof.

23. A method of advertising comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a multi-signal displayer comprising;

a housing,

a plurality of digital signal generators disposed within the housing, each of the digital signal generators being configured to output a unique respective digital signal,

a disc rotatably mounted on the housing and configured to selectively activate the digital signal generators upon rotation thereof, and

a display disposed on the housing and configured to display a different respective one of the digital signals upon activation of a respective one of the digital signal generators via each rotational turn of the disc; and

(b) disposing advertising material on a visible outer surface of the displayer.