Time apparatus

• US 4,652,141 A
• Filed: 11/18/1985
• Issued: 03/24/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Arai Helmets
• Original Assignee: Arai Helmets
• Inventors: Arai, Michio
• Primary Examiner(s): Roskoski, Bernard
• Application Number:
  US06/798,937
• Time in Patent Office: 491 Days
• Field of Search: 368/286, 368/10, 368/69, 368/278
• US Class Current: 368/278
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 19/0027 Measuring instruments, e.g. watch, thermometer
• CPC Class Codes: G04B 37/1433 Fixation on items of clothing, e.g. with clips button watches G04B37/12; brooches, or the like A44C1/00; other similar fixation means, in general A45F5/02
• CPC Class Codes: G04C 3/001 Electromechanical switches for setting or display in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: G04F 8/08 Means used apart from the time-piece for starting or stopping same
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 17/08 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/08 Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces

Abstract

A time apparatus is disclosed which enables autocycle riders, marathon athletes, jogging runners, skiers etc. to see or check time only by the pushing motion of the thumb of the hand which wears the apparatus, without the need of the other hand.

Claims

1. A stopwatch timing apparatus comprising:

an electrical time measuring device having means for measuring variable time intervals;

apparatus-fixing means for holding said electrical time measuring device on a back side thereof and shaped so as to cover the fingers, palm and back of a user'"'"'s hand in a removable manner;

electrical switch means in said apparatus-fixing means located at the fingers of said user other than the thumb for actuating said time measuring device by movement and contact of the users'"'"' thumb and the user'"'"'s other fingertips on the same hand.

2. A time apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus-fixing means has a form of a glove.

3. A time apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus-fixing means consists of finger sacks to which said switch means for said time measuring device is provided, and a cylinger covering the palm and the back of a hand.

4. A time apparatus according to claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein the time measuring device comprising the time indicator and said switch means are secured integrally to the apparatus-fixing means.

5. A time apparatus according to claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein the time measuring device comprising the time indicator and said switch means is secured removably to the apparatus-fixing means.

6. A time apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the time measuring device is positioned at the cross of the thumb and the forefinger, on the back of the apparatus-fixing means.

7. A time apparatus according to claim 5, wherein means for removably fixing the time measuring device comprising the time measuring device and said switch means, is constructed double layer structure.

8. A time apparatus according to claim 5, wherein means for removably securing said time measuring device comprises a velvet type fastener.