Perpetual blind calendars series 2

• US 5,026,095 A
• Filed: 05/22/1990
• Issued: 06/25/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ralph H. Hoyeck
• Original Assignee: Ralph H. Hoyeck
• Inventors: Hoyeck, Ralph H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bell, Paul A.
• Application Number:
  US07/526,539
• Time in Patent Office: 399 Days
• Field of Search: 283/2, 283/3, 283/4, 283/117
• US Class Current: 283/2
• CPC Class Codes: G09D 3/04 wherein members bearing the indicia are movably mounted in the calendar

Abstract

The present invention deals with a variety of advanced perpetual calendars, combined calendars, multiple calendars.

Claims

1. A perpetual yearly calendar comprising a first part and a second part, said first part and said second part are parallel to each other, said first part and said second part are movable with respect to one another, said first part and said second part are sub-divided into equal and alignable divisions, said first part comprising an elongated strip having a plurality of equidistant transversial lines, disposed on the said strip, defining equal transversial first divisions, carrying identifications of consecutive weekdays, the number of said consecutive weekdays, is equal at least to the number of days in the longest month in a given calendar system plus twelve, occupying an equal number of the said first divisions, said second part having a surface area containing inscriptions thereon, said second part comprising a grid having a plurality of equidistant vertical lines, spaced by the same spacing as the said transversial lines, and equidistant horizontal lines, intersecting one another to define second equal divisions, corresponding to and alignable with the said first divisions, distributed into twelve rows, representing the twelve months of the year and a number of columns equal to at least the number of days in the longest month in a given calendar system plus six, each row carrying numerals in consecutive order, representative of the number of days in a given month, occupying an equal number of the said second divisions, the twelve months of the year are positioned on the said grid in their constant relation with each other, with respect to the weekdays'"'"' sequences, i.e. the first numeral of each of the twelve rows, appearing in a division of a given column, which corresponds to its constant position with respect to the other first numerals as determined by the weekdays'"'"' sequences when changing from one month to the next one, resulting in a twelve months'"'"' table, so constructed and arranged, that by aligning any date shown on the twelve months'"'"' table, with its corresponding weekday shown on the said flexible strip, the remaining 364 days of the year shown on the twelve months'"'"' table, would be automatically aligned with their corresponding weekdays shown on the said flexible strip.

2. A perpetual calendar as in claim 1, wherein the first part and the second part comprise 2 concentric transparent tubes, one tube showing the first part and the other showing the second part, with a provision to rotate the said concentric tubular sections with respect to one another, and with a provision to move the saids tubular sections laterally with respect to one another for adjustment.

3. A perpetual calendar as claimed in claim 1 wherein said first part comprises a band, showing the weekdays, whose ends are foldable behind said second part as the opposite sides of the said column divisions, said band is extended and joined end-to-end with known methods at the back of the unit to form a continuous belt, said first part shows the consecutive weekdays, accompanied with serial numbers, 1 to 7, generally allocating numbers:

1 for Sunday, up to 7 for Saturday, the resulting calendar is accompanied with a permanent Agenda, comprising a plurality of columns headed with the seven consecutive weekdays, said columns have provisions to show the consecutive hours of the day, with a margin to mark the appointments, hour by hour on each column.

4. A perpetual dual calendar as claimed in claim 3, having in addition a perpetual monthly calendar, comprising a first part and a second part, said first part and said second part being movable with respect to one another, said first part and said second part are sub-divided into equal and alignable divisions, said first part comprising an elongated strip having a plurality of equidistant transversial lines, disposed on the said strip, defining equal transversial first divisions, carrying identifications of consecutive weekdays, the number of said weekdays, is equal to at least one full week plus 6 days, or 13 consecutive weekdays, occupying an equal number of the said first divisions, said second part having a surface area containing inscriptions thereon, said second part comprising a grid having a plurality of equidistant vertical lines, spaced by the same spacing as the said transversial lines, and equidistant horizontal lines, intersecting one another to define equal second divisions, corresponding to and alignable with the said first divisions, distributed into at least 5 rows and 7 column divisions representing 4 full weeks and a balance of 3 weekdays, each row carrying numerals in consecutive order representing dates of a given week, generally positioned 1 to 7 on a first row, 8 to 14 on a second row, 15 to 21 on a third row, 22 to 28 on a fourth row, 29, 30, 31, on a fifth row, resulting with numbers:

1, 8, 15, 22, 29, occupying the first division on each row and aligned with a first weekday shown on the said first part, and numbers, 7, 14, 21, 28, occupying the seventh division on each row and aligned with a seventh weekday shown on the said first part, resulting in a monthly table, so constructed and arranged, that by aligning any date shown on the said monthly table, with its corresponding weekday shown on the said first part, all the remaining dates of the month in question would be automatically aligned with their corresponding weekdays shown on the said first part, the resulting calendar is also combined with an appointment table, comprising a plurality of spaces identified with alphabetic letters, an appointment is marked with an alphabetic letter on the said second divisions which carry the appointment date on the yearly calendar and is described in detail beside the corresponding letter on the appointment table, the surface of the calendar is laminated with a transparent waterproof film or the like to allow repeated writing on the said surface, the first part, showing the weekdays, on the so described calendars, are made of non-stretchable, flexible material, like polyester, mylar, vinyl, thivac, paper, cloth or the like, and the second parts showing the 12 months'"'"' table, the one month'"'"'s table, the Agenda, etc are made of cardboard, plastic, vinyl, or the like, the different parts of the combined, perpetual calendar/Agenda;

the yearly calendar, the monthly calendar, the permanent Agenda, etc, are placed in different positions with respect to each other as the necessity requires.

5. A perpetual dual calendar as in claim 4, comprising a flat board provided with sets of holding points, positioned at the main intersections of the lines of superimposed common symbols, representing the alphanumeric characters, each set of the said holding points comprises at least 9 holding points, defining 3 parallel rows and 3 columns, coloured and different shaped displaying means are spaced inbetween the said holding points, to show the first letter of the actual weekday in one colour and its date in another colour and shape, displayed at the full height and width of the said flat board, allowing distant visual reading as well as reading by touching process, a cursor comprising a string, suspended from a holder, sliding along the top edge of the said flat board, said string holds movable beads to pin point the actual weekday and its date.

6. A perpetual lunar calendar as in claim 3, wherein the 12 months of the year are shown on movable flexible bands, the number of the said flexible bands is generally equal to the number of the variable months in the year plus 1, said flexible bands are folded at the opposite ends of the said vertical columns, extended and joined end-to-end at the back of the supporting unit, to form a continuous belt.

7. A dual perpetual calendar as in claim 3, combining a solar calendar and a shorter lunar calendar, the said rows showing the solar calendar on the said second part are spaced from each other with blank spaces left inbetween, the lunar months are shown on 12 flexible bands, said flexible bands are positioned in the blank spaces left inbetween the said rows showing the solar months, each of the said flexible bands shows a plurality of consecutive lunar months, each of the said flexible bands is provided with means to change the name of the month it represents, from one year to the other, said flexible bands are interchangeable inbetween each other, said flexible bands are folded behind the supporting board and joined end-to-end to form continuous belts, the different parts of the joint calendar;

the solar calendar and the lunar calendar, could be placed in different positions with respect to each other as the necessity requires.

8. A perpetual calendar as in claim 3, wherein the second part is shown on a mobile belt rotatable in a perpendicular direction to the belt forming the first part.

9. A perpetual calendar as in claim 1, wherein said second part is divided into 2 sections, a first section showing 2 rows representing January and February, and a second section showing the remaining 10 months of the year, from March to December, to allow direct adjustment of the months vis-a-vis the weekdays in leap years.

10. A perpetual circular yearly calendar comprising a first part and a second part, said first part and said second part being coaxial, movable with respect to one another, and with interlocking means, said first part and said second part are sub-divided into alignable divisions, of equal angular measurements said first part comprises a circular ring sub-divided with a plurality of equidistant first radiusus around the 360 degrees circumference to define an annular distribution of equal first divisions, said first divisions carrying identifications of consecutive weekdays, the number of said weekdays is equal to at least the number of full weeks, i.e. the number divisible by seven that would encompass the longest month in a given calendar system, the resulting number of said weekdays occupy an equal number of said first divisions, said second part having a grid of equidistant second radiusus, spaced by the same angular spacing as the said first radiusus, and equidistant concentric circumference intersecting one another to define equal second divisions, corresponding to and alignable with the said first divisions, distributed in 12 concentric rings representing the 12 months of the year and at least 35 sector divisions, said sector divisions occupy the same number of degrees as, and are alignable with the said first divisions, each of the 12 rings carrying numerals in consecutive order representative of the number of days in a given month, occupying an equal number of the said second divisions, the 12 months of the year are placed in consecutive order on the said 12 consecutive rings, and are positioned in their constant relation with each other with respect to the weekdays'"'"' sequences, i.e. the first numeral in each of the 12 rings, appearing in a division of a given sector, which corresponds to its constant position with respect to the other first numerals as determined by the weekdays'"'"' sequences when changing from one month to the next one, resulting in a 12 months'"'"' table, so constructed and, arranged that by aligning any date shown on the said 12 months'"'"' table, with its corresponding weekday shown on the said first part, the remaining 364 days of the year shown on the 12 months'"'"' table, would be automatically aligned with their corresponding weekdays shown on the said first part.

11. A perpetual, circular yearly calendar as claimed in claim 10, combined with a monthly circular calendar, comprising a first part and a second part, said first part and said second part being coaxial, movable with respect to one another, and with interlocking means, said first part and said second part are sub-divided into alignable divisions of equal angular measurements, said first part comprises a circular ring sub-divided with a plurality of equidistant first radiusus around the 360 degrees circumference to define an annular distribution of equal first divisions, said first divisions carrying identifications of consecutive weekdays the number of said weekdays is equal to at least one full week or 7 consecutive weekdays, occupying an equal number of the said first divisions, said second part having a grid of equidistant second radiusus, spaced by the same angular spacing as the said first radiusus, and equidistant concentric circumferences intersecting one another to define equal second divisions, corresponding to and alignable with the said first divisions, distributed into at least 5 concentric rings and 7 sector divisions, representing 4 full weeks and a balance of 3 weekdays, each ring carrying numerals in consecutive order representing dates of a given week, generally positioned 1 to 7 on a first ring, 8 to 14 on a second ring, 15 to 21 on a third ring, 22 to 28 on a fourth ring, 29, 30, 31, on a fifth ring, resulting with numbers 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, occupying a first division on each ring and aligned with a first weekday shown on the said first part, and numbers 7, 14, 21, 28, occupying a seventh division on each ring and aligned with a seventh weekday shown on the said first part, resulting in a monthly circular table, so constructed and arranged that by aligning any date shown on the said monthly table, with its corresponding weekday shown on the said first part, all the remaining dates of the month in question, would be automatically aligned with their corresponding weekdays shown on the said first part, the different parts of the combined calendar;

the yearly calendar, the monthly calendar, etc, are placed in different positions with respect to each other as the necessity requires.

12. A combined perpetual circular calendar as in claim 11, comprising a circular yearly calendar and a circular monthly calendar, provided with proportional pulleys on each calendar with the ratio 7 to 35, and with belt transmission inbetween the 2 pulleys, allowing the monthly calendar to rotate 5 turns for every single turn of the yearly calendar, a rotation of the monthly calendar by 360 degrees over 7 each day, would rotate the yearly calendar 360 degrees over 35 with the same single movement of either calendar, a common cursor made of an elastic belt joining the centers of the 2 calendars and spaced with a common spacer that would open the said flexible cursor by an angle of 360 degrees over 35 on the yearly calendar and by an angle of 360 degrees over 7 on the monthly calendar, both the date on the monthly calendar and the date on the yearly calendar, would be seen opposite to each other at tangent first divisions on the 2 opposite calendars inbetween the strings of the said flexible cursor.

13. A dual perpetual circular calendar as in claim 10, combining a solar calendar, with a shorter lunar calendar, using;

a) for the solar calendar, 2 discs as described in claim 10, with open spaces inbetween the rings representing the 12 months of the solar calendar;

b) for the lunar calendar, 12 superimposed, transparent discs, each of the said transparent discs shows one month of the lunar year positioned opposite one of the blank spaces left inbetween the rings showing the solar months, the rings showing the lunar months, are printed with numbers representing consecutive months to fill the 35 divisions on each ring, both the solar calendar discs, and the lunar calendar discs are coaxial with each other, the solar calendar discs and the lunar calendar discs, are sub-divided into divisions measuring 360 degrees divided by 35 divisions each, the lunar discs are provided with means to change the name of the month on each disc from one year to the other.

14. A perpetual circular yearly lunar calendar as in claim 10, wherein the second part comprises 12 individual discs or rings, showing the said 12 months'"'"' table, said 12 discs are coaxial with the said first part showing the weekdays, all the discs of the calendar are coaxial, rotatable with respect to each other and with interlocking means to hold them together at a required position.

15. A perpetual monthly calendar comprising a first part and a second part, said first part and said second part are parallel to each other, said first part and said second part are movable with respect to one another, said first part and said second part are sub-divided into equal and alignable divisions, said first part comprising an elongated strip having a plurality of equidistant transversial lines, disposed on the said strip, defining equal transversial divisions, carrying identifications of consecutive weekdays, the number of said consecutive weekdays is equal to at least one full week plus six days or thirteen consecutive weekdays, occupying an equal number of the said first divisions, said second part having a surface area containing inscriptions thereon, said second part comprising a grid having a plurality of equidistant vertical lines, spaced by the same spacing as the said transversial lines, and equidistant horizontal lines, intersecting one another to define equal second divisions, corresponding to and alignable with the said first divisions, distributed into at least five rows and seven column divisions representing four full weeks and a balance of three weekdays, each row carrying numerals in consecutive order representing dates of a given week, generally positioned 1 to 7 on a first row, 8 to 14 on a second row, 15 to 21 on a third row, 22 to 28 on a fourth row, 29, 30, 31, on a fifth row, resulting with numbers 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, occupying the first division on each row and aligned with a first weekday shown on the said first part, and numbers 7, 14, 21, 28, occupying the seventh division on each row and aligned with a seventh weekday shown on the said first part, resulting in a monthly table, so constructed and arranged that by aligning any date shown on the said monthly table, with its corresponding weekday shown on the said first part, all the remaining dates of the month in question would be automatically aligned with their corresponding weekdays shown on the said first part.

16. A perpetual monthly calendar as in claim 15, with possibilities to begin the week with any selected weekday, wherein said first part is mounted on a general support, wherein, the divisions on the said second part are distributed into at least 6 rows, and into at least 13 column divisions shown on a long flexible band with a minimum of 7 column divisions on display at a time, each row carrying numerals in consecutive order representing dates, generally positioned 1-7 on a first row, 2-14 on a second row, 9-21 on a third row, 16-28 on a fourth row, 23-31 on a fifth row, and 30, 31, at the beginning of a sixth row, aligned in the same way described in claim 15, both ends of the said long flexible bend are folded behind the said general support, at the opposite ends of 7 divisions, alignable with 7 displayed divisions on the said first part, the opposite ends of the said long flexible band are joined end-to-end to form a continuous belt, so constructed and arranged that by setting the first part to show the required weekday at the beginning of the week, and by moving the second part to have the first of the month in line with its corresponding weekday shown on the said first part, all the remaining dates of the month shown on the said flexible band, will be automatically aligned with their corresponding weekdays shown on the said first part.

17. A perpetual circular monthly calendar comprising a first part and a second part, said first part and said second part being coaxial, movable with respect to one another, and with interlocking means, said first part and said second part are sub-divided into alignable divisions, of equal angular measurements, said first part comprises a circular ring sub-divided with a plurality of equidistant first radiusus around the 360 degrees circumference to define an annular distribution of equal first divisions, said first divisions carrying identifications of consecutive weekdays, the number of said weekdays is equal to at least one full week or 7 consecutive weekdays, occupying an equal number of the said first divisions, said second part having a grid of equidistant second radiusus, spaced by the same angular spacing as the said first radiusus, and equidistant concentric circumferences, intersecting one another to define equal second divisions, corresponding to and alignable with the said first divisions, distributed into at least 5 concentric rings and 7 sector divisions, representing 4 full weeks and a balance of 3 weekdays, each ring carrying numerals in consecutive order representing dates of a given week, generally positioned 1 to 7 on a first ring, 8 to 14 on a second ring, 15 to 21 on a third ring, 22 to 28 on a fourth ring, 29, 30, 31, on a fifth ring, resulting with numbers 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, occupying a first division on each ring and aligned with a first weekday shown on the said first part, and numbers 7, 14, 21, 28, occupying a seventh division on each ring and aligned with a seventh weekday shown on the said first part, resulting in a monthly circular table, so constructed and PBC2 arranged that by aligning any date shown on the said monthly table, with its corresponding weekday shown on the said first part, all the remaining dates of the month in question, would be automatically aligned with their corresponding weekdays shown on the said first part.