Steering wheel alarm clock

• US 5,673,237 A
• Filed: 01/29/1996
• Issued: 09/30/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Steve Blank
• Original Assignee: Steve Blank
• Inventors: Blank, Steve
• Primary Examiner(s): Roskoski, Bernard
• Application Number:
  US08/592,971
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• Field of Search: 368/10
• US Class Current: 368/10
• CPC Class Codes: G04B 47/001 Mounting or fixing to the steering wheel of a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 17/08 Housings

Abstract

A steering wheel alarm clock for mounting to a steering wheel and alerting a driver to a passage of a predetermined amount of time. The inventive device includes a housing having a semi-circular upper edge which can be positioned against an interior surface of a steering wheel. Straps extend from the housing and can be secured about the steering wheel to mount the housing thereto. An alarm clock module is mounted to the front face of the housing and can be manually operated to actuate a beeper to alert a driver to a passage of a predetermined length of time.

Claims

1. A steering wheel alarm clock comprising:

a steering wheel;

a housing having a semi-circular upper edge which can be abuttingly positioned against an interior surface of a steering wheel, the housing is shaped so as to define a pair of strap slots, the semi-circular upper edge is shaped so as to define a concave surface;

a pair of straps including a first strap and a second strap mounted to the housing which can be secured about the steering wheel, the straps being directed through strap slots in the housing;

an electronic alarm clock module mounted within the housing, the electronic alarm clock module includes a digital display mounted on a front face of the housing, and a beeper mounted to the housing and electrically coupled to the alarm clock module the alarm clock module includes an increase switch and a decrease switch mounted to the housing and electrically coupled to the module for adjusting an amount of time for the alarm clock module to monitor.