Pedometer with an illumination lamp

• US 6,674,832 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2002
• Issued: 01/06/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tokyo Compass Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Tokyo Compass Manufacturing Company Limited
• Inventors: Yusa, Toshikazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Wambach, Margaret R.
• Application Number:
  US10/206,527
• Publication Number:
  US 20030021372A1
• Time in Patent Office: 529 Days
• Field of Search: 377/24.2, 362/28, 362/29, 362/30, 362/31, 362/104, 362/577, 362/581, 362/362, 362/363, 362/157, 362/205, 362/253, 362/23
• US Class Current: 377/24.2
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers

Abstract

A pedometer including a pedometer body having a measuring mechanism that makes a measurement of a number of steps walked and a display that shows the measurement result; an illumination lamp and a battery installed in the pedometer body; a window provided in the pedometer body so as to allow the light of the illumination lamp to illuminate the outside of the pedometer body; and a power switch provided on the pedometer body and operable from the outside so as to turn on and off the illumination lamp.

Claims

1. A pedometer comprising:

a pedometer body including therein a measuring mechanism that make a measurement of a number of steps walked and a display that displays a result of said measurement;

an illumination lamp installed in said pedometer body;

a battery installed in said pedometer body;

a first window provided in said pedometer body so as to allow light of said illumination lamp to illuminate an outside of said pedometer body; and

a power switch provided on said pedometer body, said power switch being operable from an outside of said pedometer body so as to turn on and off said illumination lamp.

2. The pedometer according to claim 1, wherein said pedometer body is comprised of a main body unit and a lid member that is hingedly connected to said main body unit so as to open and close and covers said display when closed, and said illumination lamp and battery are installed in said lid member.

3. The pedometer according to claim 2, wherein said lid member is provided with an illumination unit that includes said illumination lamp and battery and is formed with a second window so that said illumination lamp illuminates said outside of said pedometer body as well as said display.

4. The pedometer according to claim 1, wherein said pedometer body is comprised of a main body unit and a lid member that is hingedly connected to said main body unit so as to open and close and covers said display when closed, and said lid member is comprised of a box-like lid member main body and an illumination unit that is removably installed in said box-like lid member main body.

5. The pedometer according to claim 4, wherein said illumination unit is removable from said box-like lid member main body for an entirety thereof.

6. The pedometer according to claim 4, wherein a part of said illumination unit is removable from said box-like lid member main body, said part being used for changing said battery.

7. The pedometer according to claim 4, wherein said box-like lid member main body is provided therein with a guide rail and said illumination unit is slidably provided on said guide rail.