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Sports signalling device for hearing impaired persons

  • US 6,794,989 B2
  • Filed: 06/19/2002
  • Issued: 09/21/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A wireless device useful for a hearing impaired person(s) for enabling said person to receive instructions from another person while participating in a sport-related activity comprising:

  • a) a transmitter unit comprising at least two means for receiving a physical impulse for transmitting instructions as a wireless output signal, wherein said means for receiving a physical impulse comprises at least two depressible buttons or keys;

    b) a portable unit adapted to be carried by the hearing impaired person responsive to said wireless signal thereby providing instructions to said person by first generating a signal comprising a vibration and then generating a second signal providing a color illuminating visual signal(s), wherein each visual signal is in the form of a different color illumination and wherein each different color illumination individually corresponds to an individual depressible button or key of the transmitter unit.

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