Clock

• US 6,807,129 B1
• Filed: 02/28/2002
• Issued: 10/19/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sunflower Holdings Limited
• Original Assignee: Sunflower Holdings Limited
• Inventors: Chan, Man-Yan
• Primary Examiner(s): Gibson, Randy W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LINDINGER, MICHAEL L
• Application Number:
  US10/085,335
• Time in Patent Office: 964 Days
• Field of Search: 368/10, 368/76, 368/79, 368/95, 368/225, 368/228, 368/327, 368/232, 368/223, 368/238, D10/1, D10/128
• US Class Current: 368/223
• CPC Class Codes: G04B 19/065 with several parts

Abstract

A clock includes a support hanger, a hand-moving mechanism attached to the support hanger, a number of time indicators suspended from the support hanger, and hands attached to the hand-moving mechanism to point at the time indicators by action of the hand-moving mechanism. The clock does not have a conventional face.

Claims

1. A clock comprising a hanger, a hand-moving mechanism suspended from the hanger, a plurality of time indicators suspended from the hanger independently of the hand-moving mechanism, and a hand attached to the hand-moving mechanism and adapted to point to the time indicators by action of the hand-moving mechanism.

2. The clock of claim 1 wherein the hand-moving mechanism and time indicators are suspended from the hanger by cords.

3. The clock of claim 2 wherein the cords are torsionally resilient to prevent permanent twisting of the time indicators.

4. The clock of claim 2 wherein the hand-moving mechanism is suspended by two said cords.

5. The clock of claim 1 wherein one of the time indicators is suspended from the hand-moving mechanism.

6. The clock of claim 1 wherein the time indicators are Arabic numbers.

7. The clock of claim 2 wherein each time indicator has a cord connector by which it is attached to one of said cords.

8. The clock of claim 7 wherein some of the time indicators include two cord connectors, one positioned above the other in use, the lower one of which suspends another said time indicator with another cord.