People-on-the-go-watch

• US 7,203,134 B1
• Filed: 05/26/2005
• Issued: 04/10/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eloise Jackson
• Original Assignee: Eloise Jackson
• Inventors: Jackson, Eloise
• Primary Examiner(s): Miska; Vit
• Assistant Examiner(s): Phan; Thanh S
• Application Number:
  US11/139,398
• Time in Patent Office: 684 Days
• Field of Search: 368/47, 368 82- 84, 368/223, 368/241, 368/242
• US Class Current: 368/47
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/04 using radio waves radio-controlled time-pieces G04R
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets

Abstract

A wrist watch that also has a pager function incorporated into it. The wrist watch comprises a flexible band and with a watch unit attached to the flexible band. The watch unit displays the time manually, while a LCD readout located on the flexible band displays the time electronically. The wrist watch also includes an incorporated receiver which can receive pages from pager units, with any message, numerical or otherwise, being viewable on the LCD readout. A mode button allows an individual to choose between viewing the time and viewing a received paged message on the LCD readout. The wrist watch also includes an incorporated LED indicator light that indicates if a page has been received.

Claims

1. A wrist watch comprising:

(a) a flexible band having two ends, a first end and a second end,

(b) a watch unit having two ends, a top end and a bottom end, the watch unit also having two faces, a top face and a bottom face, the top end of the watch unit being attached to the first end of the flexible band, the bottom end of the watch unit being attached to the second end of the flexible band,

(c) a clock face located on the top face of the watch unit,

(d) a plurality of indicia within the watch unit, the plurality of indicia being used by an individual to tell time,

(e) a covering attached to the top face of the watch unit,

(f) a receiver incorporated into the flexible band near the bottom end of the watch unit, the receiver capable of receiving and recognizing incoming pager signals,

(g) a light emitting diode (LED) incorporated into the flexible band near the bottom end of the watch unit, the LED connected to the receiver,

(h) a liquid crystal display (LCD) readout attached to the flexible band near the bottom end of the watch unit, the LCD readout being located adjacent to the LED, the LCD readout designed to display information that is received as part of an incoming pager signal received and recognized by the receiver,

(i) means for alternating between various types of information displayed on the LCD readout, and

(j) power means for providing power to the wrist watch.

2. A wrist watch according to claim 1 wherein the power means for providing power to the wrist watch further comprises:

(a) a battery compartment being located within the watch unit, the battery compartment being covered by a rear access panel door located on the bottom face of the wrist watch, and

(b) at least one battery being located within the battery compartment.

3. A wrist watch according to claim 2 wherein the LCD readout can display either the current time or an incoming telephone number from an incoming page that has been received and recognized by the receiver.

4. A wrist watch according to claim 3 wherein the means for alternating between various types of information displayed on the LCD readout further comprises a mode button located on the flexible band, the mode button allowing an individual to choose between viewing the current time or viewing the last incoming telephone number from an incoming page that has been received and recognized by the receiver.

5. A wrist watch according to claim 4 wherein the plurality of indicia within the watch unit further comprises:

(a) an amount of gear works located within the watch unit,

(b) a central axis attached to the amount of gear works, the central axis poking through the clock face,

(c) an hour hand axially attached to the central axis,

(d) a minute hand axially attached to the central axis,

(e) a second hand axially attached to the central axis, and

(f) a plurality of markings located on the clock face.