Jewelry box

• US 7,789,225 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2007
• Issued: 09/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David Whiteis
• Original Assignee: David Whiteis
• Inventors: Whiteis, David
• Primary Examiner(s): BUI, LUAN KIM
• Application Number:
  US11/828,931
• Publication Number:
  US 20080023357A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,139 Days
• Field of Search: 206/6.1, 206/566, 206/38, 206/216, 206/307, 84/942, 84/952, 346/25, 346/107.2, 348/61, 348/151, 348/211.13, 348/E5.042, 362/104, 362154-156, 386/113, 386/124, 396/429
• US Class Current: 206/6.1
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/00 Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00 specially adapted for toiletry or cosmetic equipment A45D29/20, A45D44/18; travelling sewing kits A45F3/48
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/16 Jewel boxes
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/001 for portable audio devices, e.g. headphones or MP3-players

Abstract

An apparatus to record a user'"'"'s reaction on a recordable medium. The apparatus includes a container having a top portion hingedly fixed to a bottom portion. An interior section of the container houses a recording device in communication with the bottom portion. At such time as the top portion and bottom portion are separated beyond a defined distance, the recording device becomes activated to record still image, audio, and/or video of a person within range of the recording device.

Claims

1. A storage apparatus comprising:

a jewelry box of a standard size and shape with a lid and a base, and a jewelry item housed in said base;

said lid having a top portion and an underside portion that meet at a first lip;

said base having a top portion and a bottom portion that meet at a second lip;

said lid is pivotably attached to said base by a hinge connected to said first lip and said second lip to allow for both an open configuration and a closed configuration of said jewelry box; and

a recording device mounted within said jewelry box such that when a user converts said jewelry box into said open configuration from said closed configuration, said recording device records said user.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said recording device is a digital video camera.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said video camera is hidden between said top portion and said underside of said lid such that said video camera is undetectable by said user.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a button in communication with said recording device to control operation of said device.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein operation of said device includes play-back of said recording, download of said recording to storage media, and a re-arm of said recording device to record a segment the next time said lid is placed in a raised position.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said recording device is motion activated such that the recording device is activated when said lid is pivoted away from said base beyond a set threshold distance.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said recording device Produces a recording in the form of a video segment.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said recording device produces a recording in the form of a sequence of still images.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said recording device produces a recording transferable from said recording device to a recordable media.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said recordable media is a DVD.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said recordable media is a VHS tape.