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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1999
John L. Garay, Southbury, CT (US);
Richard D. Ciervo, New Britain, CT (US);
William M Kurple, Middlebury, CT (US);
Timex Corporation, Middlebury, CT (US);
Abstract
A lightguide for illuminating a dial of a timekeeping device having a flat portion having a bottom surface and an upper surface in facing alignment with the watch dial, a lightpipe integrally formed with and extending below the flat portion, the lightpipe having a foot region at one end thereof, and geometries molded into the bottom surface of the flat portion to selectively eject internally reflected light from the bottom surface of the flat portion through the upper surface, where the lightguide provides illumination to the dial when a concentrated light source disposed below and spaced apart from the foot region conducts light to the lightpipe.