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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2006
Applicants:
James S. Thompson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Sloan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
James S. Thompson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Sloan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cube Root, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for indicating elapsed time by way of the state of indicators is disclosed, such indicators being arranged in at least four groups such that the first two groups taken together indicate elapsed hours and the second two groups taken together indicate elapsed minutes. The indicators are switchable between a first and second state, such as illuminated or not illuminated. The number of indicators in a first state, such as illuminated, indicate the value of a digit.