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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Timex Group Usa, Inc., Middlebury, CT (US);
TIMEX GROUP USA, INC., Middlebury, CT (US);
Abstract
A timepiece including at least one display hand for conveying information in an analog manner, the timepiece including a dial, the dial having a front side and a rear side, wherein the at least one display hand is positioned on the front side of the dial, and wherein the timepiece comprises an illumination assembly, positioned on the rear side of the dial, for illuminating the dial, wherein the illumination assembly includes a transparent ring into which light can be introduced, around and through which light can pass; at least one concentrated light source for introducing light into the transparent ring; light directing means, located on at least one of the inner and the outer periphery of the transparent ring, for directing light out of the transparent ring and towards the dial, whereby the light directed out of the transparent ring by the light directing means illuminates the dial.