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WO1996039649A1 - Horloge portant des indications sur des activites quotidiennes - Google Patents

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WO1996039649A1
WO1996039649A1 PCT/US1996/009493 US9609493W WO9639649A1 WO 1996039649 A1 WO1996039649 A1 WO 1996039649A1 US 9609493 W US9609493 W US 9609493W WO 9639649 A1 WO9639649 A1 WO 9639649A1
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Ronald L. Peters
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/28—Adjustable guide marks or pointers for indicating determined points of time
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B47/00—Time-pieces combined with other articles which do not interfere with the running or the time-keeping of the time-piece
    • G04B47/003—Mounting in and combined with adjustable indicating means, e.g. date indicating means adjustable by hand, marks or counters

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  • the present invention relates to clocks, and more particularly to a clock for uniquely associating daily activities with a particular time of day directly on the clock face.
  • clocks are generally of the classic twelve- hour structure and include hour, minute and second hand for indicating time. For adults and older children, this type of clock is sufficient to enable them to determine the time of day. However, for very young children, clocks of this type are essentially meaningless. Young children are unable to fully grasp the abstract concept of time from viewing a standard clock, and the hands on the face of the clock have relatively little meaning to them.
  • the present invention overcomes the foregoing and other problems with the daily activity clock.
  • the daily activity clock comprises a clock face defining a number of hours in the day. The particular hour of the day is indicated by an hour hand rotated by clock motor.
  • a plurality of activity buttons enable user to associate a particular activity indicated on the activity button with a time indicated by the clock.
  • the activity buttons are removably connected to the clock and point at a particular time.
  • the removable nature of the button allows a particular activity to be associated with any time period indicated on the clock face. This allows a user to particularly tailor the clock for activities of a child or individual which may change from day to day.
  • FIGURE 1 illustrates a front view of an activity clock of the present invention
  • FIGURE 2 is an exploded perspective view of the activity clock of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 a front view and an exploded perspective view of the daily activity clock of the present invention.
  • the clock is used for assisting young children in associating daily activities with a particular time of day.
  • a twenty-four hour clock face 1 2 is used to indicate each hour of the day.
  • the use of a twenty-four hour clock face enables each hour indicated on the clock face to have an activity uniquely associated with it.
  • a child had to go to school at 8:00 a.m. and go to bed at 8:00 p.m., he would not be confused by two similar activity buttons pointing at the same hour for activities that obviously occurred at different times of the day.
  • the clock face 1 2 may also include graphics indicating day and night as shown in FIGURE 1 to further assist the child in associating times with particular events.
  • a clock hand 1 4 preferably shaped in the form of an arm and hand, is mounted to the face of the clock 1 2 to indicate a particular time of day.
  • the clock hand 14 is driven by a clock mechanism 1 6 for a twenty-four hour military clock or twelve hour clock as desired. While the preferred embodiment includes only an hour clock hand to prevent confusion to young children, the minute and second clock hand may be included.
  • the clock mechanism 1 6 is powered by a battery 1 8 or electrical cord (not shown) depending upon the requirements of a particularly situation.
  • the clock face 1 2, clock hand 14 and clock mechanism 1 6 are mounted in a bezel 20 or other means sufficient for mounting the clock face and clock mechanism.
  • the clock face 12 and clock hand 14 are protected by a clear cover 21 enabling the clock face to be viewed while preventing damage to the inner mechanism. However, it should be noted the clear cover 21 is not required and the clock face 1 2 and hand 14 may remain uncovered.
  • the activity buttons 22 include some type of a pictorial or word indicator defining an activity such as: get up, breakfast, lunch, dinner, play time, read a book, bedtime, snack time, nap time, potty, school time, play time, bath time, and a star for special event times. This list is only included to be exemplary of the many possible activities that parents may want to schedule for a young child. Included with the activity buttons may be a number of sticker indicators enabling buttons to be customized as desired. In a preferred embodiment, the activity buttons 22 contain an indicator area 24 for containing the representation of the activity and a pointer for pointing to a particular time of day that the activity will be associated with. Of course, many other configuration for the activity button 22 providing the ability to indicate a particular time on the clock face will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
  • a number of means for connecting 25 the activity buttons 22 to point at a particular time indicated on the clock face 1 2 are available.
  • Examples of connecting means would include Velcro connectors, metal or plastic snaps, mounting slots or any other means enabling quick and easy connection of the activity buttons 22 to the clock and movement of the buttons between various positions on the clock.
  • the activity buttons 22 are mounted along the bezel 20 of the activity clock such that the buttons point to a particular time of day. The activity indicated on the activity button is thus uniquely associated with the indicated time of day.
  • activity button 22a which points to approximately 8:30 a.m. indicates by the school bus that it is time to go to school.
  • Activity button 22b indicates that 2:00 p.m. is time for play, with the play activity being represented by the swing set.
  • the clock Using the clock, a young child is able to see the location the clock 14 hand is pointing toward and gain some idea of whether it is time or almost time for a particular activity to occur. Thus, a child upon seeing the clock hand in the position indicated by FIGURE 1 would know that it was almost time for his bath as indicated by activity button 22c.
  • the removable nature of the activity buttons allow a child's day to be specifically tailored according to changing activities. Thus, the clock would be equally effective on a school day, weekend day or days during summer or holiday vacations.
  • individuals who are on complicated medication schedules throughout the day and may be suffering from some type of memory impairment may use the clock to indicate the particular times for taking medicines.
  • the activity buttons 22 would indicate particular medications instead of activities.
  • this clock would greatly assist elderly or infirm individuals.

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L'invention concerne une horloge portant des indications sur des activités quotidiennes, comprenant plusieurs boutons (2) représentant une activité, montés amovibles et permettant l'association sélective d'une activité particulière à une certaine heure de la journée. Ces boutons (22) représentant une activité peuvent être utilisés conjointement avec un cadran d'horloge à 24 heures comme outil pédagogique précieux pour aider les jeunes enfants à lire l'heure en associant les diverses heures de la journée à des activités particulières qui leurs sont familières.
PCT/US1996/009493 1995-06-06 1996-06-06 Horloge portant des indications sur des activites quotidiennes WO1996039649A1 (fr)

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WO2000046645A1 (fr) * 1999-01-25 2000-08-10 Asgeir Tranaas Horloge pour personnes a capacites cognitives reduites
WO2000077582A1 (fr) * 1999-06-10 2000-12-21 Tor Slinning Horloge non numerique
FR2810751A1 (fr) 2000-06-21 2001-12-28 Baby And Children Montre a reperes temporels
GB2428824A (en) * 2005-07-06 2007-02-07 Clare Swayne Event clock with magnetic pictorial elements
GB2433793A (en) * 2005-12-29 2007-07-04 Neil O'halloran Display pieces for a timepiece indicating activities to be performed at particular times
FR2898695A1 (fr) * 2006-03-16 2007-09-21 Helene Ginette Mentet Dispositif d'affichage et d'indication du temps pour exposer dans une journee de 24 heures des durees relatives et absolues et designer dans ladite journee des moments donnes et non pas des heures.
NL2000325C2 (nl) * 2006-11-21 2008-05-22 Bin Innovations Tijdinrichting omvattende een reeks licht afgegevende elementen.
US8018327B2 (en) 2007-09-24 2011-09-13 Good Nite Lite, Llc Night light wake up indicator
WO2013144666A1 (fr) * 2012-03-27 2013-10-03 Bengler Jean-Marc Pièce d'horlogerie destinée a indiquer les heures des cinq prières de l'islam
CH712005A1 (fr) * 2016-01-07 2017-07-14 Menoud Edouard Montre à affichage analogique de l'heure comprenant une échelle complémentaire permettant de visualiser les événements caractéristiques de la vie du porteur.

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Cited By (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2000046645A1 (fr) * 1999-01-25 2000-08-10 Asgeir Tranaas Horloge pour personnes a capacites cognitives reduites
WO2000077582A1 (fr) * 1999-06-10 2000-12-21 Tor Slinning Horloge non numerique
FR2810751A1 (fr) 2000-06-21 2001-12-28 Baby And Children Montre a reperes temporels
GB2428824A (en) * 2005-07-06 2007-02-07 Clare Swayne Event clock with magnetic pictorial elements
GB2433793A (en) * 2005-12-29 2007-07-04 Neil O'halloran Display pieces for a timepiece indicating activities to be performed at particular times
FR2898695A1 (fr) * 2006-03-16 2007-09-21 Helene Ginette Mentet Dispositif d'affichage et d'indication du temps pour exposer dans une journee de 24 heures des durees relatives et absolues et designer dans ladite journee des moments donnes et non pas des heures.
NL2000325C2 (nl) * 2006-11-21 2008-05-22 Bin Innovations Tijdinrichting omvattende een reeks licht afgegevende elementen.
US8018327B2 (en) 2007-09-24 2011-09-13 Good Nite Lite, Llc Night light wake up indicator
WO2013144666A1 (fr) * 2012-03-27 2013-10-03 Bengler Jean-Marc Pièce d'horlogerie destinée a indiquer les heures des cinq prières de l'islam
CH712005A1 (fr) * 2016-01-07 2017-07-14 Menoud Edouard Montre à affichage analogique de l'heure comprenant une échelle complémentaire permettant de visualiser les événements caractéristiques de la vie du porteur.

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