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Wristwatch with an illuminated ornamental display system
   
Document Number
US Patent 6052338
Issued Date
April 18, 2000
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Shevins; Herbert (Indian Rocks Beach, FL)
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Abstract
A wristwatch with an illuminated ornamental display system comprising a case. The case has a bottom wall in a circular configuration with an upstanding side wall and with an open top to form a chamber there within. The bottom wall has a periphery for releasably coupling with the remainder of the case. A support plate has a peripheral edge coupled to the interior of the side wall of the case. The support plate includes a small circular opening in the center of a first hemisphere and an enlarged oval opening in the center of a second hemisphere. A timing assembly has a container beneath the small opening with upstanding concentric rods extending through the small opening and with hands coupled to the rods for the indication of time. An illuminatable ornamental display assembly includes a member of a translucent material with a base received within the enlarged opening and a raised surface above the upper surface of the support plate. The display assembly also has a light beneath the member.
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Published
April 18, 2000
Application Number
09/296,922
Filed
April 22, 1999
US Classification
368/223   368/228 368/285
Int'l Classification
G04B   19/30   (20060101)   G04B   47/04   (20060101)   G04B   47/00   (20060101)  
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USPTO Field of Search
368/76   368/80   368/223   368/228   368/232   368/276   368/278   368/285   368/309 D   10/123   10/124   10/31  
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