Patent ID: 9720378
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G04B,G04C,G04F,G04G

Claim:
1. A method to recognize and celebrate a future birth of a baby, comprising the steps of (A) providing a chronometer to monitor the passage of time beginning months in advance of a projected date of birth of the baby, said chronometer comprising (1) a hollow free-standing housing including (2) an article mounted in said housing and viewable when said top is in said open position; (3) a microprocessor mounted in said housing and programmable months in advance of the projected date of birth with a time period selected from a group consisting of days until the projected date of birth and of the projected data of birth; and (4) a display operatively associated with said microprocessor to indicate the length of time until the projected data of birth as a time period selected from a group consisting of days until the projected date of birth and of the projected date of birth; (B) programming said microprocessor months in advance of the projected date of birth with a time period selected from a group consisting of days until the projected date of birth and of the projected date of birth; and, (C) moving said top near the projected date of birth to reveal at least partially said article; said chronometer further comprising an apparatus mounted to the housing, which incrementally moves said top from said closed position to said open position such that said top stops at least once prior to completing the movement from said closed position to said open position on the projected date of birth.