Patent ID: 6819635
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: G04B,G04G

Abstract:
A portable clock, the portable clock comprising:an acoustic chime bar; a striking mechanism for striking the an acoustic chime bar; and means for causing the striking mechanism to strike the acoustic chime bar in a predetermined decreasing interval progression countdown thereby moving a person from mental processes back to a stillpoint of emptiness; wherein the predetermined decreasing interval progression countdown is as follows: a) first strike at ten minutes (10:00); b) second strike at three minutes and forty-eight seconds (3:48); c) third strike at two minutes and twenty-one seconds (2:21); d) fourth strike at one minute and twenty-eight seconds (1:28); e) fifth strike at fifty-four seconds (0:54); f) sixth strike at thirty-four seconds (0:34); g) seventh strike at twenty-one seconds (0:21); h) eighth strike at thirteen seconds (0:13); and i) ninth strike at eight seconds (0:08).