Patent ID: 6987710
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: G04G

Abstract:
1. An alarm clock of the analog type with hands to indicate the hour and minute; said alarm clock comprising: a housing; a dial disposed in the housing, said dial containing indicia for the hours, said dial being generally transparent; an illumination module with generally planar front and rear surfaces, said illumination module of generally ovate shape with an enlarged end, said illumination module disposed in the housing with the front surface of said illumination module disposed behind and adjacently to the dial, said illumination module having a recess defined in the edge of the illumination module at the enlarged end; and a light source comprising one or more light emitting diodes disposed in said recess to provide illumination into said illumination module; said edge of the illumination module having light reflective properties, except in the recess, to reflect light about the interior of said illumination module and out the front surface of the illumination module and through said dial to provide illumination exterior to said clock.