Patent ID: 6962494
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A teaching aid for teaching a user how to tell time, the teaching aid comprising: a clock assembly comprising a face member and a plurality of arm members, said arm members being rotatably coupled to said face member of said clock assembly such that said arm members are adapted for indicating a time to the user when said arm members are rotated with respect to said face member; a clockwork assembly being operationally coupled to said arm members, said clockwork assembly being for rotating said arm members with respect to said face member for indicating the time of day; a stimulus assembly being operationally coupled to said clockwork assembly such that said stimulus assembly is adapted for providing audio and visual stimulus to the user to indicate the time; said arm members comprising a hour arm member and a minute arm member, said hour arm member being operationally coupled to said clockwork assembly such that said hour arm member is adapted for indicating the hour when said hour arm member is rotated by said clockwork assembly, said minute arm member being operationally coupled to said clockwork assembly such that said minute arm member is adapted for indicating the minute when said minute arm member is rotated by said clockwork assembly; and a button member being slidably coupled to said face member of said clock assembly, said button member being operationally coupled to said stimulus assembly such that said stimulus assembly is adapted for audibly and visually indicating the time indicated by said minute arm member and said hour arm member of said clock assembly to the user when said button member is actuated by the user, said minute arm member and said hour arm member being rotated around said button member to allow the user to see said minute arm member and said hour arm member when said button member is actuated.