Patent ID: 6525999
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: G04B

Abstract:
A wristwatch with an illuminated ornamental display system comprising, in combination:a case having a bottom wall in a rectangular configuration with long upstanding parallel side walls and short upstanding parallel end walls and a short upstanding divider wall there between and with an open top to form two chambers there within, a watch chamber and a display chamber, the bottom wall having a disengagable periphery for releasably coupling with a remainder of the case; an intermediate support plate having a peripheral edge coupled to the interior of the side and end walls of the case at an intermediate elevation thereof with a circular opening in the center of the watch chamber and the display chamber; a timing assembly having a container coupled with respect to the support plate beneath the opening of the watch chamber with upstanding concentric rods extending through the circular opening and with a long minute hand and a short hour hand coupled to the rods above the support plate for the indication of time and with a battery removably received in the watch chamber and accessible through the temporary removal of the bottom wall of the case; a plurality of illuminatable ornamental displays including a cameo of a translucent material and a picture of a translucent material, each display including a rectangular base selectively received within the display chamber with a light source, preferable a light emitting diode, there beneath coupled with respect to the support plate centrally beneath an ornamental display with a receptacle for removably supporting the light source with respect to the display and with a battery removably received in the display chamber and accessible through the temporary removal of the bottom wall of the case; removable coupling components to position or remove a preselected display within the display chamber, such coupling components including a V-shaped recess in the divider wall and an arcuate recess in the adjacent end wall and with each display having a V-shaped projection in one end edge and an arcuate projection in the other end edge; a rotatable stem having an interior end coupled with respect to the timing assembly and extending through a first side aperture in a side wall there adjacent and with an exterior end for the adjustment of the position of the hands; an axially shiftable rod having an interior end coupled to the display assembly and extending through a second side aperture in a side wall and with an exterior end adapted to be depressed by a user for activating the display assembly to illuminate the light source and transmit light through the display to the region adjacent to the upper surface of the support plate and the hands; and a transparent crystal positioned over the upper face of the watch chamber to protect the face and hands of the watch.