Patent ID: 6208592
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G04B

Abstract:
A clock with novelty hands that exhibit a different configuration at each time change when viewed from a same elevation, and by memorizing said different configurations, a viewer can tell time without having to consult its clock face, said clock comprising:a) a base;b) a clock face disposed on said base;c) a second hand rotatable mounted to said base;d) second apparatus rotatably mounting said second hand to said base;e) a minute hand rotatably mounted to said base;f) minute apparatus rotatably mounting said minute hand to said base;g) a hour hand rotatable mounted to said base;h) hour apparatus rotatable mounting said hour hand to said base; andi) a bell jar replaceably mounted to said base and encapsulating said clock face, said second hand, said minute hand, and said hour hand, wherein said base is low and octagonally-shaped in plan view, and has a center, and an uppermost face that flares dependingly to a lowermost face that is below, and parallel to, said uppermost face of said base for resting on a horizontal surface, wherein said lowermost face of said base has a chamber that opens therein and extends upwardly therefrom to slightly below said uppermost of said base, and terminates in a throughbore that extends coaxially upwardly to, and opens into, said uppermost face of said base, at said center of said base, wherein said second apparatus, said minute apparatus, and said hour apparatus comprise a battery operated clock mechanism that is housed in said chamber in said base, wherein said hour apparatus further comprises a hour arbor that is operatively connected to said battery operated clock mechanism, and extends upwardly therefrom, through said throughbore of said chamber in said base, to said hour hand, wherein said hour hand is a slender and elongated rod bent into a specific configuration, wherein said hour hand comprises a first portion that inclines outwardly upwardly, at a 45 degree angle, from said hour arbor of said hour apparatus, wherein said hour hand further comprises a second portion that extends perpendicularly outwardly from said first portion of said hour hand and forms a first plane therewith, wherein said hour hand further comprises a third portion that inclines perpendicularly inwardly upwardly from said second portion of said hour hand and forms a second plane therewith.