Patent Publication Number: US-2022214714-A1

Title: Digital Wall Calendar Apparatus

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     The disclosure relates to calendar devices and more particularly pertains to a new calendar device for digital schedule tracking. 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The prior art relates to calendar devices. Known devices often have a fixed interface rather than a display capable of completely changing to view by day, month, or year. Such known devices also lack a digital keyboard and a stylus to control the touch screen. Known devices also lack multiple mounting options for vertical mounting both with or without hardware. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing having a front side, a back side, a left side, a right side, a top side, and a bottom side. The housing is rectangular and the back side has a plurality of mounting apertures configured to receive wall-mounted hardware to hang the housing vertically against a wall. A display is coupled to the front side of the housing. The display is a touchscreen. A microprocessor is coupled within the housing and is in operational communication with the display. A transceiver is coupled within the housing and is in operational communication with the microprocessor. A battery is coupled within the housing and is in operational communication with the microprocessor. A charging port is coupled to the housing and is in operational communication with the battery. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric view of a digital wall calendar apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is an isometric view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a front elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a block diagram of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new calendar device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the digital wall calendar apparatus  10  generally comprises a housing  12  having a front side  14 , a back side  16 , a left side  18 , a right side  20 , a top side  22 , and a bottom side  24 . The housing  12  is rectangular. The back side  16  has a plurality of mounting apertures  26  configured to receive wall-mounted hardware to hang the housing  12  vertically against a wall. The plurality of mounting apertures  26  may be a pair of mounting apertures  26  extending through the back side  16  of the housing proximal the top side  22 . Each mounting aperture  26  may have an upper catch portion  28  extending from a round lower receive portion  30 . 
     A magnet  32  is coupled to the housing  12 . The magnet  32  may be medially coupled to the back side  16  of the housing  12  proximal the top side  22 . The magnet  32  may be sufficiently powerful to secure the apparatus  10  to a vertical ferrous surface such as, but not limited to, a refrigerator or a metal wall. 
     A display  34  is coupled to the housing  12 . The display  34  is coupled to the front side  14  of the housing and is a touchscreen. A microprocessor  36  and a transceiver  38  are coupled within the housing  12 . The microprocessor  36  is in operational communication with the display  34  and the transceiver  38  is in operational communication with the microprocessor  36 . The transceiver  38  allows the apparatus  10  to communicate with a personal electronic device or directly with the internet. A battery  40  is coupled within the housing  12  and is in operational communication with the microprocessor  36 . A charging port  41  is coupled to the housing  12  and is in operational communication with the battery  40 . 
     A stylus  42  is in wireless communication with the transceiver  38  and in operational communication with the display  34 . The stylus  42  may have a shaft portion  44 , a conical tip portion  46 , and a rounded top portion  48 . A stylus clip  50  is coupled to the housing  12 . The stylus clip  50  may be coupled to the right side  20  of the housing and selectively receives the shaft portion  44  of the stylus. The stylus clip  50  may include a pair of opposing S-shaped clip halves  52 . Each clip half  52  is sufficiently elastically deformable so as to receive and secure the stylus  42  as well as to allow the user to pull the stylus  42  from the stylus clip  50 . 
     In use, the housing  12  is mounted to a vertical surface using either the pair of mounting apertures  26  or the magnet  32 . The user may then view a digital calendar  54  on the display  34  in a month view  56  as shown in  FIG. 3  or in a day view  58  as shown in  FIG. 4 . In the day view  58  there may be a digital keyboard  60  for the user to add typed events in addition to writing with the stylus  42 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.