Patent ID: 7195490

Claim:
A method for providing silent communication between two persons when one of said persons has a question needing an answer and the other of said persons is busy comprising the steps of (a) providing a tool having a configuration of a question mark that visually indicates that a question needs to be answered and wherein said configuration of said tool includes a curved hook portion having an inner dimension of a size conforming to a part of the arm of said other of said persons and also includes a dot of said question mark connected to and suspended from the lower end of said curved hook portion; (b) instructing said one of said persons by said other of said persons that said tool should be placed onto the arm of said other of said persons without any verbal communication when said one of said persons has a question that needs to be answered; (c) having said one of said persons maintain silence while said one of said persons places said curved hook portion of said tool onto said part of the arm of said other of said persons so as to cause said curved hook portion to substantially encircle said part of the arm and make physical contact therewith whereby said other person is alerted to the fact that a question is being posed that needs an answer, and; (d) having said other of said persons react to said physical contact of said tool on said part of said arm and allow the question to then be verbally communicated by said one of said persons to said other of said persons when said other of said persons is no no longer busy.