Patent ID: 8867318

Claim:
An alarm clock comprising: a rectangular base having a first horizontal axis and a second horizontal axis; a housing mounted on the base, the housing having a substantially oval shape having a front and a back, the housing having a first oval axis aligned with the first horizontal axis and a second oval axis aligned with a width of the housing and aligned with the second horizontal axis; an opaque portion on the front of the housing; a translucent portion on the front of the housing; a time display located on the front of the housing; and a sunrise simulating light display adapted to simulate a sunrise, the sunrise simulating light display consisting of: a plurality of groups of light emitting diodes mounted inside the housing behind the translucent portion, wherein each group of light emitting diodes of the plurality of groups of light emitting diodes has the same number of light emitting diodes, and each light emitting diode in each group has a same light intensity when turned on; wherein the number of light emitting diodes in each group of the plurality of groups is greater than one; wherein at a first time prior to a set time for an audible alarm a first group of the plurality of groups of light emitting diodes is turned on to simulate a brightness of a first time of a sunrise; wherein after the first time and at a second time prior to a set time for the audible alarm a second group of the plurality of light emitting diodes is turned on, and the first group of the plurality of groups of light emitting diodes stays turned on to simulate a brightness of a second time of a sunrise; wherein after the second time and on each set successive time prior to the set time for the audible alarm an additional group of the plurality of groups of light emitting diodes is turned on, and previously turned on groups of the plurality of groups of light emitting diodes stay turned on to simulate a brightness of each successive time of a sunrise; and wherein at the set time for the audible alarm the plurality of groups of light emitting diodes are all turned on to simulate a brightness of a risen sun.