Patent ID: 6882955

Claim:
A display unit to be mounted on a wrist of a user, comprising: a display screen to visually display characters, the display screen having a top edge and a bottom edge corresponding, respectively, to tops and bottoms of the characters displayed on the display screen; a base supporting the display screen and housing electronic circuitry associated with the display screen; and at least one strap attached to the base and adapted to secure the base to the wrist of the user; wherein the base is configured and arranged such that, when the base is secured to the wrist of the user with the at least one strap, the top edge of the display screen is disposed a first distance away from an outer surface of the user's wrist as determined along a first line oriented normal to the outer surface of the user's wrist and passing through the top edge of the display screen, and the bottom edge of the display screen is disposed a second distance away from an outer surface of the user's wrist as determined along a second line oriented normal to the outer surface of the user's wrist and passing through the bottom edge of the display screen, wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance.