Alarm clock
US4730284A · kind A · utility
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8References
13Claims
0Family size
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 25, 1987 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG04C21/02
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An alarm clock in the shape of an animal standing atop a base includes a clock mechanism and a sound generating circuit connected to the clock mechanism to produce an alarm sound characteristic of the animal represented by the shape of the alarm clock. That body part of the represented animal from which the novel alarm sound is popularly believed to emanate is manually manipulated to cancel and reset the alarm sound.
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