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Alarm clock

US4730284A · kind A · utility

24Cited by
8References
13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 25, 1987
Grant dateMar 8, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 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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