Carriage with timer mechanism for holding a container
OwnerAmir Akbar Sadigh Behzadiinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for holding a container comprising of a carriage and timing mechanism. The apparatus is comprised of a lever with at least two positions relative to the carriage, a timer, and a timer reset mechanism such that when the lever is in the first position, the timer will start counting time. When the lever is moved to the second position, the timer reset mechanism will modify the timer such as by resetting the amount of time that has been counted. The user thus knows how much time has passed since the user last changed the position of the lever.
Claims13
An apparatus for holding a container, comprising:
- a carriage for holding a container;
- an integrated timer with at least two positions relative to the carriage, the integrated timer comprised of:
- a lever;
- and
- a timer;
- a timer reset mechanism, wherein the timer reset mechanism is comprised of:
- a timer mechanism channel,
- a timer reset switch in the timer mechanism channel comprised of:
- a first electrical contact terminal;
- a second electric contact terminal;
- and
- a gravity response member in the timer mechanism channel applying an actuation force to the timer reset switch, wherein the actuation force results from gravity acting on the gravity response member when the integrated timer is in a position tilted away from the carriage;
- wherein when the integrated timer is in a vertical position relative to the carriage, the timer will start counting time;
- wherein when the integrated timer is in a position tilted away from the carriage at an angle exceeding a predetermined actuation angle from the central vertical axis of the carriage, the timer reset mechanism will modify the time on the timer.
An apparatus for holding a container, comprising:
- a carriage for holding a container;
- an integrated timer with at least two positions relative to the carriage, wherein said first position of said integrated timer is parallel to the vertical axis of the carriage and said second position of said integrated timer is such that said integrated timer is tilted at an angle exceeding a predetermined actuation angle from the vertical axis of the carriage;
- a timer wherein when the integrated timer is in the first position, the timer will start counting forward;
- a timer reset mechanism that is comprised of:
- a timer mechanism channel,
- a timer reset switch with a first electric contact terminal and a second electric contact terminal, wherein the first and second electric contact terminals are spaced apart from each other;
- a gravity response member,
- wherein when the said integrated timer is in the second position the gravity response member applies an actuation force to the first and second electric contact terminals, causing the first and second electric contact terminals to contact each other to reset the timer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.