Time keeping device having particulate matter mixed in fluid medium suitable for child discipline
OwnerMariah Whiteinventor
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Abstract
A time keeping device suitable for use as a time-out timer includes opposing flat ends on either of which the device can be stood, and includes a body having a wall or walls that are transparent or have a transparent portion to allow viewing the interior of the body. A mixture of a fluid medium and a mass of a particulate matter are disposed inside the body, viewable through the transparent wall. The fluid medium and the amount of the particulate matter are selected so that, after being agitated to distribute the particles of the particulate matter throughout the fluid medium, the particles accumulate by settling while the device is at rest to a certain level in a preselected period of time.
Claims20
A time keeping device for visually indicating a passage of a selected period of time, comprising:
- a case having an internal volume, a transparent wall, and a first end and a second end opposing the first end, both the first and second ends having a respective exterior surface on which the time keeping device can stand;
- a fluid disposed in, and filling the internal volume;
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- a particulate matter disposed in the fluid in an amount selected to have a selected settling time in the fluid equal to the selected period of time, the selected settling time being a time for the particulate matter to reach a settled state from a distributed state upon the time keeping device being left undisturbed after being agitated to distribute the particulate matter in the fluid to the distributed state.
A time-out timer for child discipline, comprising:
- a container body having a transparent wall and first and second opposing ends, the first and second opposing ends being configured to support the time-out timer in a standing manner, and further having a volume that is sealed;
- a fluid disposed in the container body and having a viscosity greater than a viscosity of water;
- an amount of light reflective particles disposed in the container body and mixed with the fluid;
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- an indicia positioned to indicate when the amount of light reflective particle has reached a settled state
- wherein the viscosity of the fluid and the amount of light reflective particles are controlled so that the amount of light reflective particles settlers to a settled state from a distributed state in a preselected time period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.