Toroidal time piece
OwnerEugene N. Ketnerinventor
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Abstract
A toroidal time piece for indicating the time of day. The toroidal time piece comprises a body having opposed faces with there being a relatively large window formed through the body. Each of the opposed faces has a boundary which extends about and defines the configuration of the window and the configuration of a peripheral edge of the body. The body and the window take on various different configurations to impart different artistic appearances into the time piece.
Claims17
A toroidal time piece comprising a body having opposed faces, means forming an aperture through each of said opposed faces to thereby provide a window through the time piece, said aperture results in each of said opposed faces assuming a boundary which extends about and defines the configuration of said window and the configuration of the peripheral edge of said body;
- said window has a mean diameter which is at least one-fourth the mean overall diameter of the main body;
- indicator means on one of said faces related to time keeping, means housed within the interior of said body by which said indicator means provides data related to the time of day.
A time piece comprising a main body having opposed faces;
- means forming indicia on one of said opposed faces;
- said indicia is related to time keeping;
- indicator means associated with said indicia for indicating the time of day;
- a passageway extending through said main body, said passageway has an inner wall surface which defines a window, said passageway extends through each of said opposed faces, thereby causing said main body to assume the form of a toroid, said window has a mean inside diameter which is at least 25% of the mean outside diameter of said main body;
- and means contained within the toroidal main body for actuating said indicator means and thereby provide the time of day.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.