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US 4,821,247 AGranted
Ear-mounted alarm clock
OwnerReginald M. Groomsinventor
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Abstract
A personal alarm clock is designed to fit within or behind the ear for alerting the user to a preset time without disturbing others in close proximity.
Claims7
An ear mounted alarm device adapted to alert a user to a preset time, said device comprising:
- (1) an earpiece adapted to fit within said user's outer ear for delivering a personal alarm sound perceptible only to said user, said alarm sound being responsive to said preset time, said earpiece having a distal and proximal end, said distal and proximal ends having apertures communicating with each other for delivery of said alarm sound to the auditory canal of said user;
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- (2) a clock connected to said earpiece, said clock comprising an alarm sounding means situated in close proximity with said proximal end of said earpiece, said alarm sounding means being responsive to a signal from said clock for sounding said alarm sound;
- wherein said alarm sounding means directs said alarm sound toward said distal end of said earpiece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.