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US 5,144,600 AGranted
Arrangement for and method of waking a sleeper
OwnerPeter S. C. Chenginventor
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Abstract
An underpillow vibrating assembly resists relative displacement between itself and a pillow, and reliably transmits vibrations through the pillow to wake a sleeper. The assembly includes a housing containing a vibrator as well as a planar vibratory plate connected to, and extending past opposite ends outwardly of, the housing.
Claims16
Arrangement for waking a sleeper whose head rests on a pillow, comprising:
- (a) settable timer means for generating an electrical alarm signal at a set time;
- (b) vibration means electrically connected to the timer means for generating vibrations at said set time;
- (c) a housing for containing the vibration means;
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- (d) a vibratory plate connected to the housing for vibrating movement during operation of the vibration means, said plate extending outwardly of the housing underneath the pillow over a predetermined surface area sufficient to resist relative displacement between the housing and the pillow and to transmit the vibrations through the pillow to wake the sleeper.
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Method of waking a sleeper whose head rests on a pillow, comprising the steps of:
- (a) generating an electrical alarm signal at a set time;
- (b) generating vibrations at said set time in a housing;
- (c) positioning the housing underneath the pillow;
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- (d) transmitting the vibrations through the pillow and resisting relative displacement between the housing and the pillow, by mounting to the housing for vibrating movement a vibratory plate that extends outwardly of the housing underneath the pillow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.