Wristwatch radiotelephone
AssigneeTimex Corporation
InventorChristopher S. Thorp
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Abstract
A wristwatch radiotelephone having a plurality of substantially rigid members connected end to end in a series. The members are shaped and positioned to allow the members to be arranged in an arcuate array when the apparatus is to be worn on the wrist as a wristwatch, or in a more elongated, substantially straight array when the apparatus is to be used as a hand-held radiotelephone.
Claims20
Apparatus which is convertible between an arcuate shape adapted for wearing around the wrist as a wristwatch and an elongated shape in which said apparatus is suitable for use as a hand-held radiotelephone with a microphone and speaker adjacent respective opposite ends of said elongated shape, said apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of substantially rigid members, each said member having at least one face substantially parallel to a face of an adjacent said member;
- and
- means for connecting said members together end to end in a series along said substantially parallel faces, each said connecting means being positioned between each adjacent pair of said members;
- wherein said members are shaped and positioned such that in a first orientation said members form a substantially arcuate configuration in which said each of said substantially parallel faces abuts another of said substantially parallel faces and in a second orientation said members form a substantially straight configuration.
Apparatus which is convertible between an arcuate shape adapted for wearing around the wrist as a wristwatch and an elongated shape in which said apparatus is suitable for use as a hand-held radiotelephone with a microphone and speaker adjacent respective opposite ends of said elongated shape, said apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of substantially rigid members, each said member having at least one face substantially parallel to a face of an adjacent said member;
- and
- means for connecting said members together end to end in a series along said substantially parallel faces, each said connecting means being positioned between each adjacent pair of said members;
- wherein said members are shaped and positioned such that in a first orientation said members form a substantially arcuate configuration and in a second orientation said members form a substantially straight configuration, and wherein said substantially parallel faces of each adjacent pair of members abut one another and said members rotate about an axis perpendicular to said abutting faces to change from said first orientation to said second orientation.
Apparatus which is convertible between an arcuate shape adapted for wearing around the wrist as a wristwatch and an elongated shape in which said apparatus is suitable for use as a hand-held radiotelephone with a microphone and speaker adjacent respective opposite ends of said elongated shape, said apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of substantially rigid members, each said member having at least one face substantially parallel to a face of an adjacent said member;
- and
- means for connecting said members together end to end in a series along said substantially parallel faces, each said connecting means being positioned between each adjacent pair of said members;
- wherein said members are shaped and positioned such that in a first orientation said members form a substantially arcuate configuration and in a second orientation said members form a substantially straight configuration, and wherein each said member rotates about said connecting means about an axis substantially perpendicular to said substantially parallel faces of adjacent members.
Apparatus which is convertible between an arcuate shape adapted for wearing around the wrist as a wristwatch and an elongated shape in which said apparatus is suitable for use as a hand-held radiotelephone with a microphone and speaker adjacent respective opposite ends of said elongated shape, said apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of substantially rigid members, each said member having at least one face substantially parallel to a face of an adjacent said member;
- and
- means for connecting said members together end to end in a series along said substantially parallel faces, each said connecting means being positioned between each adjacent pair of said members;
- wherein said members are shaped and positioned such that in a first orientation said members form a substantially arcuate configuration and in a second orientation said members form a substantially straight configuration, and wherein said means for connecting said members together end to end in a series comprises:
- a hollow rotational connection between each adjacent pair of said members in said series;
- and
- prestressed resilient tension means extending between adjacent members in said series via said hollow rotational connections for holding said members together while permitting said members to rotate relative to one another about said hollow rotational connections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.