A wrist watch alarm for allowing a sick or handicapped person to readily set an alarm for providing an indication that medication should be taken comprising, in combination:
- a rigid hollow housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a generally tubular peripheral side wall interconnecting the top wall with the bottom wall to thereby define a hollow interior, a generally circular opening centrally disposed through the top wall, a trapezoidal projection extended from a side wall with an hour set mark inscribed thereon, and two pairs of diametrically opposed tongues extended from the side wall with each adapted to be coupled to a band for securing the housing to a user;
- a replaceable battery disposed within the housing for providing electrical power;
- a translucent face plate secured across the opening of the housing;
- timer circuitry disposed within the housing, coupled to the battery, and extended through the face plate for maintaining a current time, month, date, and day and providing a visual indication thereof, the timer circuitry adapted to receive an alarm set signal to set an on-the-hour alarm time and then transmit an alarm activation signal when the current time corresponds with the on-the-hour alarm time;
- a light emitting diode disposed within the housing under the face plate and coupled to the timer circuitry for directing flashing light upwards through the face plate upon receipt of an alarm activation signal for generating a visual alarm indication;
- a buzzer coupled to the timer circuitry and extended from the housing for generating an audible alarm indication upon receipt of an alarm activation signal;
- a vibrator button coupled to the timer circuitry and extended through the bottom surface of the housing for generating a vibrational alarm indication upon receipt of an alarm activation signal;
- a transparent cover secured to the housing over the face plate;
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- an annular dial rotatably coupled to the top face of the housing about the opening thereof, the dial having eleven alarm set indicator switches radially disposed therearound at equal intervals and coupled to the timer circuitry, the alarm set indicator switches each having a single number inscribed thereon from 1 to 11 respectively and with the numbers arranged in a counter-clockwise fashion about the dial, each alarm set indicator switch transmitting an alarm set signal to the timer circuitry when aligned with the hour set mark of the housing and with the number on each alarm set indicator switch indicating a corresponding on-the-hour time that an alarm activation signal is to be generated by the timer circuitry, the dial further including an alarm set switch having a first orientation for preventing alarm activation signals from being transmitted by the timer circuitry, thereby preventing alarm indications from being generated, and a second orientation for transmitting an alarm set signal to the timer circuitry when aligned with the hour set mark of the housing with this alarm set signal indicating that an alarm activation signal is to be generated by the timer circuitry at an on-the-hour time of twelve o'clock;
- whereby when an alarm set indicator switch is aligned with the hour set mark for setting an on-the-hour alarm time in the timer circuitry, and the current time subsequently corresponds with the on-the-hour alarm time, the face plate flashes, the buzzer sounds, and the vibrator button vibrates, thus providing an indication that medication should be taken.