Travel alarm clock with automatic slow motion setup

A travel alarm clock having a viewable clock face, a time display and time and alarm setting control buttons, said travel alarm clock having a power source including a battery compartment having at least one battery therein, said travel alarm clock openable to a position of viewing automatically with a smooth slow motion from a closed position to an open position, said travel alarm clock comprising:

• a top cover pivotable at a proximal end about a bottom case at one edge of said bottom case, said bottom case being pivotable about a clock housing at an opposite edge of said bottom case, said clock housing being pivotable at a proximal edge to an open viewable position where a distal end of said clock housing engages a distal end of said top cover, to form a triangular configuration when viewed in cross section;
• said travel alarm clock having a spring means urging said clock housing from engagement with said distal end of said top cover upon release of a latch;
• and,
• said travel alarm clock further having a dampening means resisting urging of said spring means against said clock housing.