Alcohol-tobacco electronic perpetual calendar
OwnerFrank T. Marchelloinventor
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Abstract
A perpetual calendar device as set forth which continually maintains a display of the present month and day as well as the minimum birth year for an individual who is entitled to purchase alcohol or tobacco products. The displays of the birth year information can be switched back and forth between the alcohol birth year display and the tobacco birth year display as desired to prevent confusion by the clerk. The displays are identified. The device is adapted for use by store clerks and the like to check to determine whether an individual wishing to purchase these products has attained the minimum age required.
Claims20
A device for determining the birthdate of an individual entitled to purchase alcohol comprising:
- a housing;
- a control circuit disposed in the housing:
- means for supplying electrical power to the control circuit;
- means for inputting into the control circuit the current time and date including month and year, said control circuit including timepiece means for maintaining the current time and date;
- a display controlled by the control circuit to display the current day and month;
- said control circuit including means for determining from the timepiece means the birth year of an individual entitled to purchase alcohol, said control circuit including means for displaying said birth year at said display.
A device for determining the birthdate of an individual entitled to purchase alcohol or tobacco products comprising:
- a housing;
- a control circuit disposed in the housing:
- means for supplying electrical power to the control circuit;
- means for inputting into the control circuit the current time and date including month and year, said control circuit including timepiece means for maintaining the current time and date;
- a display controlled by the control circuit to display the current day and month;
- said control circuit including means for determining from the timepiece means (i) the birth year of an individual entitled to purchase alcohol and (ii) the birth year of an individual entitled to purchase tobacco products, said control circuit including means for displaying said alcohol and tobacco products birth year at said display.
A device for determining the birthdate of an individual entitled to purchase alcohol or tobacco products comprising:
- a housing;
- a control circuit disposed in the housing:
- means for supplying electrical power to the control circuit;
- means for inputting into the control circuit the current time and date including month and year, said control circuit including timepiece means for maintaining the current time and date;
- a first display controlled by the control circuit to display the current day and month;
- a second display for displaying the birth year of an individual entitled to purchase alcohol or tobacco products;
- said control circuit including means for determining from the timepiece means (i) the birth year of an individual entitled to purchase alcohol and (ii) the birth year of an individual entitled to purchase tobacco products, said control circuit adapted to control the second display to display said determined alcohol and tobacco products birth years.
An alcohol and tobacco age identification electronic perpetual calendar comprising:
- a housing for accommodating a control circuit board, power supply, setting buttons and a digital display;
- means for providing calendar functions;
- said display displaying said calendar functions and having a first portion for displaying a date, a first year display for identifying a legal alcohol sale, and a second year display for identifying a legal tobacco sale;
- said setting buttons being arranged to control setting of said calendar functions and said display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.