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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7510399 | Teaching clock A clock for teaching time-telling to children has a base with a circular recess containing twelve 30-degree removable wedges forming an annular disk. Each radial edge of each wedge has a semicircular opening that aligns with a complimentary semicircular opening on a... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7414923 | Graphical organizational task timer A novel graphical organizational timing device is disclosed. The device indicates tasks or events to be completed within a pre-determined routine using customizable and/or changeable discs attached to a mechanical countdown timer. The device is primarily designed fo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7362661 | Device for teaching time A device for teaching one about telling time is provided. The device includes a clock face with rotatable minute and hour hands. The minute and hour hands are adapted so that a user of the device can rotate them manually to indicate a preselected time. The device is... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7300202 | Clock having a playing function A clock includes a main body having a lower space and provided with a protruding post extended into the lower space, a face plate mounted on the main body and formed with a plurality of holes, a tumbler mounted in the lower space of the main body and rested on the p... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287781 | Interactive sports calendar The present invention 10 discloses an interactive sports season team-tracking poster for a sports fan's favorite team. The invention is a calendar-like chart for a sports season displaying a predetermined time period by day 20 having a postable element... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7274375 | Timekeeping system and method for graphically tracking and representing activities A timekeeping system and method is provided for enabling users to graphically represent one or more activities, as well as the time that has been allocated to each. A graphical display uniquely identifies activities or events based on different visual indicators (e.... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7236430 | Apparatus, method and system for teaching elapsed time A teaching clock for teaching the concept of elapsed time includes a clock face having a minute hand and an hour hand pivotally mounted to the clock face and an elapsed time indicator having an hour hand and a minute hand that move synchronously with the movement of... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231732 | Three dimensional display and pocket calendars A three dimensional display and pocket calendar having first, second and third illustrated portions on the front thereof in which said first illustrated portion depicts a first chronological listing, said second illustrated portion depicts a second chronological lis... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221624 | Time display system, method and device A time display device (“TDD”)—equally adaptable to watches, clocks, computers, phones, and vehicles—indicates the current hour of the day by displaying a color that refers an observer to the disclosed color-to-hour matrix, thereby eliminating the traditional... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7211305 | Holiday countdown interactive display A holiday countdown interactive display may include a set of magnetically attachable ornaments that have discrete appearances and functionalities, each ornament being marked with a distinct number associated with the number of days remaining before a holiday. In cer... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7156226 | Multi-compartment storage container A multi-compartment container for storage of food, personal and miscellaneous items. The container has a base with a bottom and a circular sidewall. Radial dividers for a plurality of generally pre-shaped individual compartments which may be integral or removable. A... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7136327 | Teaching hands for an analog timepiece Novel hour and minute hands for teaching reading and passage of time on an analog timepiece. The invention comprises hour and minute hands located centrally and pivotally on the timepiece. The hour hand having at its outer tip a shape through which the hour numerals... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7126881 | Customizable timepiece device The present invention relates to a timepiece device, and more particularly to a timepiece device having a customized dial. The timepiece device has a housing and a face plate attached to the housing. The face plate has a peripheral rim which has a plurality of inter... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121833 | Apparatus, method and system for teaching elapsed time A teaching clock for teaching the concept of elapsed time includes a clock face having a minute hand and an hour hand pivotally mounted to the clock face and an elapsed time indicator having an hour hand and a minute hand that move synchronously with the movement of... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7029034 | Calendar kit and apparatus for behavior modification and a method for using the same A calendar is provided for behavior modification as well as a method for using the same. The calendar has calendar sheets and informational sheets. The calendar has objectives sections, data collection sections, analysis sections, non-date pages and/or detachable pa... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017292 | Countdown calendar A countdown or advent type calendar for a selected time interval includes the concurrent provision of a text message and completion or modification of a pictorial design during the sequential indication of the date during the countdown. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6966779 | Educational audio/visual clock An educational audio visual clock having an image window adjacent each numeral on the clock face to show the images of twelve Presidents of the United States at any given time. Images are on an image plate behind the clock face and display the images of the first tw... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6962494 | Teaching aid A teaching aid for teaching a user how to tell time. The teaching aid includes a clock assembly comprising a face member and a plurality of arm members. The arm members is rotatably coupled to the face member of the clock assembly whereby the arm members are designe... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6940432 | Subliminal recording device An apparatus for recording and replaying a message comprising a plurality of control buttons for controlling the apparatus; a processor connected to the record control button for communicating instructions to a memory; a memory connected to the processor for storing... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6712616 | System for education about names The invention relates to a system (20) and a method and signal used for broadcasting of a media package (28). In the media package, a name list is established for a predetermined period of days or on a day by day basis and includes one name for every d... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6614727 | Three dimensional children's sleeptime timer and clock device The present invention is a children's sleeptime timer and clock device. It includes (a) a housing adapted to contain and display at least one clock and to contain (b) at least one clock; and (c) a sleeptime display timer contained within the housing, whic... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6478583 | Time monitoring portable game system A child educational entertainment device is provided including a housing with a display mounted thereon. Further included is a control mechanism positioned within the housing and adapted to be prompt a user to enter an amount of time. Once the time has be... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6406301 | Clock teaching aid A teaching device adapted to teach the reading of an analogue clock face comprising first and second components one of which is transparent, one of said components being marked to represent a clock face displaying minutes and on which a minute clock had c... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6361325 | Children's sleeptime timer and clock device The present invention is children's sleeptime timer and clock device. It includes a housing which contains and displays a clock, such as a digital clock, and/or an analog clock, and contains a sleeptime display timer. The sleeptime display timer contained... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6354841 | Educational toy clock An educational toy clock which has a base with a plurality of spaced apart recesses about the outer periphery thereof reflecting the number positions of a clock face. The base further includes a central recess. A rotatable mounting unit is provided for re... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6280200 | Non-Julian calendar for aiding a child in determining daily intervals preceding a date of significance Disclosed are embodiments of a non-Julian calendar for informing a child in determining daily intervals preceding a date of significance. A preferred multilayer embodiment comprises a lower layer having a first top surface; an upper layer disposed above s... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6243959 | Measuring and instructional ruler A measuring and instructional device containing a base panel having a top surface and perimeter bounded by at least one edge, with the top surface having evenly spaced apart linear rulings perpendicularly disposed to the edge and defining a non-linear sta... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6071124 | Analog time teaching device The present invention relates to a device that teaches how to tell time from an analog clock. More particularly, the invention relates to the integration of an analog clock and a digital clock into one single time teaching unit.... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6039574 | Time monitoring portable game system A child educational entertainment device is provided including a housing with a display mounted thereon. Further included is a control mechanism positioned within the housing and adapted to prompt a user to enter an amount of time. Once the time has been ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6030228 | Basic educational system An educational system is provided including a recipient surface such as a cloth or base having a plurality of entities positioned thereon which are selected from the group of entities including colors, shapes, alphabetic characters, and numbers. Also incl... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5934707 | Message calendar A message calendar for suggesting engaging in specified activities on a selected day in the future. The calendar has a main panel bearing indicia corresponding to all days and months of a calendar year. Masks are removably placed on the calendar to indica... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5903990 | Chinese sexagenary cycle calendar A Chinese sexagenary cycle calendar including a calendar stand, a celestial stem ball marked with the 10 celestial stem signs and revolvably supported within a ball socket at a front side of the calendar stand, and 12 individual animal pictures and one 12... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5863205 | Learning clock featuring coordinated color clock face numbers, hour and minute hands, and hour and minute hand learning displays The present invention is directed to a learning clock for assisting teachers to teach students how to tell time and learn the correspondence between the time of day according to a traditional clock face or "analog" and the time of day according to strictl... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5851118 | Digital and analog teaching clock A teaching clock comprising an analog clock face having numeric indicia of hour and minute disposed about its periphery, an hour hand and a minute hand pivotally mounted and substantially centrally disposed proximate to the analog clock face, a digital ti... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5738526 | Educational toy doll with LCD digital display watch A toy doll for teaching time of day and time relationships for daily activities, including a hollow body housing a speaker and an associated memory, the memory including controls for storage of selected words for announcement by the speaker, a display uni... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5662479 | Apparatus and method to aid in the teaching of the concept of time A time teaching aid for teaching the concept of remaining time and elapsed time comprises a stationary face with a plurality of numerical indicia marks arranged around the face in a generally clockwise pattern, and successive indicia marks decreasing in v... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5653595 | Instructional aid for teaching time telling An instructional aid for teaching time telling comprising a disk shaped dial assembly; a first ring shaped minute indicia ring having first indicia sequentially indicating the numerals five through sixty in numerical increments of five spaced about the pe... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5607156 | Apparatus for playing games Apparatus for playing games relating to time comprises one or two dice and a clock. The dice are dodecahedral. One dice represents hours and has its facets numbered from 1 to 12. The other dice represents minutes and is numbered at intervals of 5 from 5 t... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5604717 | Educational clock assembly An educational clock assembly includes a clock mechanism, a circular face plate, and a fastening ring. The circular face plate is formed of a plurality of modular pieces and has a central receiving hole into which the clock mechanism is press-fitted, a pl... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5577917 | Method of a means for generating a children's weekly interactive scrolling calendar apparatus The means for generating a children's weekly interactive scrolling calendar apparatus comprises the use a wall mounted unit that has two vertical spindles mounted on a solid frame made of wood or the like. The spindle contain a roll of paper that is scrol... | 11/26/1996 |
