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Directional indicator

Patent 5367781 Issued on November 29, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 18, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Course indicator
Patent #: 4089118
Issued on: 05/16/1978
Inventor: Howard

Compass having a course directing pointer Patent #: 4184267
Issued on: 01/22/1980
Inventor: Lenberg

Inventor

Application

No. 107993 filed on 08/18/1993

US Classes:

33/349, With preselected direction indicator33/355RMagnetic field responsive

Examiners

Primary: Will, Thomas B.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 435114 FR 02/13/2012
  • 330803 IT 10/13/2012
  • 31187 SE 08/13/2012
  • 4761 GB 12/13/2012
  • 21411 GB 12/13/2012
  • 566663 GB 01/13/2012

International Classes

G01C 017/04
G01C 017/14

Abstract

A directional indicator made to fasten around the wrist for guiding the user in a predetermined direction, including a magnetized needle attached rotating dial balanced on a pointed pin inside a casing, a needle pointer fastened to a center shaft on the rotating dial, a convex lens covered on the casing over the rotating dial and marked with a fluorescent mark, whereby the needle pointer is maintained in alignment with the fluorescent mark to guide the user toward the predetermined direction.

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