Appeal No. 1999-2290 Page 2
Application No. 08/763,955
Appellant's invention relates to a time keeper having two
or more discs that are at least partly visible from the front
of the timekeeper. Specifically, the discs rotate at the same
angular velocity and direction as each other and at the same
angular velocity and direction as the second hand. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 7, which is reproduced as follows:
7. A time keeper such as a clock or watch, said time
keeper having a front and comprising:
a time keeper mechanism;
a second hand physically connected to said time keeper
mechanism such that said time keeper mechanism can urge said
second hand to rotate, and said second hand having an axis of
rotation;
two or more discs having respective axes that are
substantially parallel to said axis of rotation of said second
hand, said two or more discs being positioned apart from each
other so as to be at least partly visible from the front of
said time keeper, and said two or more discs being located in
a plane selected from the group consisting of the same plane
as the front of said time keeper and a plane that is
substantially parallel to the front of said time keeper; and
means for urging said two or more discs to rotate about
their respective said axes such that said two or more discs
rotate at the same angular velocity and direction as each
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