IP Library Granted Patent US 8,770,829
Granted Patent B1
US 8,770,829 · App. 13/844,721 · Granted Jul 8, 2014

Clock case

Inventor: Edward O. Howard (Albourne, GB)
Assignee: Wolf Designs, Inc.
G04B37/0066G04B37/1473G04B45/0069
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,770,829
App. No.
13/844,721
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
Kind
B1
Abstract

A clock case comprising a first plurality of upstanding, spaced-apart fins formed from flat sheets of material, each of the first plurality of fins having a plurality of slots extending vertically upward from a bottom edge; and, a second plurality of upstanding, spaced-apart fins formed from flat sheets of material, each of the second plurality of fins having a plurality of slots extending vertically downwards from a top edge. Each upwardly extending slot is configured to mate with a respective downwardly extending slot, whereby each of the first plurality of fins is interlocked with each of the second plurality of fins to form an orthogonal array of laterally extending fins and longitudinally extending fins.

Claims (11)

1. A clock case comprising;

a first plurality of upstanding, spaced-apart fins formed from flat sheets of material, each of the first plurality of fins having a plurality of slots extending vertically upward from a bottom edge;

a second plurality of upstanding, spaced-apart fins formed from flat sheets of material, each of the second plurality of fins having a plurality of slots extending vertically downwards from a top edge;

wherein each upwardly extending slot is configured to mate with a respective downwardly extending slot, whereby each of the first plurality of fins is interlocked with each of the second plurality of fins to form an orthogonal array of laterally extending fins and longitudinally extending fins;

and further wherein, one laterally extending fin defines an opening sized to frame a clock face which is applied to a first surface of an adjacent laterally extending fin, whereby the clock face is substantially entirely visible through the opening.

2. The case of claim 1 , further including a motor for driving clock hands across the clock face, the motor being attached to a second surface of the adjacent fin, the second surface being opposite the first surface.

3. The case of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of fins each have identical outer profiles.

4. The case of claim 1 , wherein the second plurality of fins each have identical outer profiles.

5. The case of claim 1 , wherein the first and second plurality of fins are made from flat sheets of plywood.

6. The case of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of fins are three in number.

7. The case of claim 1 , wherein the second plurality of fins are two in number.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 6, 2021
From: WOLF DESIGNS, INC.
To: WOLF 1834
Reel/Frame 054913/0878 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2013
From: HOWARD, EDWARD O.
To: WOLF DESIGNS, INC.
Reel/Frame 030201/0157 →