Illuminating device for watches, gauges and similar devices
CA 2332855 A1 · Owner: Fuwausa, Michelle Jillian · Inventors: Fuwausa, Michelle Jillian
Overview
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A light source is positioned to direct light downward from the cover (12A) of a conventional analog or electro-optical watch indicator gauge, a meter panel , directional gauge or ornamentation display of an image logo or design or , other similar articles (1). These articles are illuminated by the source (12) for viewing in low light or in the dark by an illumination switch (6 7) to , activate said element. The light source (12) is preferably an LED and it is small enough so that when it is off, it is virtually invisible.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed March 13, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 13, 2020.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 13, 2022.
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